Associate - Forensic & Accounting

About the Role

Metalegal
Advocates is seeking an analytically driven and professionally accomplished **Chartered
Accountant to join its Forensic & Investigations Practice**.

This role is
ideal for professionals with 0–3 years of post-qualification experience who
are keen to build a career in forensic accounting, financial investigations,
dispute support, regulatory proceedings, and white-collar matters. The
successful candidate will gain structured exposure to complex assignments
involving financial irregularities, fraud reviews, transaction analysis, fund
flow assessments, litigation support, and regulatory investigations while
working closely with senior professionals and multidisciplinary legal teams.

The role offers
significant learning opportunities in a dynamic professional environment with
exposure to challenging engagements across diverse industries.

Scope of Work

The Associate
shall be involved in assignments relating to, inter alia:

• Financial investigations and forensic

accounting reviews.

• Forensic audit and fraud risk

assessments.

• Regulatory investigations and

enforcement support.

• White-collar crime and economic

offence matters.

• Financial due diligence and

compliance reviews.

• Fund flow analysis and transaction

tracing.

• Asset tracing and financial

reconstruction.

• Dispute support, litigation support,

and financial analysis.

• Investigation documentation and

evidence management.

• Financial analysis relating to

proceedings before regulatory and judicial authorities.

**Key
Responsibilities**

The Associate
shall, inter alia:

• Analyse financial statements, books

of account, bank statements, general ledgers, accounting records,
vouchers, transaction trails, and supporting documentation.

• Assist in forensic accounting

reviews, financial investigations, transaction testing, fund flow
analysis, reconciliation exercises, and financial data analysis.

• Support the identification of unusual

financial patterns, accounting irregularities, suspicious transactions,
and indicators of financial misconduct or fraud.

• Prepare structured working papers,

analytical schedules, financial summaries, investigation documentation,
and evidence matrices.

• Assist in assignments involving

regulatory authorities, investigation agencies, dispute resolution,
arbitration, and litigation support.

• Review financial records, statutory

filings, accounting data, documentary evidence, and regulatory
disclosures.

• Support investigations relating to

alleged fraud, diversion of funds, misappropriation, accounting
irregularities, related-party transactions, and other financial
misconduct.

• Coordinate with clients and internal

teams for collection, organisation, and analysis of financial and
supporting information.

• Conduct research on accounting

standards, financial reporting requirements, regulatory frameworks,
forensic methodologies, and investigation practices.

• Maintain high standards of

professional ethics, confidentiality, documentation quality, and
analytical accuracy across all assignments.

Requirements

**Essential
Qualifications**

Applicants must
satisfy all of the following requirements:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) –

Mandatory.

• 0–3 years of relevant

post-qualification experience in forensic accounting, forensic audit,
financial investigations, risk advisory, financial due diligence,
regulatory reviews, dispute support, statutory audit, internal audit, or
similar financial analysis assignments.

• Strong and consistent academic record

throughout school, graduation, and professional education.

**Preferred
Experience**

Preference may be
given to candidates having exposure to one or more of the following:

• Forensic accounting or forensic

audit.

• Financial investigations.

• Fraud risk reviews.

• Regulatory investigations.

• Financial statement analysis.

• Fund flow analysis.

• Internal controls and compliance

reviews.

• Risk advisory assignments.

• Dispute support or litigation

support.

• Professional services firms, forensic

consulting practices, risk advisory teams, audit firms, or
multidisciplinary professional environments.

**Mandatory
Requirements**

· Qualified
Chartered Accountant (CA).

· Strong
academic credentials with a consistent academic record.

· Excellent
analytical and financial reasoning skills.

· Proficiency
in Microsoft Excel and financial data analysis.

· Strong written and verbal communication
skills.

**Ideal
Candidate Profile**

The ideal
candidate should demonstrate:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving

capabilities.

• Sound accounting and financial

analysis skills.

• High standards of professional

ethics, integrity, and confidentiality.

• Strong attention to detail and

documentation discipline.

• Effective report writing and

communication skills.

• Willingness to learn and work on

complex forensic and investigation assignments.

• Ability to manage multiple

assignments and work within defined timelines.

• A collaborative approach while

working with multidisciplinary legal and forensic teams.

Benefits

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Remuneration

Competitive
remuneration shall be offered commensurate with qualifications, relevant
experience, professional merit, and overall suitability for the role.

The
responsibilities outlined above are indicative of the broad scope of the role
and are not intended to be exhaustive. The Associate may be required to
undertake such additional responsibilities and assignments as may be reasonably
assigned by the Firm from time to time, having regard to the Firm's business
requirements, client engagements, operational needs, and the Associate's
experience, capability, and professional development.