Senior Associate, Investigations & Forensic Accounting

Location: Hybrid role based in BRG's Houston, Chicago, or New York City offices.

Salary: $100,000–$175,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global provides consulting and expert analysis across accounting, damages analysis, economics, finance, valuation, data analytics, and strategic analysis.

What you will do

• Analyze financial statements, general ledgers, tax returns, transaction data, and other records to identify inconsistencies, accounting issues, and relevant financial activity.
• Trace transactions, reconcile records, and investigate alleged fraud, asset misappropriation, embezzlement, and disputed accounting practices.
• Research GAAP and other accounting standards and evaluate accounting treatments, methodologies, assumptions, projections, and claimed losses.
• Support post-closing M&A disputes, lost-profits and economic-damages analyses, business valuations, and discounted cash flow models.
• Draft expert report sections, exhibits, schedules, and reproducible workpapers; review opposing experts' methods and support preparation for depositions, hearings, arbitration, trials, and regulatory proceedings.
• Communicate findings to engagement teams and clients, collaborate across engagements, manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and travel as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline is required; a master's degree or combined bachelor's and master's accounting program is preferred.
• Two to four years of relevant experience in public accounting, audit, forensic accounting, litigation consulting, financial investigations, valuation, or a related advisory practice.
• Strong foundation in GAAP, accounting methodology, and financial statement analysis, including relationships among the general ledger, trial balance, income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, professional judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to develop well-supported conclusions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of Word and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain accounting issues and financial analyses to attorneys and nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively while managing multiple assignments, deadlines, organized analyses, accuracy, completeness, confidentiality, and reproducibility.

Nice to have

• CPA designation or demonstrated progress toward CPA licensure.
• Experience with accounting or transaction-related disputes, fraud investigations, GAAP compliance analyses, lost-profits calculations, business valuations, or expert-witness engagements.
• Familiarity with financial modeling and valuation methodologies, including discounted cash flow analysis.
• Experience with Power Query, SQL, Python, or R.
• Progress toward a forensic accounting or valuation credential such as CFE, CFF, ABV, or CVA.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work from the Houston, Chicago, or New York City offices.
• Work in an interdisciplinary consulting environment spanning economics, disputes, investigations, corporate finance, performance improvement, and emerging technologies.
• Participation in practice development activities and engagement-related travel is expected.
• Equal opportunity employment with reasonable accommodation for qualified candidates.