eDiscovery & Digital Investigations, Associate

Description

Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a global consulting firm with over $2+ billion in revenues and c.8,000 + staff offering a broad range of professional services including Operational & Financial Restructuring, Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Valuations, and Disputes & Investigation Services. Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results.

Business failures, financial frauds and accounting irregularities. These and other events have resulted in regulatory interventions, investigations, financial restatements and a significant number of lawsuits. Dealing with matters of a complex nature requires a broad range of skills and experience and our Disputes & Investigations (“D&I”) team offers Forensic Accounting and Investigations, Dispute Advisory, and Forensic Technology Services.

Within D&I, Forensic Technology Services (“FTS”) team comprises senior forensic and information security technologists, who bring deep expertise in Computer Science and Information Systems, and offer a hands-on approach to collecting, preserving and analysing electronic information. FTS Includes:

• Digital Investigations
• Electronic Disclosure Management
• Data Mining and Database Analytics
• Information Governance, and
• Cyber Security.

The Role

In today's digital age, an increasing number of files and communications are stored on electronic media including laptops, mobile phones and cloud based storage systems, thus giving forensic technologists the responsibility of gathering, preserving and presenting evidence in an extremely cost effective and efficient way.

Our FTS team is hugely successful, and an opportunity exists for us to grow at Associate level, specifically within the Electronic Disclosure and Digital Investigations team.

Critical Capabilities

Successful appointees are action-oriented self-starters with entrepreneurial flair able to thrive in a fast-paced, exciting and dynamic environment. They are comfortable working independently as well as in high performing teams in a non-hierarchical and flat structure, able to relate well at all levels and cultures. They are passionate problem-solvers able to balance a high-level view with detail. Driven by values of integrity and objectivity, they know analytical rigor is key to success in this straight talking and fact-based environment.

You will have:

• Experience in Forensic Technology specifically working in eDiscovery and/or Digital Investigations.
• Experience working with the eDiscovery platform Relativity in some capacity; Relativity certification would be advantageous
• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited university is require
• Strong written and oral communication skills in addition to well-developed organisation skills
• Learns fast and enthusiastic about new technologies

Diversity & Inclusion

A&M's entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

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