Manager - Monitoring Trustee Services, Smith & Williamson, London

With a distinctive range of expertise and extensive links to the legal profession, we provide forensic services across numerous disciplines for both corporate and private clients. Our partners are acknowledged leaders in their own fields and combine this expertise with an understanding of the legal process and experience of acting as Expert Witnesses.
Our team offers forensic accounting and forensic technology services on a wide range of contentious matters including dispute resolution, fraud and bribery investigations, personal injury and insurance claims, both in the UK and internationally.  The team also provides Monitoring Trustee services where we act as Monitoring Trustee on behalf of competition regulators to monitor parties’ compliance with structural or behavioural remedies.

Job description 

Purpose of role:

Managing Monitoring Trustee assignments as well as undertaking business development tasks for the department.
Key responsibilities:
Managing Monitoring Trustee assignments
Carrying out and managing more junior staff on the following:
Analysis of information received on the parties’ compliance with the remedies
Attending meetings together with Head of the team and leading meetings when required
Report writing
Liaising with clients and chasing information
Managing client engagements including client set up and control of lock up
Business Development
BD concentrated on:
Networking with lawyers and regulators
Relationship management
Attending marketing events

Key Competencies:

Analytical thinking: at the core of all forensic assignments – must be able to identify key issues in a case and anticipate counter-arguments
Detail oriented: ability to look at a large quantity of financial and non-financial information and identify inconsistencies.
Written communication: our work product is typically a written report – these have to be of the highest standards – not only does the content need to be technically correct but it has to be presented clearly
Commercial awareness: all Monitoring Trustee and forensic assignments require commercial awareness as they are all about commercial issues
Teamwork: The FS team is diverse with different technical skills – teamwork is essential to this role
Project management: managing the expectations of the competition regulators and those of the client also

Candidate Profile 

Education/Qualifications:

ACA qualified or equivalent

Key experience & skills:

Relevant experience of working in Monitoring Trustee practice or similar
A mixture of audit, transactions, M&A or corporate finance experience is also desirable
The analytical skills required for Monitoring Trustee assignments
Report writing and presentation skills
Assignment and client management skills