Senior Risk & Compliance Manager, Financial Advisory

EisnerAmper; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EisnerAmper, a leading accounting and advisory firm, seeks an experienced risk and compliance professional to guide engagement teams across restructuring, bankruptcy, and complex litigation engagements. You will shape risk governance, advise on independence, and help implement enterprise risk management for ABC and FAS practices.

The role emphasizes strong analytical capabilities, collaboration across leadership, and handling confidential information with integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in risk management, quality control, compliance, or a related function within a professional services organization, such as a CPA firm, law firm, or consulting firm.
• Working understanding of restructuring, bankruptcy, complex litigation, or other financial advisory engagements, including ABC matters, and the engagement risks specific to these areas of practice.
• Working knowledge of independence and conflicts-of-interest requirements applicable to a professional services firm.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate NDAs, engagement letters, and client agreements across restructuring, bankruptcy, complex litigation, and other FAS engagements.
• Prepare and negotiate vendor, subcontractor, and consulting agreements needed to support ABC administration and other FAS engagement delivery.
• Draft and negotiate employment and contractor agreements, including agreements for the hiring and administration of international personnel.
• Provide advice and counsel to FAS engagement teams on routine risk issues arising across restructuring, bankruptcy, complex litigation, and other financial advisory engagements.
• Support engagement teams in performing assignee and fiduciary duties on ABC engagements, including creditor notice, claims administration, bonding requirements, and asset sale or liquidation processes, reviewing them for consistency with firm policy and the governing state ABC statute.
• Support engagement teams on bankruptcy engagements, including retention applications, fee examiner and fee application requirements, and compliance with bankruptcy court rules and U.S. Trustee guidelines.
• Advise engagement teams on independence, conflicts, and disclosure obligations arising on complex litigation and dispute advisory engagements, including matters involving expert testimony.
• Identify, assess, and help remediate operational, contractual, and regulatory risk exposure across FAS engagements, escalating higher-severity items to GCO.
• Develop and manage the Enterprise Risk Management program for the ABC entities and the broader FAS practice.
• Coordinate with insurance brokers/carriers on coverage questions and claims, looping in GCO on matters affecting firm-wide policies.
• Oversee litigation matters against entities in the ABC portfolio and other FAS-related matters.
• Supervise client proposal and client acceptance processes to ensure compliance with independence and conflict of interest policies across FAS engagementsTrack the statutes, case law, bankruptcy rules, and litigation-related professional standards across the jurisdictions where the practice operates, since requirements vary meaningfully by jurisdiction and engagement type, and translate those differences into practical guidance and jurisdiction-specific checklists for engagement teams
• Monitor engagements for developing risk issues, such as scope changes, fee disputes, adverse party challenges, or confidentiality concerns, and elevate matters to practice and firm leadership as warranted
• Track broader regulatory and professional standards developments affecting restructuring, bankruptcy, complex litigation, and other financial advisory practice areas, and translate them into practical guidance for engagement teams
• Partner with information security and technology teams to evaluate risk related to the use of new tools and data-sharing practices on FAS engagements, including appropriate controls around confidential and privileged information
• Develop and deliver risk management training for FAS professionals, covering topics such as independence, conflicts checks, documentation standards, engagement letter requirements, and expert-witness and testimony protocols
• Maintain the practice's risk register and produce periodic reporting for FAS and firm leadership summarizing open risk items, trends, and remediation status
• Support incident response and root-cause review when risk or quality issues arise on an engagement and help translate lessons learned into updated policies or training
• Serve as a resource to engagement teams on engagement letters, scope changes, and other contract matters, working with the Office of General Counsel on non-standard terms

Skills

Risk management

Compliance

Contract negotiation

Independence & conflicts

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field

Tools

COSO ERM

Conflicts-checking software

Risk management technology

Job description

EisnerAmper, a leading accounting and advisory firm, seeks an experienced risk and compliance professional to guide engagement teams across restructuring, bankruptcy, and complex litigation engagements. You will shape risk governance, advise on independence, and help implement enterprise risk management for ABC and FAS practices.

The role emphasizes strong analytical capabilities, collaboration across leadership, and handling confidential information with integrity.