Ankura

Director

• Serve as the client's point of contact and Bright Labs' day-to-day leader in the management and execution of projects and workstreams involving electronic data relevant to litigation or regulatory investigations.
• Assist clients with finding, documenting, and preventing deletion of data relevant to litigation, regulatory matters, or critical business operations.
• Develop solutions and strategies to collect data with special considerations for unique environment and project-specific complexities.
• Coordinate forensic collections and quality review collections documentation.
• Advise clients on data reduction strategies and analyze exception reports.
• Assist clients with the selection of appropriate technology and develop efficient work streams.
• Mentor and lead junior colleagues, assist in recruiting, and support business development efforts.

Director, eDiscovery

Analyst

• Monitor state licensing and renewal requirements for the team.
• Facilitate the invoice process, including preparing and reviewing drafts for Project Manager's approval and issuance of invoices.
• Set up and/or ensure the accuracy of input and maintain projects in Workday Financials.
• Monitor projects (e.g., work in progress, accounts receivables, etc.).
• Work with designated Project Manager to identify revenue to be recognized monthly.
• Facilitate the invoice process, including preparing and reviewing Project Manager's approval and issue invoices.
• Maintain databases of information as required.
• Maintain organization of project workfiles and file structures on SharePoint.
• Assist with billable client work as needed in researching, organizing projects and pulling together data and information received.

Operations

• Lead the US Operations & Workplace Services team, driving service excellence
• Support operational transformation through technology-enabled reporting and process optimization
• Oversee physical security and time entry compliance across offices
• Develop and execute the firm’s evolving real estate strategy in partnership with firm leadership
• Manage real estate and office workplace services budgets

Senior Director, Workplace Operations

Risk

• Oversee entire project workstreams and ensure rigorous quality control across all deliverables.
• Manage and mentor project teams, providing guidance on analysis and fostering professional development.
• Lead client presentations and manage interactions with lawyers, regulators, and C-suite audiences.
• Master 'data storytelling' by translating complex financial and technical findings into persuasive narratives.
• Support Practice Leaders in strategic growth initiatives and the development of new service offerings.

Director, Forensic Data & Analytics – Risk Advisory

• Serve as the client's point of contact and Bright Labs' day-to-day leader in the management and execution of projects involving the identification, collection, processing, review, and production of electronic data relevant to litigation or regulatory investigations.
• Assist clients with finding, documenting, and preventing deletion of data potentially relevant to litigation, regulatory matters, or critical business operations.
• Develop solutions and strategies to collect data considering the unique environment and complexities of each engagement.
• Coordinate forensic collections with clients and the Bright Labs' forensics team, including quality review collections documentation.
• Create and recommend pre-processing strategies to clients and coordinate forensic pre-processing work.
• Advise clients on data reduction strategies including file extension filtering and search term filtering.
• Assist clients with the selection of appropriate technology to meet project objectives.
• Conduct customized Relativity training sessions for clients and troubleshoot issues as needed.
• Generate documentation to support processes executed throughout the project lifecycle.

• Initiates and converts business opportunities and collaborates with other Senior Managing Directors to sell and deliver engagements that generate $5 million+ annually
• Provides guidance to the Ankura team and Client regarding analytical approach and methodologies
• Manages multiple complex initiatives and analyzes the outlook of operating concepts
• Acts as a key facilitator of the engagement with various constituencies
• Engages with key constituencies as part of drafting report to ensure approach is consistent with external expectations
• Establishes and maintains relationship with most senior client executives

Senior Managing Director, Performance Improvement, Healthcare

• Serve as the client's point of contact and Bright Labs' day-to-day leader in the management and execution of projects and workstreams.
• Assist clients with finding, documenting, and preventing deletion of data potentially relevant to litigation, regulatory matters, or critical business operations.
• Develop solutions and strategies to collect data with special considerations for the unique environment and project-specific complexities.
• Coordinate forensic collections with client and Bright Labs' forensics team.
• Create and recommend pre-processing strategy to client.
• Advise client on data reduction strategies including deNISTing, file extension filtering, date culling, and search term filtering.
• Assist clients with the selection of the appropriate technology to meet specific project objectives.
• Conduct customized Relativity training sessions for clients.
• Design customized reports for clients.

Senior Director, eDiscovery

Accounting Manager

• Leverage your expertise to analyze accounting, auditing, and independence rules and standards
• Assist Ankura Senior Managing Directors and clients with communications with the PCAOB, SEC, or other regulators on auditing, accounting, and independence matters
• Provide an independent perspective based upon your expertise in GAAP, IFRS, and PCAOB Standards to assist audit firms with the identification of enhancements to their audit methodology and system of quality control
• Assist external and internal counsel to perform investigations of corporations surrounding breaches in a corporation’s internal policies, procedures, and ethical behavior
• Work with colleagues, clients, fraud examiners, internal and external auditors, lawyers, and regulatory authorities on challenging, sensitive and adversarial situations
• Lead and conduct forensic investigations, technical accounting research, fraud risk assessments, compliance reviews, forensic accounting audits, background interviews and searches, asset searches, fund tracing, electronic data reviews
• Review and finalize engagement work plans, working papers, project documentation, progress and final reports to the highest level of quality
• Lead and manage work of engagement team comprised of internal and external experts in close, intermittent, and distant collaboration modes
• Plan, manage and control budgets on investigations engagements
• Monitor and manage risks throughout the engagement cycle
• Adhere to the strictest standards of client and engagement confidentiality and integrity
• Maintain active communication with counsel, clients, and internal team to manage expectations and ensure satisfaction
• Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews
• Design, craft and deliver client proposals, presentations, and marketing materials
• Participate in business development activities such as public speaking events, conferences, seminars, marketing events and client meetings.

Managing Director, Risk Advisory, Global Investigations – Forensic Accounting

Financial Crime

• Support client engagements across the financial services, fintech, and money services business (MSB) sectors
• Assist clients in building, enhancing, and operating financial crime compliance programs
• Contribute to policy and procedure development
• Perform independent reviews and gap assessments
• Execute day-to-day compliance operations (KYC onboarding, transaction monitoring, EDD, SAR processes)
• Apply statistical analytics to large transaction datasets
• Assist clients with the design, implementation, and enhancement of fraud controls
• Support the creation and enhancement of compliance program documentation
• Conduct independent reviews of BSA/AML/OFAC and fraud‑related controls
• Analyze large datasets to identify financial crime risks
• Collaborate closely with clients and internal teams
• Monitor BSA/AML/OFAC regulatory developments

Senior Associate, AML/Fraud Risk Advisory

Architect

• Lead and serve as the primary testifying expert on high-profile construction disputes, claims, and litigation matters, focusing on design and construction defect analysis and Standard of Care for General Contractors and other parties.
• Lead detailed, after-the-fact evaluations of Design and Construction Deficiencies and Defects, Water Infiltration/Intrusion, and Standard of Care for general contractors and design professionals.
• Serve as the Testifying Expert in depositions, mediations, and trial, presenting complex technical and causation findings in a clear, concise, and objective manner.
• Direct and perform forensic analysis of pertinent design and construction documentation to determine contractual liability and cause-and-effect relationships between project events and alleged defects.
• Oversee data-gathering activities, including document review and supervising the quality control of technical work product.
• Supervise and mentor project personnel, including analysts and less experienced associates.
• Lead engagement work planning, proposals, budgeting, and client communications for senior-level review.

Senior Director, Construction Disputes – Advisory, Architect

• Review/Prepare valuation reports which includes gathering sale and lease comp data to support concluded DCF values.
• Model cash flows (rent rolls, operating expenses, capital expenditures, market leasing assumptions) for quarterly interim valuation updates.
• Review third-party appraisal reports as part of the valuation management process, provide consolidated review comments on third-party valuations, comparing to the recent transactions, other appraisal reports, market conditions, and various market reports.
• Set procedures for workflow with internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct market research through interviews and gather information related to real estate supply, demand, pricing, and investment parameters
• Analyze economic, financial, and market data
• Review/prepare valuation reports and prepare presentations for team and clients.

Director – Real Estate Advisory

• Leads the final delivery of analyses developed on engagement(s)
• Leads and provides guidance on complex analyses and restructuring alternatives pertinent to the situation at hand
• Has a view on various restructuring concepts informed by prior experience and expertise
• Understands complex issues with credit agreements and can structure provision and terms to best protect the client
• Negotiate waivers, forbearances, amendments and terms to credit agreements
• Effectively manages entire project work plan for engagement(s)
• Manages the development and presentation of final client deliverables
• Determines effective approach / content level based on previous experiences in similar situations
• Leads presentations and large meetings with senior clients, other professionals and parties in interest
• Maintains day to day relationships between Ankura team and senior client executives
• Oversees the quality of engagement(s) and the development of staff

Director, eDiscovery

Analyst

Senior Director, Workplace Operations

Director, Forensic Data & Analytics – Risk Advisory

Director, eDiscovery

Senior Managing Director, Performance Improvement, Healthcare

Senior Director, eDiscovery

Managing Director, Risk Advisory, Global Investigations – Forensic Accounting

Senior Associate, AML/Fraud Risk Advisory

Senior Director, Construction Disputes – Advisory, Architect

Director – Real Estate Advisory

Managing Director – Turnaround & Restructuring