Associate Director- Forensics- Due Diligence(Gurgaon)

About Company:

BDO is a global network of professional services firms with a presence in over 166 countries, revenue of over USD 14 billion, and experience of over 60 years. Its a leading service provider for the mid-markets with client service at its heart.

BDO India Services Private Limited (or BDO India) is the India member firm of BDO International. BDO India offers strategic, operational, accounting and tax, and regulatory advisory & assistance for both domestic and international organizations across a range of industries. BDO India is led by more than 300+ Partners & Directors with a team of over 10,000 professionals operating across 14 cities and 20 offices. We expect to grow sizably in the coming 3-5 years, adding various dimensions to our business and multiplying and increasing the current team size multi-fold.

Core Forensics Roles & Responsibilities:

Managing/leading multiple engagements simultaneously.

Ensuring proper execution and review as per work plan and adherence to assignment mandates/deadlines.

Analysing and synthesising information from several sources and draw coherent, well-evidenced conclusions.

Ensuring exceptional quality in client deliverables and ability to articulately present reports / findings to relevant stakeholders.

Liaising with clients and build on existing client relationships.

Participating in practice administration and business development initiatives.

Managing diverse team within a highly inclusive team culture where people are respected and valued for their contribution.

Providing leadership and guidance to junior team members.

Ensuring compliance to the firm's risk management policies and procedures.

Conduct/supervise desktop-based research using a variety of online sources across different jurisdictions/countries. Candidate should be versed with sources such as commercial registries, corporate databases, legal databases and media sources of multiple jurisdictions.

Conducting research in English as well as in local languages (using Translator tools) of respective jurisdictions/countries using a variety of online sources such as commercial registries, stock exchanges, corporate databases.

Responsible for reviewing and drafting high quality reports within stringent timelines

Forensic/Investigative research experience of min 5 years with thorough knowledge of Indian as well as global research sources

Experience of reviewing and conducting Market Intelligence assignments

Experience of reviewing and conducting Integrity Due Diligence assignments

Experienced in conducting key word based open source research using applicable operators on different platforms such as Google/Bing/Factiva/EMIS/Nexis etc.

Experienced in providing support and in guiding juniors/peers on research and report writing

Excellent language (English) skills (written and spoken)

Attention to detail, excellent research, analytical and report writing skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Qualification: CA / MBA Finance / ACCA / CMA / CPA/Masters/ Professional
• Experience: At least 8-10 years into Investigative Due Diligence & Secondary Research