Manager, Investigations

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ABOUT THE FIRM

Secretariat professionals are trusted in the highest-stakes legal, risk, and regulatory matters around the world.

When you join Secretariat, you become part of a rapidly growing team of bright minds and passionate problem-solvers. Your skills and expertise will be utilized on day one – working with the world's most renowned law firms, leading corporations, and influential institutions to answer complex questions that shape critical financial, economic, and strategic business decisions.

Our globally integrated teams are united by the ambition, energy, and commitment they bring to every challenge. We inspire and empower an open, collaborative culture that embraces ongoing professional development, recognition, diversity, and – most importantly – you.

Make your impact at Secretariat.

ABOUT THE INVESTIGATIONS TEAM

As part of our expanding Global Investigations team, you will work at the forefront of today's most complex business challenges. Our highly accomplished expert team includes intelligence experts, investigative and OSINT researchers, country and regulatory risk experts, forensic accountants, certified fraud examiners, digital forensic specialists, big data experts, and former regulators – all working in concert to provide the investigative, strategic intelligence, and regulatory compliance solutions that address our clients' most critical business threats.

Responsibilities

Amongst other tasks, you will be expected to:

• Manage investigations of the following themes: fraud, asset misappropriation, bribery and corruption, IP theft, financial misreporting, undisclosed relationships, and asset/individual tracing.
• Identify different sources of information – both from within the client and from open-sources – that would advance the current level of understanding.
• Conduct robust analysis of information gathered from a range of sources to generate relevant findings and identify next steps and/or further information requirements to progress the current level of understanding.
• Present the findings from the analysis is an appropriate, clear, and concise format suitable for both internal and client/adviser audiences.
• Participate in the planning, preparing, and conducting of fact-finding and interrogative interviews.
• Demonstrate appropriate judgment when considering risks – both to the client and to Secretariat – arising from the assignment. This includes ensuring compliance with internal risk processes and policies throughout the assignment.

Requirements/qualifications/experience

• Fluent in German and English, additional languages would be beneficial
• Qualified accountant or accounting background/experience
• Experience within an investigation practice, ideally with part of that experience spent within a consulting firm.
• Strong verbal communication and report writing skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem resolution abilities with a particular eye for detail.
• An awareness of, and the wherewithal to flag, the inherent risks of collating and analysing information from a diverse range of sources.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• The ability to travel.

There are a lot of fine consulting firms out there. But when everything is on the line, it takes a unique combination of skill and savvy to succeed under pressure.

Our culture and people are driven by passion, pride, and performance. Passion for the clients we serve, the work we deliver, and the communities we live in. Pride in our cohesive team recognized for excellence and trusted to perform in the most challenging situations. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.

Our people are motivated to be the best in everything they do – from our approach to making the complex simple to the way we mentor our up-and-coming talent to become trusted experts early in their careers.

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