Managing Director, Disputes & Economics, Valuation and Transaction Advisory

About the role

Ankura’s VTA practice is a diverse, tight-knit team of finance and accounting professionals. We are seeking a qualified finance/accounting professional to join our VTA community as a Managing Director based in our New York office. The ideal candidate will have strong valuation experience, financial statement analysis skills, and technical GAAP accounting expertise. This role offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with senior consulting professionals and directly with testifying experts on engagements across a broad range of industries and subject matters.

Responsibilities

• Analyze historical financial information and cash flow projections
• Perform detailed general ledger and trial balance analyses and reconstruct books and records
• Research and analyze accounting and auditing standards under GAAP, GAAS, and IFRS regarding technical accounting issues, including revenue recognition, fair value accounting, business combinations, and deferred tax assets and liabilities
• Contribute to the development of comprehensive, detailed valuation and other financial models
• Provide detailed review and analysis of large volumes of document production
• Prepare clear, concise, and compelling written reports, memos, and presentations

Requirements

• Expert witness testimony exposure for complex valuation and solvency, forensic accounting, financial advisory, and tax controversy matters
• Exposure to financial evaluation of various types of transactions and business arrangements, including mergers and acquisitions, contracts, financing arrangements, and joint ventures
• Post-transaction disputes experience, including determination of damages, analysis and calculation of pre- and post-transaction financial measures, application of U.S. GAAP (including fair value and business combination accounting), and assessment of solvency and reasonably equivalent valuation
• Strong aptitude for report writing, valuation assignments, and performing complex financial and accounting analyses
• 10+ years of experience at:
  • A Big-4 or other national public accounting firm or equivalent experience in audit, tax, or consulting, or
  • A leading expert services, global valuation, or economics consulting firm
• Bachelor’s degree from a 4-year accredited public or private college or university
• MS or other advanced degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a related field (a plus)

Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (or progress toward a CPA with at least 1 exam passed and meeting the 150-credit hour requirement) and/or progress toward obtaining the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA), Accredited Business Valuation (ABV), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) professional certifications
• Willingness to travel