Senior Forensic Accountant

About Forensure

At Forensure, we handle complex, high-stakes matters across forensic investigations, business interruption losses, medico-legal quantum, and commercial disputes. We're based in the Western Cape winelands and serve clients nationwide.

More about the role

This is not a traditional accounting role. This is a full-time, on-site Senior Forensic Accountant role based in Somerset West. We are looking for a Senior Forensic Accountant who can think critically, communicate confidently, and drive matters forward.

Responsibilities

• Investigate financial irregularities and discrepancies.
• Analyse financial data and identify what doesn’t make sense.
• Investigate and determine reasons for irregularities, inconsistencies and discrepancies.
• Reconstruct financial information for various scenarios.
• Quantify losses in insurance and litigation contexts.
• Prepare clear, defensible reports.
• Engage directly with clients, attorneys, insurers, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct well-formulated research to gather appropriate information suitable to the circumstances of any particular matter.

Qualifications

Forensure is looking for someone with the following qualifications, experience and skills:

• Minimum of 5 to 8 years’ relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Preference to someone holding a qualification in accounting and/or finance and/or forensics (CA(SA), AGA(SA), CFE, CFP or similar).
• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
• Ability to work with incomplete or conflicting information.
• Proficiency in forensic analysis and forensic accounting.
• In-depth knowledge of the flow of financial information in the context of Financial Statements and related documentation.
• Proficiency in problem-solving.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent forensic report writing skills.
• Experience in forensic accounting.
• Equally comfortable in the frontline and back-office positions.
• Confidence to pick up the phone and drive conversations forward.
• Appropriate organisation skills to up and push for information where needed.
• Skilled at handling direct and sometimes uncomfortable discussions.
• Engage confidently in face-to-face consultations.
• Take ownership and get matters moved forward.