Description:
The Litigation Support Services Team is part of the Financial Investigations & Dispute Advisory Services (“FIDS”) group at RSM Canada and provides expert reports for: Personal injury loss quantification including matters related to motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall accidents, medical malpractice and wrongful death; loss quantification in class action matters; and forensic accounting services.
As a Director, you will be a key part of a growing team delivering loss quantification and forensic accounting services to legal counsel, insurance companies, government entities and external consultants. You will have substantial responsibility in overseeing client service delivery.
This professional will use their industry knowledge, experience, depth of technical knowledge and strong collaborative expertise to add knowledge, value, and executive leadership.
Duties include:
- Ability to perform in-depth analysis of employment records, tax return information, financial statements and other key financial data for mediations, arbitration and litigation purposes
- Attention to detail and ability to perform effective reviewing, including providing constructive feedback to others who are working on your team.
- Ability to perform in-depth research and analysis including gathering facts, conducting industry and market research, reviewing key financial metrics, and reviewing case law to identify relevant issues
- Reviewing, analyzing, compiling and organizing electronic documentation and assisting with document production for litigation purposes
- Preparation of expert report narratives and other reports including deliverables such as document requests, critique reports, demonstrative tables, exhibits, charts and other data visualizations
- Ability to manage and oversee multiple engagements with changing priorities and strictly imposed deadlines
- Assisting with business development activities to grow our practice including presentations, webinars, attending industry conferences, authorship of white papers, etc.
- Cultivating and maintaining positive, productive and professional relationships with colleagues and clients
- Flexibility to travel to client sites and other RSM offices (within Canada and the USA)
This is a Hybrid role based in Toronto, Ontario
Qualifications:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics or Economics from an accredited university
- Minimum +5 years of relevant professional experience, past experience in litigation support, investigations, insurance claims, and forensic accounting services is a plus
- CPA, CBV, CFA, CFE, DIFA, MFAcc designations or pursuit thereof is preferred
- Strong understanding of accounting fundamentals
- Strong organizational and time management skills with a desire to learn new skills
- The ideal candidate will be motivated to solve problems, exceed client expectations, with an aptitude for operating in a fast-paced work environment
- Advanced level skills in Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint and various general ledger systems such as QuickBooks