FA - Forensic/Disputes - Director/Senior Manager - West & Central Africa at Deloitte Nigeria

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Job Title: FA – Forensic/Disputes – Director/Senior Manager - West & Central Africa

Reference Code: FA70356MH

Location: Accra, Accra and Lagos, Lagos State

Firm Service: Financial Advisory Services

Job Description
Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and high-quality service to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. Deloitte has in the region of 200,000 professionals, all committed to becoming the standard of excellence.

Our network comprises around 10,000 financial advisory professionals focused on providing high quality financial advice and execution; delivering integrated solutions to clients ranging from multinational corporates and sovereign wealth funds to private equity, owner-managed businesses, creditors, shareholders, and government institutions. Deloitte’s Financial Advisory services are: Corporate Finance Advisory, Forensic, M&A Transaction Services, Restructuring and Valuation.

Overview
In a complex business dispute, Deloitte member firm professionals work with organizations and their lawyers in judicial and alternative dispute resolution forums, across a range of jurisdictions. Drawing on our deep expert witness, financial analysis, damage quantification, and discovery capabilities, we give our clients the insight and understanding they need to strengthen their case, at all stages of a business dispute.

Value to the client
With decades of dispute consulting experience and through thousands of cases of various types and descriptions, our member firm professionals have helped counsel with challenging financial and economic issues in complex litigation and other business dispute cases. Our professionals are trained to provide financial insight and clarity to counsel during the various stages of a business dispute, from case theory development and discovery to expert witness testimony.

What we do

• Litigation support
• Expert witness
• Class action
• Economic consulting
• International arbitration

The opportunity
Would you like to join Deloitte's Forensic team in West and Central Africa? The Forensic team is a regional practice dealing with a wide variety of fraud, corruption, regulatory investigations, pro-active fraud and corruption risk assignments and significant disputes and litigation actions. You will work on a variety of projects. In return for your continued success, enthusiasm and commitment we will provide you with a variety of challenges, a comprehensive training program and a structured career path.

We’re looking for talented and ambitious executives from professional services or industry to further build on our Core Forensic/ Dispute successes; leverage our regional and global Deloitte Forensic network; drive our strategy; build, grow, and retain a successful team; develop client relationships and a solid deal pipeline, nurture talent, and ultimately play to win in the market. In this role, you will receive full support from financial advisory service leaders and practitioners.

Fundamental to success in the role are first-class leadership skills, relationships with the targeted client base, and a high level of comfort in marketing and developing the financial advisory business.

Qualifications
Role-specific responsibilities:

• Performing forensic investigations and recent experience in undertaking dispute and litigation assignments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the preparation of forensic and or dispute-related reports
• Desire to work within the West African region as required
• Be able to operate in a close team environment with the expectation that they will be leading teams in the delivery of client assignments and training staff.
• Leverage his/her technical knowledge and problem solving skills to derive meaningful solutions for clients.
• Assist in the production and review of high quality work product within demanding timescales and fulfilled in a timely, cost-effective way to a high standard.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 10+ years' experience in professional services or investment bank
• Demonstrated track record of implementing forensic investigations related to fraud, corruption & bribery, AML/ Sanctions, or other white collar crime;
• Or, similar demonstrable experience related to accounting and financial disputes or expert witness services;
• Or, similar demonstrable experience implementing preventative fraud risk management services e.g. fraud risk assessment
• Previous experience working in consulting field, including managing teams of professionals in client-service role;
• Recognised accounting qualification (ACCA, CPA, etc) or related fraud/forensic investigation qualifications (CFE, ACAMS, etc), or evidence of active pursuit of qualification would be desirable.

Application Closing Date
27th August, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should
Click here to apply online