Senior Associate - Forensic Service - Consulting
PwCShanghaiUpdate time: August 25,2019
Job Description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Corporate and Business Strategy

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Fraud Risk and Economic Crime practice, within Forensic Accounting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients understand where they might have vulnerabilities and develop solutions to manage the risks involved. We prevent, respond to and remediate a wide range of business threats, risks and complex issues.

Our team helps organisations manage their economic crime risks before problems happen, by eliminating and mitigating threats, and analysing, investigating and improving their control environments. As part of the team, you’ll help capture, manage, and analyse data making it easier to identify fraud risks.

Forensic Technology Solutions currently offer the following services to our legal and corporate clients:
  • Advanced Data Analytics
  • Computer Forensics
  • Electronic Discovery Services
  • Analysis/Mining of Accounting and Transactional Data
  • Fraud Detection /Suspicious Transactions Monitoring
  • Information Technology Expert Services
  • Cybercrime Response & Investigations
  • Software Licensing Compliance/Management

As a Manager in the Forensic Data Analytics team, you will be leading the collection, interpretation, and analysis of massive volumes of data, leveraging complex financial or statistical modelling, fraud detection and other suspicious transaction techniques to address our clients’ pressing business issues.

On a daily basis, you will be managing a team of forensic technology specialists working on various projects of the nature as mentioned above and will be constantly challenged to demonstrate leadership, strong practice and business development skills, creative thinking and innovation to keep the practice current with market developments and technological advancements.

Preferred Knowledge:

Preferred Knowledge:
  • Demonstrates considerable knowledge, and analytic abilities through, leading the development of quantitative data analysis and data mining solutions in support of forensic investigations, litigation, and/ or in responses to regulatory compliance-related inquiries, emphasizing the development of database driven reports and analyses. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
  • identification and integration of data from a variety of sources;
  • assessment of data quality and its potential impact on analyses;
  • development of rules to detect fraudulent or non-compliant transactions, statistical and economic impact analyses, and development of executive-level reports and dashboard to summarize results.
  • Demonstrates considerable knowledge of relational database management system (RDBMS) design and development, requirements analyses, tuning of anti-fraud, compliance, anti-money laundering (AML) and risk-management technology.
  • Working knowledge of accounting, finance, statistical analysis techniques, forensic investigative techniques, and/ or anti-fraud or compliance systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly when writing, speaking and/or presenting to client finance and technology personnel, client in-house and outside legal counsel, compliance personnel, investigators, vendors or subcontractors, and forensic data analysis team members.
  • Consulting experience or client-service background preferred.

Preferred Skills:
  • Data mining and statistical analysis tools such as R, SAS …etc.
  • Data visualization tools such as Omniscope or Tableau
  • Reverse engineering or deep technical knowledge of ERP systems and other datasets
  • Oracle PL/SQL or Microsoft T-SQL query languages and associated technology (e.g. SSIS, SQLLDR)
  • Programming or scripting in Perl, Python or Visual Basic
  • Extraction, cleansing and analysis of ERP data from a range of leading vendors such as Oracle, SAP and JD Edwards
  • Thorough experience identifying and addressing client needs: developing and sustaining deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities; preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials; and defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection; and,
  • Thorough experience as a team leader: leading teams to generate a vision, establish direction and motivate members, create an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views, coach staff, and encourage improvement and innovation.

Minimum Years of Experience Necessary:
  • 7

Minimum Degree(s) and Certification(s) Required:
  • BS or MS degree in one or more of the following preferred: Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Finance & Accounting, Statistics, Mathematics or related sciences
  • Oracle Certified Associate (OCA), Oracle Database Administrator (ODA), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) or Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) in Database Development, SAS Certified Base or Advanced Programmer certifications
  • Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)

  • Languages:
  • Fluency in English and Mandarin, both spoken and written is essential.
Travel:Have the flexibility/desire to travel as it is a required element of this position, and will vary with client demands.

Not Applicable

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required: Bachelor Degree

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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