Senior or Manager - Litigation Support & Forensic Accounting

Meaden & Moore

Los Angeles (CA)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) matching

Professional development support

Hybrid work options

Job summary

Meaden & Moore seeks a qualified professional to join our litigation support and forensic accounting practice. The role focuses on analyzing complex financial issues arising from disputes, including damages, lost profits, and economic loss for corporate clients and insurers.

You will work with testifying experts, attorneys, and clients on high-profile matters, leveraging Excel and sophisticated models in a collaborative, hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or related field.
3–6 years of litigation support, forensic accounting, economic damages, or insurance claims experience.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Analyze financial records, tax returns, payroll data, accounting records, bank statements, and documents.
Quantify lost profits, wage loss, business interruption, and partnership disputes.
Review pleadings, discovery responses, depositions, and expert reports for damages analysis.
Support development of damages models, reports, and demonstrative exhibits.
Assist with economic analyses used in mediation, arbitration, and trial.

Skills

Analytical skills

Detail-oriented

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business

Tools

Excel

Job description

About Meaden & Moore

Meaden & Moore is a leading accounting, tax, advisory, and business consulting firm serving middle-market businesses, insurance carriers, law firms, and other organizations across the United States. The firm provides a broad range of services including forensic accounting, litigation support, risk advisory, tax, assurance, and business consulting solutions.

About Meaden & Moore

Having recently partnered with Unity Partners, Meaden & Moore is entering an exciting new phase of growth. The company is executing a strategy focused on organic expansion, operational excellence, and strategic acquisitions, creating significant opportunities for team members to help shape the future of a rapidly growing firm. As the business continues to grow, Meaden & Moore is investing in talent, technology, and infrastructure to support its next chapter.

About Unity Partners

Unity Partners is a private equity firm based in Dallas, Texas that invests in founder- and family-owned business services companies across North America. The firm partners with management teams to accelerate growth through operational improvements, technology enablement, talent development, and strategic M&A.

Unlike traditional financial investors, Unity takes a collaborative approach to value creation, working closely alongside management teams to build market-leading platforms. The firm focuses on long-term partnership, operational excellence, and creating sustainable growth for employees, customers, and shareholders.

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated professional with 3–6 years of litigation support, forensic accounting, economic damages, and/or insurance claims experience to join our growing practice. The successful candidate will assist clients, expert witnesses, and consulting professionals in analyzing complex financial issues arising from commercial disputes (e.g., partnerships and contract disputes, etc.), insurance disputes, fraud investigations, and other litigation-related engagements.

This position offers the opportunity to work directly with experienced testifying experts, attorneys, insurance carriers, and corporate clients on high-profile disputes involving financial damages, lost profits, lost wages, business interruption, and forensic investigations.

Candidates with property/casualty, business interruption, subrogation, commercial claims, or other insurance claims experience are preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Litigation Support & Damages Analysis

Analyze financial records, tax returns, payroll data, accounting records, bank statements, and business documents.
Assist in the quantification of:
- Lost profits
- Lost wages and earning capacity
- Business interruption losses
- Partnership and shareholder disputes
- Contract disputes
- Fraud and forensic accounting matters
Review pleadings, discovery responses, deposition testimony, expert reports, and other case documents.
Support the preparation of expert reports, rebuttal reports, damages models, and demonstrative exhibits.
Assist with economic and financial analyses used in mediation, arbitration, and trial.

Discovery & Case Support

Organize, summarize, and analyze large document productions.
Identify key financial and operational facts relevant to damages claims.
Assist attorneys with document requests, interrogatories, and discovery strategy.
Prepare chronologies, damages summaries, and case dashboards.

Financial Analysis

Develop and maintain financial models using Excel.
Perform trend analyses, lost profits calculations, wage-loss analyses, and business valuation-related procedures.
Research industry, labor market, compensation, and economic data.
Evaluate opposing expert analyses and identify methodological weaknesses.

Client & Expert Support

Participate in meetings with attorneys, clients, and experts.
Assist with deposition preparation and trial support.
Prepare clear and concise workpapers that can withstand expert and litigation scrutiny.
Communicate findings effectively to both financial and non-financial audiences.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or related field.
3–6 years of relevant experience in one or more of the following:
- Litigation support
- Forensic accounting
- Economic damages
- Insurance claims
- Business valuation
- Public accounting with dispute-related experience
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred

CPA, CFE, CVA, ABV, or progress toward professional certification.
Experience supporting testifying experts.
Experience with commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, contract disputes, or lost wages claims.
Insurance industry experience, particularly:
- Business interruption
- Property losses
- Commercial claims
- Subrogation
- Coverage disputes
- Catastrophe or loss consulting
Familiarity with financial statement analysis, tax returns, and damages methodologies.

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, detail-oriented, and enjoys solving complex financial problems. They are comfortable working with large datasets, reviewing litigation materials, and translating financial information into clear, defensible conclusions. They thrive in an environment where no two matters are the same and where their work directly impacts litigation strategy and outcomes.

Representative Matter Types

Commercial contract disputes
Partnership and shareholder disputes
Personal injury wrongful termination and wrongful death matters
Wage and hour claims
Insurance coverage disputes
Business interruption losses
Fraud and forensic investigations
Lost profits and economic damages analyses

Benefits, Perks, Culture, and Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion

Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievements as well.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Benefits/Compensation

Determining actual compensation relies on many factors including individual candidate experience, qualifications, and comparable benchmarks. Base compensation for this role typically ranges between $120,000 and $150,000. Additionally, we offer a generous incentive program and various other bonus opportunities which reward exceptional performance.

Benefits & Offerings

In addition to compensation and bonus opportunities, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees professionally and personally. Our offerings include: