Consultant (Forensic Accounting)

**Are you looking to join an organization that is growing and dynamic? What about a high-energy, collaborative environment that rewards hard work?**

J.S. Held is a global consulting firm providing technical, scientific, and financial expertise across all assets and value at risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high-stakes events demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations. We have over 100 locations worldwide. We are highly committed to all members of our community, both employees and clients. Our organization focuses on promoting a sense of community and inspiring our people to achieve results that exceed goals.

We are seeking a graduate-entry Consultant to join our Forensic Accounting and Economics team in Singapore. This is a unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial, highly driven person with a well-rounded skill set to join the Forensic Accounting and Economics team, whose responsibilities extend beyond those of traditional junior accounting positions. The ideal person for this role will need to not only have a keen interest in forensic accounting, but also be flexible and a strategic thinker able to take on a variety of tasks.

The Forensic Accounting and Economics group champions team members to utilize their unique skillsets within our diverse portfolio of work. We understand that every one of our projects are distinctive, therefore we inspire our team members to be inquisitive and think critically while working in a collaborative environment. Our group encourages continuous learning that allows everyone to grow and develop an autonomous mindset in a supportive environment.

The Consultant will assist in the quantification of damages, valuation of businesses, assessment of commercial insurance claims and other assignments. Reporting ultimately to the practice leaders of our ‘Forensic Accounting - Insurance’ and ‘Economic Damages & Valuations’ teams in Singapore, the role will provide opportunities to work on a wide range of projects, including as part of multi-disciplinary teams (for example, alongside colleagues from J.S. Held’s Construction Advisory or Global Investigations practices).

**Responsibilities**:

- The team handles the full range of disputes requiring the quantification of economic losses including contractual and shareholder disputes, fatal accident and personal injury matters, white collar crime and civil fraud and investor-state disputes. Insurance claims include property damage, product recall, liability, theft/fidelity, and business interruption/lost profits. Businesses will consist of a wide range of industries and sizes.
- Use your knowledge of Excel to interpret and analyse the financial and operating information disclosed to our team in the course of assignments.
- Undertake research using public sources and paid information sources to which the firm subscribes, in order to identify data which will help the team to develop robust and defensible economic models.
- Draft requests for documentation to be used in our analysis (in the form of discovery requests and document request lists).
- Assist in the preparation of expert witness reports, written advisory reports and working summaries to be sent to clients. You will be the first set of eyes to make sure documents, transactions and information is accurate by flagging important details for senior team members to review.
- Organize supporting documentation and process data obtained for financial investigations.Assist with other assignments ranging from unusual insurance claim-related matters to investigation and advisory projects.

**Attributes & Background**:

- Bachelor’s or Graduate Degree with either:

- a major in accounting, finance or economics; or
- ability to demonstrate strong numeracy through assessment.
- 0 - 4 years of public accounting experience or closely related field.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills with ability to do VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and advanced formulas.Proficient in written and spoken English.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Proficient in written and spoken Japanese or Thai.

J.S. Held is dedicated to becoming the global leader in providing multi-disciplinary consulting services to the construction, government, healthcare, industrial, insurance, energy, legal, and technology, communities. We have diverse practice areas including Construction Advisory, Financial Investigations, Forensic Accounting & Economics, Forensic Architecture & Engineering, Surety, Environmental Health & Safety, Equipment, Toxicology, and Building & Property Consulting, among other disciplines. J.S. Held is devoted to recruiting and cultivating top industry talent to build a collaborative and diverse team of experts. We leverage our experience to pro