Senior Associate/Recovery Services (Forensic Services practice)
About The Position
CRA’s Forensic Services practice supports companies’ commitment to integrity by assisting them and their counsel in independently responding to allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct, and non-compliance. We are noted for deploying cross-trained teams of forensic professionals to assist our clients in gaining deeper insights and greater value more quickly. We provide accounting and forensic services as well as cybercrime investigation services. The Senior Associate leads incident response and recovery engagements end to end: scoping, workstream direction, client and counsel management, and delivery quality. You will own matters from intake through final report, direct consultant teams during active response, and contribute to the growth of the recovery practice through relationship development and reusable methodology. This role requires someone who has run large engagements under pressure and can represent findings credibly to executives, boards, counsel, and carriers.
Requirements
- 5-7+ years in cybersecurity incident response, digital forensics, or enterprise recovery, including 3+ years leading engagements or teams
- Track record leading large-scale ransomware recovery or complex intrusion matters in enterprise environments (thousands of endpoints, multi-site)
- Strong command of hybrid Microsoft identity architecture (Active Directory, Entra ID, Conditional Access, privileged access models) at a level sufficient to direct and validate technical work
- Experience working under legal privilege and managing the counsel and carrier dynamics of breach response
- Demonstrated ability to scope and price engagements accurately, and to manage delivery to fixed-price commitments
- Executive-grade written and verbal communication; comfortable briefing boards, GCs, and CISOs
Nice To Haves
- Certifications such as CISSP, GCFA, GCIH, CISM, or equivalent; advanced degree in a relevant field a plus
- Prior consulting experience at a professional services firm, IR boutique, or carrier panel firm
- Existing relationships with breach counsel or cyber insurance carriers
- Experience testifying or supporting expert work product in litigation or regulatory contexts
- Background in security assessment methodologies and compliance frameworks (NIST CSF, CISA SCuBA, CMMC)
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple concurrent incident response, forensic investigation, and recovery engagements, owning scope, budget, staffing, and delivery quality
- Direct technical workstreams across containment, forensics, identity remediation, and infrastructure recovery, setting priorities and unblocking consultant teams
- Develop evidence-based scoping and level-of-effort models for fixed-price recovery engagements, sequenced by client business priority
- Serve as primary point of contact for client executives, outside counsel, and insurance carrier representatives throughout active matters
- Own final written work product: investigation reports, executive briefings, insurance guidance memoranda, and remediation roadmaps
- Review and quality-control consultant deliverables for technical accuracy and defensibility
- Mentor and develop consulting associates and associates, including structured feedback and engagement-level coaching
- Contribute to practice development: methodology and playbook standardization, reusable engagement IP, service line definition, and thought leadership
- Support business development through carrier and law firm relationship management, proposal development, and scoping calls for inbound matters
Benefits
- Comprehensive total rewards program
- Superior benefits package
- Wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being
- In-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Life and disability insurance
- Paid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays)
- Paid parental leave
- Employee assistance resources
- Commuter benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
