Forensics – Data Analytics – Manager

Job Description

<p><strong><u>Financial Advisory | Talent standards</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Financial Advisory | Forensics – Data Analytics Manager </strong></p><p><br></p><p>When you work for us, you commit to a career at one of the largest and most prestigious professional services firms in the world. Looking for a rewarding career? Take a closer look at Deloitte &amp; Touche ME. It has received numerous awards in the last few years which include Best Employer in the Middle East, best consulting firm, and the Middle East Training &amp; Development Excellence Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).</p><p><br></p><p>In an international firm like Deloitte, our strong global presence is complemented by our local reach and market knowledge. A career in Financial Advisory will equip you with a deep understanding of the local and regional business landscape, enabling you to identify opportunities and risks to our clients’ businesses. In addition, your breadth of vision will be engaged, as you match our global resources to our clients’ advantage. Our FA practice encompasses a broad range of specializations and services but whose common goal is to offer strategic services to clients throughout every phase of the economic cycle. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Our Purpose</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Deloitte makes an impact that matters. Every day we challenge ourselves to do what matters most for clients, for our people, and for society. We serve clients distinctively, bringing innovative insights, solving complex challenges, and unlocking sustainable growth. We inspire our talented professionals to deliver outstanding value to clients, providing an exceptional career experience and an inclusive and collaborative culture. We contribute to society, building confidence and trust in the markets, upholding the integrity of organizations, and supporting our communities.</p><p><br></p><p>Our shared values guide the way we behave to make a positive, enduring impact:</p><ul><li>Lead the way </li><li>Serve with integrity </li><li>Take care of each other </li><li>Foster inclusion </li><li>Collaborate for measurable impact </li></ul><p><br></p><p>During your tenure at Deloitte Forensic Data Analytics, you will demonstrate and develop your technical and leadership capabilities. You will have the opportunity to be part of Deloitte’s leading Data Analytics team in the Middle East, and you will work on various time-critical, high impact corporate and financial crime investigations, disputes, and advisory projects in the region and internationally. </p><p><br></p><p>As a Manager in the Forensic Data Analytics team, you will be leading the collection, interpretation, and analysis of large volumes of data, leveraging complex financial or statistical modelling, fraud detection and other suspicious transaction techniques to address our clients’ business issues.</p><p><br></p><p>We are looking for analytical minded and self-motivated individuals with a passion for solving complex problems. Your responsibilities will include: </p><p><br></p><ul><li>Leading the development of data analytics solutions in support of forensic investigations, litigation, and/ or in responses to regulatory compliance-related inquiries. Including, but not limited to:</li><li>Preparation of data requests.</li><li>Preparation and enrichment of data from a variety of sources.</li><li>Data quality assessment.</li><li>Development of rules-based or statistical and impact analyses.</li><li>Development of executive-level reports and dashboards.</li><li>Analysing large and disparate data to support or refute the facts and allegations of disputes, investigations and litigations.</li><li>Managing modelling projects including model design, data preparation, model development, implementation, documentation, and on-going validation &amp; optimisation of rules/ scenarios.</li><li>Conducting interviews with business and technical parties to gather requirements, identify risk factors, and establish metrics that provide enhanced visibility on control environments.</li><li>Helping clients to assess and leverage new data sources, techniques and technologies to improve business processes and compliance.</li><li>Contributing to impactful recommendations on clients’ operating models, including people, process, technology, and data considerations.</li><li>Leading teams to provide high-quality, professional day-to-day execution of engagements and projects in line with the firm’s risk management practices for clients across a wide range of industries as well as providing coaching, quality assurance reviews, time management, and ensuring constant delivery of high-quality outputs.</li><li>Perform engagement planning, supervise scheduling, coordination and administration of engagements.</li><li>Responsible for the management of budgets, cost-control and reporting any exceptions.</li><li>Assisting with the development of new forensic service opportunities to address market demands and grow a pipeline of new opportunities.</li><li>Taking a proactive role in developing the forensic knowledge base within the team and assist with the development of in-house expertise.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Leadership Capabilities: </strong></p><ul><li>Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact. </li><li>Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent </li><li>Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track </li><li>Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills </li><li>Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business </li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Qualifications:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>A 2:1 Bachelor’s degree or above in a technical subject with a significant Computing or STEM element, or equivalent relevant experience.</li><li>Working knowledge of accounting, finance, statistical analysis techniques, forensic investigative techniques, and/ or anti-fraud or compliance systems.</li><li>Demonstrable experience and fluency in three or more of the following technical areas are essential:</li><li>Strong data manipulation and analysis skills (e.g. SQL, R, Python, Hive, SAS).</li><li>Experience with industry standard RDMS (eg. Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL).</li><li>Database design and development (ie. Microsoft SQL Server or IBM DB2).</li><li>Data loading and ETL solutions (ie. Microsoft SSIS or Informatica ).</li><li>Reporting and data visualisation tools (eg. Microsoft SSRS, Tableau, Power BI, Qlikview, D3).</li><li>Scripting or programming experience (eg. C#, Scala, Java, Python).</li><li>Experience of text analytics through use of taxonomies, concept searching, machine learning and/or clustering.</li><li>Experience working with Cloud platforms.</li><li>Data analytics related working experience in one or more of the following areas: fraud detection, fraud investigations, anti-money laundering (AML), customer due diligence (CDD) and / or risk assessments. </li><li>An ability to present complex quantitative analyses and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior client executives, in a clear, concise and actionable manner.</li><li>Strong writing skills to contribute to proposals and the production of deliverables.</li><li>Experience in a client or customer facing role, and project-based delivery.</li><li>Excellent verbal and written English communication skills (Arabic is a plus).</li><li>Strong work ethic with a focus on quality.</li><li>Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills.</li><li>Strong problem solving and conceptual thinking capabilities.</li><li>Willingness and ability to travel.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>The Deloitte Forensic Data Analytics team has extensive experience in the industry, and, as a result, our professionals also have a deep understanding of both advanced analytics techniques and forensic methodologies. We help clients quickly and efficiently address their issues. We deploy sophisticated analytics approaches to gain a deeper and more complete understanding of what has occurred and how similar problems can be prevented. We also work proactively to detect inefficiencies and anomalies in systems – targeting cost recovery and identifying potential issues before they happen.</p><p><br></p><p>We are seeking talented and motivated Forensic focused Data Analytics specialists to join our growing team who are ready to embody their potential in consulting and focused on high quality services to our clients.</p><p></p>