Businesses today are confronted daily by corruption, fraud and other unplanned events. Our growing Advisory Forensics Services practice protects opportunities for clients by working with them to strategically prepare for and manage the changeable complexities of the evolving threat landscape and by providing unparalleled resources and insights to investigate fraud, assist in risk management and mitigation, and identify and analyze vulnerabilities - whether in one country or worldwide. With a strong Forensics presence in more than 40 countries, our strategic threat management approach enables us to work with international clients to anticipate, manage, and respond to threats, while also helping clients become "threat-smart." Our Forensics professionals possess core forensics capabilities as well as forensic technology expertise and offer clients a unilateral advantage in investigating problems that extend across borders or that afflict multinational organizations.
Our Forensics Technology Solutions consultants help clients protect business opportunities in today's evolving threat landscape. We apply advanced, strategic approaches to assist our clients with complex information management challenges as well as combine data analysis techniques, sophisticated technology tools, and information management principles to help our clients make well-informed decisions. By strategically helping clients prepare for and manage threats, our global team helps clients take advantage of opportunities, develop stronger early warning systems, and become "threat-smart."
The PricewaterhouseCoopers Forensic Data Analysis practice helps clients identify and analyze vulnerabilities in order to manage and mitigate risk. Our skills in forensic analysis allow our clients to continue their business, recover lost funds, halt further economic losses, and mitigate risk. We also assist our clients with requirements analysis, software vendor selection, integration customization, and tuning of anti-fraud, compliance, anti-money laundering (AML) and risk-management technology.
Position/Program Requirements
Knowledge Preferred:
Demonstrates thorough 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 thorough knowledge of relational database management system (RDBMS) design and development, requirements analyses, software vendor selection, integration customization, and tuning of anti-fraud, compliance, anti-money laundering (AML) and risk-management technology.
Direct experience with conducting requirements analysis, design, hands-on development of analyses, and supervision of Associates who will support the development of analyses.
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.
Skills Preferred:
Thorough knowledge and direct experience doing SQL programming and conducting data mining, as well as conductinq query performance and tuning, using Oracle database, MS SQL-Server, MS Access, and/ or SAS.
Thorough knowledge with a scripting language such as Perl, Python, or Visual Basic.
Demonstrates through experience identifying and addressing client needs, identifying and resolving issues related to business and system requirements analysis, and the ability to add significant value in analysis design discussions.
Proven project management abilities including ability to prepare budgets, work plans, status reports, and client-ready deliverables.
Proven ability and direct experience summarizing and communicating the results of analyses to senior management in a clear and concise manner that emphasizes consistent business grammar, tone and style.
Proven ability as a team leader, including developing and mentoring junior team members and collaborating with others.
Travel requirements: Up to 100%
Preferred Degree(s)/Certifications:
Concentration studies in one or more of the following--Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics or related sciences, and/or an obtained Masters in Information Systems
Oracle Certified Associate (OCA), Oracle Database Administrator (ODA), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) or Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) in Database Development
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), SAS Certified Base or Advanced Programmer certifications, Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Project Management Professional (PMP)
Min Year Exp:
3
Min Degree(s) and Certifications:
Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree required.
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