Forensic Accounting Senior Consultant
About The Position
A Senior Consultant in Crowe's Forensic Consulting Group applies accounting fundamentals and judgment to analyze financial information. The role contributes to teams delivering forensic accounting, fraud investigations, litigation support, dispute advisory, regulatory response, and data-driven investigative services. Consultants are expected to keep developing technical and transferable skills, think critically, collaborate across teams, and use technology—including emerging AI capabilities—to address business problems and improve client outcomes. The role also involves developing ownership of client relationships, contributing to account strategy, delivering high-quality work, and building trusted client partnerships. The Senior Consultant investigates complex business matters; analyzes financial records and data; develops defensible findings and client-ready reports, schedules, and presentations; and supports litigation, regulatory responses, disputes, and insurance claims. The role helps manage engagement execution, resources, budgets, and client satisfaction, identifies opportunities to add value for clients, and mentors interns and staff. Crowe expects employees to uphold its values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship and to act ethically and with integrity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- CPA eligible or active CPA license.
- Thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Professional services firm experience.
- At least two years of accounting experience.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills, including the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to travel and work additional hours when required.
- Experience analyzing financial records, transaction-level data, large data sets, or accounting entries to identify trends, anomalies, or exceptions.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Ethical conduct and integrity, and the ability to uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in forensic accounting, economic crime investigation, fraud investigation, law enforcement, litigation support, dispute advisory, or data analytics.
- CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) or CFF (Certified in Financial Forensics) certification.
- Previous audit experience.
- Staff supervisory experience.
- Experience supporting litigation, regulatory inquiries, fraud investigations, or complex business disputes.
- Experience with data analytics or reporting tools, dashboards, and data-mining procedures.
- Ability and desire to develop leadership skills.
- Desire to build networking skills and develop strong working relationships with internal and external business decision-makers.
Responsibilities
- Assist in investigating complex business cases to minimize risk and support client decision-making.
- Provide litigation support by analyzing financial records, developing findings, preparing schedules and exhibits, and presenting conclusions that may support legal proceedings or trial evidence.
- Review and audit financial records to evaluate compliance with applicable laws, contracts, regulations, professional standards, and client requirements.
- Lead the development of quantitative data analysis and data-mining solutions for forensic investigations, litigation, and regulatory compliance inquiries, including database-driven reports.
- Develop clear, defensible, data-supported findings for investigations, litigation support, regulatory responses, and client presentations.
- Apply data analysis results alongside knowledge of financial and management concepts, accounting and operational systems, business data, performance measures, and benchmarks to identify trends, risks, problem areas, and opportunities.
- Manage matters involving investigations, litigation support, post-acquisition disputes, and insurance claims.
- Assist in preparing financial analyses, investigative reports, litigation schedules, data summaries, and client-ready deliverables.
- Support successful engagement execution, quality results, and client satisfaction by working within project parameters, managing resources and processes, and anticipating and resolving issues.
- Meet client commitments while achieving budget and realization goals.
- Identify opportunities to add value to existing clients or capture new clients with targeted ideas and solutions.
- Provide strategies or services that help clients meet business objectives and resolve issues, applying knowledge of client businesses, industry trends, benchmarks, and best practices.
- Lead, mentor, and coach interns and staff members in the Forensic Accounting group.
Benefits
- Comprehensive total rewards package.
- Flexibility to balance work with life moments.
- Career Coach meetings to support career goals and aspirations.
- Inclusive culture that values diversity and supports talent development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
