Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. Practice Overview: Ankura’s Valuation and Accounting Advisory group advises outside counsel and provides expert witness testimony on complex commercial disputes regarding complex valuation, solvency, accounting, damages and financial advisory matters. Ankura’s experts present their findings to management committees, regulators, and state and federal courts, including U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. District Court. We value companies and assets for quantum, transaction and financial and tax reporting purposes, perform forensic accounting analyses, work with debtors and creditors in restructuring transactions, perform solvency reports in contentious matters, and provide testimony to government regulators with regard to companies’ value and their ability to service debt and source capital while remaining solvent. We are also retained to determine the fair market value and fair value of businesses in a variety of industries, as well as to value complex intellectual property. This role will be based in our Chicago Office on a hybrid schedule. Responsibilities: Working as part of a project team, perform critical, value-added work that help clients develop solutions to resolve complex disputes. Responsibilities may include developing and performing financial, accounting, valuation, economic, and statistical analyses and research; demonstrating proper documentation and quality control of analysis; providing detailed fact finding and research; and providing excellent client service. NOTE: The level of Director or Senior Director will be determined during the interview and evaluation process. Qualifications: + Required: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (or progress towards a CPA with at least 1 exam passed and meeting the 150-credit hour requirement) and/or progress made towards obtaining the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA), Accredited Business Valuation (ABV), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) professional certifications + Required: Significant accounting experience and experience performing valuations + Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in accounting, finance, economics or related disciplines + 3-10 years of experience in: + Accounting at public accounting firm in an audit, tax or consulting capacity OR + Valuation consulting, for either litigation, accounting or transaction purposes + Financial and cash flow modeling using spreadsheets + Interpretation and critical analysis of financial statements + Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future. #LI-EN1 #LI-Hybrid Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email accommodations@ankura.com or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response. Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 1,800 professionals serving 3,000+ clients across 55 countries who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative Lateral Thinking That Deliversᵀᴹ, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivalled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Valueᵀᴹ. For more information, please visit, ankura.com.