Forensic Manager - Forensic in the Audit

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Job description

Our Investigations & Compliance team helps clients to establish the facts in relation to an incident, loss or misconduct and then to remediate and recover value. We are experienced in managing diverse issues including fraud and misconduct, regulatory compliance, risk frameworks and modelling and much more.

FITA (Forensic in the Audit) is a growing proposition dealing with a complex but fascinating area of audit. This is an exciting opportunity to help drive the growth and development of the proposition and increase your expertise of fraud risks, controls and shadow investigations.

As an I&C Manager focusing primarily on FITA, you will:

• Support our Audit firm in their assessment of fraud and fraud risk and improve Audit quality in this area;
• Increase our knowledge base in identifying, assessing and analysing fraud risks and fraud controls; and
• Develop and sell an external proposition to support non-audit clients with their fraud risk management controls and frameworks.

Audit support will include:

• Reviewing the Audit team's assessment of fraud risks, understanding audit procedures mitigating those identified risks and reviewing Audit's assessment of laws and regulations, in particular anti-bribery and corruption and money laundering. The role may also involve assisting the Audit teams with specific procedures relating to fraud risks.
• Supporting the Audit team in responding to actual and/or suspected frauds and breaches of laws and regulations including undertaking shadow investigations on behalf of/in conjunction with the Audit team. This will include scoping the shadow investigation, liaising with the client's management and external parties such as lawyers and third-party investigators, reviewing the investigation undertaken by the clients and/or third party investigators, working with the audit team to identify the required additional audit procedures and reporting back to the Audit team on findings.

In addition to FITA, you may also be involved in wider Forensic engagements in areas such as:

• Fraud and financial mis-statement shadow investigations;
• Fraud risk management reviews;
• Regulatory compliance reviews; and
• Fraud risk assessments.

As an I&C Manager, we expect you to independently manage FITA engagements under the supervision of the Engagement Leader. You will lead teams, manage stakeholders and deliver high quality solutions to our Audit teams and clients. You will be expected to contribute to business development activities, including marketing, knowledge sharing and practice development.

Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about growing the Forensic FITA practice and helping our Audit teams with their fraud risk challenges. In return, we are committed to helping you to enjoy the role and develop your skills and career within the KPMG.

The Role

• Managing a portfolio of Forensic I&C engagements, with a primary focus on managing FITA engagements and assisting audit teams with risk assessment, regulatory compliance, shadow investigations and, if required, audit work relating to fraud risk
• Building relationships with Audit teams through delivering FITA engagements
• Helping to develop the FITA proposition to support Audit teams with their fraud risk assessment and wider audit work through research and innovation
• Acting independently in managing engagements, under overall supervision of the engagement leader
• Preparation of reports and presentations for Senior Manager/ Director/ Partner review
• Managing the risks and financials associated with FITA and client engagements
• Engaging credibly with stakeholders within KPMG (e.g. Audit RI's) and at clients (e.g. board level individuals at corporate clients and/or law firm partners) on behalf of KPMG
• Developing a network of relevant internal and external contacts through quality delivery on engagements and proactive involvement in other networking activity
• Contributing to the developing of proposals/ bids for future work
• Developing and overseeing more junior members of the team on project assignments
• Recognising the importance of continuous self and team development and actively striving to achieve this

The Person

• Chartered Professional Accountant or equivalent and/or relevant experience as set out below.
• Experience in statutory audit, financial accounting, financial misstatements and/or forensic support to audits beneficial
• A broad range of experience across a range of Forensic engagements, such as: investigations, fraud risk management, and/or regulatory compliance
• Demonstrable experience of contributing to the managing of projects, including elements of financial and risk management
• Experience in scoping and defining Forensic projects is preferable
• Proven ability to lead and manage small teams
• Ability to articulate complex and technical findings in both written and oral presentations for a variety of audiences
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, self-motivation and an enquiring mind
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure
• Confidence and ability to quickly establish credibility with clients and senior colleagues
• Confidence in challenging existing ways of working and ways of thinking
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Strong people skills, including an ability to inspire and develop junior colleagues
• An ability to build, develop and maintain relationships with relevant internal and external contacts
• Experience in business development activities and an enthusiasm to get involved in marketing activity and in developing the Sectors I&C practice