Senior Associate, Forensic Accounting & Commercial Damages

Location: Emeryville, CA; supporting the San Francisco practice.

Salary: $110,000–$177,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides consulting services in economics, disputes and investigations, corporate finance, and performance improvement through interdisciplinary expertise, data, and emerging technologies.

What you will do

• Analyze financial statements, general ledgers, tax returns, transaction data, and business records to identify relevant activity, inconsistencies, and accounting issues.
• Trace transactions, reconcile records, and investigate alleged fraud, financial irregularities, disputed accounting practices, and alter-ego allegations without making legal determinations.
• Research GAAP and evaluate accounting treatments, methodologies, forecasts, assumptions, claimed losses, and financial evidence.
• Develop financial models for lost profits, economic damages, and business valuations, including discounted cash flow analyses where appropriate.
• Draft expert report sections, exhibits, schedules, and reproducible workpapers; review opposing experts’ analyses and support preparation for depositions, hearings, arbitration, trial, and regulatory proceedings.
• Communicate findings, collaborate across engagements, manage competing priorities and deadlines, participate in practice development, and travel as required by engagement needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline.
• Two to four years of relevant experience in public accounting, audit, forensic accounting, litigation consulting, financial investigations, valuation, or related advisory work.
• 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, including investigating discrepancies, evaluating assumptions, and developing well-supported conclusions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of Word and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining accounting issues and financial analyses to attorneys and nontechnical audiences.
• Excellent attention to detail, sound professional judgment, and ability to maintain organized, reproducible analyses.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively while managing multiple assignments and deadlines.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in accounting or completion of a combined bachelor’s and master’s accounting program.
• CPA designation or demonstrated progress toward CPA licensure.
• Experience with accounting 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 data analytics tools such as Power Query, SQL, Python, or R.
• Progress toward a forensic accounting or valuation credential such as CFE, CFF, ABV, or CVA.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an interdisciplinary consulting environment combining accounting, economics, finance, valuation, data analytics, and strategic analysis.
• Collaborate with specialist consultants, industry experts, academics, and data scientists on complex client challenges.
• Maintain high standards of quality, confidentiality, accuracy, and supportability in client work.
• Travel as required by engagement needs.
• Equal opportunity employment is provided in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.