eDiscovery & Digital Investigations, Analyst Remote
Job description
Description
Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a global consulting firm with over $2+ billion in revenues and c.7,500 + 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 Analyst 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
Why join A&M?
Attracted by our meritocratic culture and the opportunity to build a business with like-minded individuals, our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a fact-based business, based on pragmatism, not subjective about the meaning of success. It is an environment that presents a real opportunity for ambitious recruits to grow and thrive – and those who do well, earn well. At A&M you will be given real responsibility as there are thin layers of management you will thrive on autonomy and be adept at anticipating what your audience needs.
The culture of the business offers variety of skill, language, heritage and professional background and therefore is unique in terms of style and approach. This is a business where your colleagues are your best allies and ideally, your best friends. A business where good friendships thrive and trust is as true internally as with client. Furthermore, the values of the business include fun as well as reward allowing for great work come to life when you become part of the team.
