Forensic Accounting & Special Investigations
Role Overview
We are looking for a sharp, highly capable forensic accounting and special investigations professional to support complex financial review assignments involving irregular transactions, asset movement, procurement issues, internal control failures, and incomplete or unreliable records.
This is not a routine accounting, bookkeeping, tax, or statutory audit role.
The role is suitable for someone who can think independently, work with messy information, travel when required, reconstruct financial activity from limited records, and prepare clear evidence-based findings.
We are open to both experienced professionals and exceptional younger candidates who can demonstrate serious practical capability, judgment, and investigative discipline.
What the Role Involves
The selected candidate may work on assignments involving:
Forensic review of financial records
Transaction reconstruction
Asset tracing
Procurement and vendor review
Internal financial irregularities
Unexplained fund movement
Related-party transactions
Cash-flow and inventory reconciliation
Source-of-funds and use-of-funds review
Complex document review
Control failure analysis
Special financial investigations
Field-based financial review assignments
The work may involve incomplete, inconsistent, poorly maintained, or deliberately confusing records. The candidate must be able to identify patterns, reconstruct events, ask the right questions, preserve documentation, and prepare findings that can be reviewed by senior management, legal, compliance, or external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Review ledgers, invoices, contracts, bank statements, payment records, vendor files, inventory records, reconciliations, and supporting documents.
Identify irregular transactions, fictitious vendors, inflated invoices, unexplained payments, control gaps, and unusual financial patterns.
Reconstruct transaction flows from incomplete or inconsistent records.
Map relationships between entities, individuals, vendors, intermediaries, and counterparties.
Support asset tracing and source of funds / use of funds analysis.
Conduct structured fact finding discussions where required.
Maintain proper documentation and evidence-handling discipline.
Prepare clear, concise, evidence based reports.
Work with internal leadership, legal, compliance, finance, and external advisors.
Travel for assignments when required.
Operate with strict confidentiality and professional discipline.
Who Should Apply
You should apply if you have direct experience or strong demonstrable capability in one or more of the following:
Forensic accounting
Fraud investigation
Asset tracing
Financial irregularity review
Procurement fraud review
Internal investigations
Financial crime review
AML
Sanctions
Anti-corruption analysis
Complex reconciliation
Transaction reconstruction
Vendor and third-party review
Related-party transaction analysis
Litigation support or expert-report preparation
Internal audit in complex business environments
Project, logistics, infrastructure, commodities, or multi-location financial reviews
Qualifications
Formal qualifications are useful but not mandatory.
Relevant qualifications may include:
CA
CPA
CFA
ACCA
CFE
CIA
CAMS
Law
Investigation related background
However, selection will be based primarily on practical ability, judgment, analytical skill, discretion, and ability to handle complex assignments.
Exceptional candidates without traditional qualifications may be considered if they can demonstrate strong relevant capability.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will be:
Sharp, discreet, and highly disciplined
Comfortable working with incomplete or unreliable records
Strong in financial analysis and pattern recognition
Able to think independently
Calm under pressure
Willing to travel when required
Physically and mentally prepared for demanding assignments
Strong in written reporting
Careful with evidence and documentation
Able to work with senior stakeholders
Able to maintain confidentiality
Practical, focused, and not dependent on perfect office conditions
What This Role Is Not
This is not suitable for candidates who are looking for:
Routine accounting work
Bookkeeping
GST / tax filing only
Statutory audit-only work
Basic finance operations
Desk only compliance work
Entry level accounting exposure
A normal 9-to-5 finance role
Freshers and routine accounting profiles should not apply unless they can demonstrate exceptional investigation, analysis, or forensic capability.
Application Requirement
To be considered, applicants must submit:
Updated CV
Current location
Notice period
Expected compensation
Availability for travel
A short note explaining why they are suitable for this role
One anonymized example of a complex financial review, investigation, fraud analysis, reconciliation, asset-tracing, or irregularity review they have personally handled (Written Response)
Mandatory Written Response
Applications without the following response may not be reviewed:
In 300–350 words, describe one complex financial irregularity, fraud review, transaction reconstruction, asset-tracing, procurement review, or special financial review assignment you personally handled or would be capable of handling.
Your response should cover:
What the issue was
What records or data were available
How you approached the analysis
What irregularities or patterns you identified
How you documented your findings
What final output you prepared or would prepare
Do not disclose confidential client names or protected information.
Important Note
This is a selective role for candidates with real investigative ability, not just accounting knowledge.
Only applicants with strong analytical ability, discretion, field readiness, and the ability to work with complex financial records should apply.