Associate, Risk Advisory, eDiscovery at Ankura

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

26 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

26 Dec, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

eDiscovery, Data Analysis, Workflow Design, Project Management, Client Engagement, Quality Control, Research, Collaboration, Communication, Problem Solving, Data Visualization, Forensic Software, Programming, Database Management, Analytical Skills, Teamwork

Industry

Business Consulting and Services

Description

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. This position supports the Ankura Risk Advisory business group- one of six practices focused on client delivery services across the Firm Practice Overview: The eDiscovery practice is commonly engaged to assist financial investigations, litigations and disputes, turnaround and process improvement engagements, and other critical business issues. The eDiscovery team specialises in designing and implementing processes that help clients reduce their data and review volumes. Our professionals provide workflow design and strategy for keyword search, workflow assignment setup, content analytics, conceptual search/clustering, and predictive coding, and work with clients to efficiently extract and effectively analyse client data. We help businesses, government entities and law firms to address their most complex and pressing concerns and make well informed decisions, using some of the most advanced technology, tools and techniques. The team’s consulting experience involves large, diverse, and often incomplete data sets across client enterprises including email, servers, cloud storage, social media, mobile devices, instant messaging and collaboration tools. The team collaborates with cybersecurity, computer forensics, data analytics and investigatory experts to assess and respond to both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of problems. Your role will involve working collaboratively with and learning from our diverse and knowledgeable team that has a wealth of experience in delivering excellent service to our clients. We make use of leading technologies from within our industry and have developed much of our own AI based data manipulation, visualisation and decision-making technology using our own inhouse development team. Why Join Ankura We can support and develop individuals who aspire to be an expert. Vast opportunities for career development, with formal development process, training programmes and internal e-learning training platform, Ankura Academy. Work with leading experts in an established leading global consultancy. Work in a collaborative environment, where our professionals have the freedom to innovate which promotes curiosity, learning and communication. Role Overview: As Associate, you will be working closely with the project team to become familiar with the clients' big-picture objectives and challenges. You will execute critical project deliverables to ensure these objectives are met on time and with the highest quality. You will be responsible for designing and executing efficient and innovative workflow solutions to address our client’s issues. This role will be a hybrid working model in our London office. Responsibilities: Your responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following: Project consultation Assist with project scoping calls and developing work stream process plans. Coordinating with client contacts to provide project deliverables, progress, timelines and advise on strategy, workflow and best practices. Designing and implementing intelligent workflow solutions to quickly identify the key facts, details, and merits of the case, and effectively reduce data volumes. Analysing and interpreting client requirements and applying them to complex unstructured datasets. Responding to client requests and setting clear expectations to internal and external stakeholders Conducting quality control checks to ensure accuracy of tasks/deliverables related to searches, review workflow, productions, processing and exports. Work with team leads to learn and take ownership of project tasks. Performing the day-to-day client engagement activities, including interaction with client personnel, internal Ankura team members, and other stakeholders involved in the engagement. Innovation Identify, research, and organise information to assess the appropriateness and sufficiency of available data to facilitate effective data access and analysis; and Design innovative approaches to solve data related challenges. Self and team development Contributing to the overall success of the firm by participating in pitches, developing internal training, and marketing the firm externally to prospective clients; and Maintain professional image within the company and project the same to those outside of the company Requirements: Minimum of a bachelor’s degree. Preferred degree in engineering, computer science, finance, accounting, economics, information technology, forensics, data analytics, or work experience in a related field. Demonstrable work experience within an eDiscovery team, ideally gained in Big 4 or a mid-tier consulting firm. Possess strong quantitative and qualitative research and analytical skills. Familiar with the EDRM and experience in using eDiscovery products / tools: eDiscovery Review/Processing Platforms: Relativity, Brainspace, Disco, Ringtail, Catalyst, Zylab, Everlaw, CasePoint, Nuix, Law, Eclipse, or comparable. Forensic Software: EnCase, Cellebrite, Oxygen, BlackBag, FTK. Database/Programming: Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, Python, R. Email Systems: Office 365, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes/Domino, eVault, email archive platforms. System administration experience in Microsoft, Linux/Unix, or Macintosh Core Consulting Skills: Hold strong team-oriented personality characteristics: hard-working, thoughtful, and collaborative, with a positive outlook and confidence. Highly motivated, eager to learn and able to motivate others. Ability to utilise technology to solve complex problems. Excellent communication (written and verbal) and organisational skills. Can adapt quickly in handling multiple/evolving tasks for new and existing engagements and/or re-prioritised deadlines. Able to produce high quality and/or final work product under strict deadlines with minimum supervision. Willing to travel nationally and internationally, which could involve a few weeks at a time as engagement duration can range from a week to months. Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email accommodations@ankura.com or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response. Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 2000 professionals serving 3,000+ clients across 55 countries who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative Lateral Thinking That Deliversᵀᴹ, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivalled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Valueᵀᴹ. For more information, please visit, ankura.com.

Responsibilities

As an Associate, you will work closely with the project team to understand client objectives and execute project deliverables. You will design and implement workflow solutions to address client issues efficiently.