Managing Director, Forensic Technology

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. This position supports the Ankura Risk Advisory business group- one of five strategic business groups focused on client delivery services across the Firm Practice Overview Ankura brings the critical combination of business, legal process, and IT knowledge to forensics assignments. Our experts are skilled at interrogating a vast range of computer systems to identify relevant intelligence and evidence quickly, as well as assess a wide range of data to identify and capture relevant evidence accurately and cost-effectively.

Our professionals bring a unique blend of skills to help clients formulate their strategy, understand their position, and deliver answers efficiently. We are skilled at identifying and extracting data to show user activity; analyzing user documents and emails for evidence of manipulation and falsification; recovering deleted data; identifying USB storage devices with times and dates; and interpreting artifacts opened on machines from local hard drives, network drives, and removable devices.

Why Join Ankura We can support and develop individuals who aspire to be an expert. Vast opportunities for career development, with formal development process, training programmes and internal e-learning training platform, Ankura Academy. Work with leading experts in an established leading global consultancy. Work in a collaborative environment, where our professionals have the freedom to innovate which promotes curiosity, learning and communication.

Role Overview: Ankura provides Managing Directors with the opportunity to work collaboratively on diverse teams with skilled, intelligent, driven, and successful individuals; the team collaborates with eDiscovery, cybersecurity, data analytics, and investigatory experts to assess and respond to both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of problems. Ankura is focused on hiring Managing Directors who will serve as the foundation of a growing firm dedicated to its people, culture, and delivering high-quality service to clients.

As a Managing Director, you will be a key contributor to helping grow the forensics team from both a revenue and solutions perspective. You will work closely with the Senior Managing Directors to help execute the strategic vision for the practice. The Managing Director will manage teams of Computer Forensic professionals, projects, and revenue generation. The MD will work closely with project teams to become familiar with clients' big-picture objectives and challenges and execute on critical project deliverables to ensure these objectives are met on time and with the highest quality.

Responsibilities: Develop new revenue opportunities for Ankura’s Forensics team via both new and existing clients Manage teams and the delivery of teams who are responsible for preservation and analysis of electronically stored information (“ESI”) using industry-standard tools and practices Ensure that the forensic team can secure transfer of digital evidence while maintaining chain of custody Responsible for the team maintaining the integrity of electronically stored information for admission in a court of law Proactive research and recommendations of technology solutions and process improvements that will ensure continued defensibility Day-to-day client engagement and management activities, including interaction with client personnel, internal Ankura team members, and other stakeholders involved in each engagement Development and cultivation of junior-level team members Practice and Business Development initiatives, including expanding on client relationships Providing project management and support to team leads and clients Delivering updates of projects engagements to Senior Managing Director Responding to client requests and setting clear expectations to internal and external stakeholders.

Designing and implementing intelligent workflow solutions to quickly identify the key facts, details, and