Legal Jobs at Ernst & Young and Cytonn Investments

JOB DETAILS:
Assurance, Forensics & Integrity Services, Senior

At EY, as an Assistant Manager, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Your Key Responsibilities
• Help clients to work through complex issues of fraud, regulatory compliance and business disputes.
• Work on client engagement teams in carrying out both reactive and proactive forensic analysis of large amounts of structured and unstructured data involving a wide range of database management software, statistical and predictive machine learning software, and link analysis and data visualization software.
• Involve in project activities including data collection and load, data quality assessment, data cleansing and enhancing, complex data transformation, relationship profiling, sampling and extrapolation, segmentation, statistical modelling, segmentation, structured data mining, text mining and analytical matching.
• Work in our specialist forensic technology data analytics lab and on site to help clients leverage knowledge from their data for measurement of fraud risks and losses, prevention, continuous monitoring, detection and investigation of occupational fraud, waste and abuse, financial crime and other form non-compliant activities.
• Work with clients, fraud examiners, internal and external auditors, lawyers and regulatory authorities in sometimes sensitive and adversarial situations.
• Help to prepare sections of expert reports, including review, analysis and verification of evidence data and identifying key issues.
• Be willing to learn, and with time develop and improve leading edge methodologies applied to forensic data analytics engagement that are both reactive and proactive.

Skills and Attributes for success:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong drive to excel professionally, and to guide and motivate others
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Dedicated, innovative, resourceful, analytical and able to work under pressure
• Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment

To qualify for the role, you must have:
• A bachelor’s degree with at least 2 - 4 years of experience in auditing, forensic accounting, investigation or litigation support.
• Ability to run forensic assignments across multiple jurisdictions
• Experience in case management and managing portfolio of clients
• A team player with an investigative mindset
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent command of spoken and written English
• Previous working experience in a consulting or professional services organisation
• Completed professional Forensic certifications
• Willingness to travel on assignments


JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities
• Advising on all matters regarding the law; including the interpretation, impact and effect of the relevant laws and general conditions affecting various areas of the company’s operations;
• Assisting in the co-ordination of legal due diligence, documentation and closing of transactions;
• Developing and carrying out Compliance checks on all facets of Law affecting the business;
• Designing commercial and legal solutions that lead to effective corporate structures;
• Developing and maintaining various policies, procedures and registers whilst carrying out other corporate secretarial functions;
• Negotiating, drafting and reviewing legal documents and contracts;
• Liaising with external lawyers on conduct of court matters
• Attending Court on behalf of the Business when required to
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

Requirements
• A Second Class Degree in Law (LL. B) from a recognized University;
• A recently admitted advocate of the High Court of Kenya with good standing;
• Must have attained a B- and above in O levels/ high school;
• At least 1-year experience in a busy law firm or company;
• Knowledge, relevant practice and understanding of the corporate, commercial investments, real estate and financial markets (including tax), and the respective Laws and regulations;
• Creative, commercial legal thinking and appreciation of the business aspects in their application of the law;
• Ability to pro-actively and creatively manage potential legal issues;
• A team player willing to learn, adapt and work with minimum supervision;
• Excellent organisation, administration, communication, influencing and interpersonal skills;
• High levels of energy and enthusiasm and ability to work long hours and under pressure; and
• High level of analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Covid-19 vaccination certificate


JOB DETAILS:
Assurance, Forensics & Integrity Services, Manager

As a manager, you’ll build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers and develop a portfolio of business by focusing on high impact opportunities. You’ll lead large teams on complex projects, and provide subject matter insight to bids and proposals. Drawing on your skills and experience, you’ll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership. You’ll package overall project findings into clear, concise, high-quality work products and act as a subject matter resource on one or more services, leveraging knowledge and experience to shape services to client problems. Driving improvements in business processes, you’ll serve as a role model for Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) and make sure that project teams understand and comply with our Q&RM guidelines. As a respected senior professional you’ll communicate effectively with EY engagement partners and managers and work to build, manage and motivate high-performing and diverse teams, and help key staff to build sustainable competencies.

Technical Skills Requirements:
You’ll have knowledge and experience of a number of the following areas:
• Investigation concepts (evidence preservation and collection, data privacy, legal privilege, investigative interviewing technique, business intelligence)
• Preparation of forensic reports including review, analysis and verification of evidence
• Liaising with clients, in-house counsel, external legal teams, witnesses, police, criminal prosecutors and regulatory enforcers
• Fraud and forensic investigations (eg occupational fraud, bankruptcy and insolvency, insurance fraud, mortgage fraud, procurement fraud)
• Regulatory investigations and knowledge of regulatory environment
• Financial statement irregularity investigations
• Fraud prevention including fraud risk assessments and compliance program development
• Forensic due diligence and forensic audit support
• Review of policies and procedures, internal processes and controls
• Anti-money laundering
• Multi-National / jurisdictional / cross-border investigations
• Working in multidisciplinary teams
• Leading sectors / firm business development / marketing initiatives
• Delivering on sales targets and a network of contacts

Skills and Attributes for success:
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Leadership experience and proven track record in a challenging environment
• Simultaneously handling multiple diverse and pressing assignments and sensitive and adversarial situations
• Proficient with digital environments and related software and applications, including, Advance Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Office 365
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong drive to excel professionally, and to guide and motivate others
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Dedicated, innovative and resourceful and able to work under pressure
• Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment

To qualify for the role, you must have:
• Bachelor’s degree required in either (Accounting/Forensics Studies) Actuarial Science or LLB with postgraduate in Forensic studies
• 4-6 years’ experience in the Forensics field of which at least 2 years at a manager level
• Membership to either Associate of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
• Added advantage if a Certified Public Accountant, Advocate, Certified Fraud Examiner and/or Forensic Practitioner
• Be willing to travel locally and internationally