Job Opening: Forensic Accountant
(Manager level, hybrid based in Portland, OR)
Have you dreamed of becoming a forensic accountant? Do you want to grow with a different kind of firm with a healthy work environment and a mission-driven team aligned around shared values?
We are looking for an experienced manager level Certified Public Accountant in or near Portland, OR to join our highly skilled team of forensic accounting and business valuation experts. If you bring at least five years of experience in accounting, care deeply about truth and justice and are looking to play a growing role with a truly special team, this may be the opportunity for you.
About Morones Analytics
Morones Analytics is a forensic accounting firm based in Portland, Oregon, specializing in damage analysis, fraud investigation, data analytics and business valuation. What started as a firm rooted in the Pacific Northwest has grown with cases and professionals in the Midwest, Southwest and across the country.
In our 23rd year of business, our mission is to seek truth and justice by solving financial puzzles and telling a powerful story with numbers. Top litigators and many of the nation’s largest law firms have trusted us again and again to answer the toughest financial questions and deliver results on high-stakes legal disputes. Clients tell us our credibility and reputation are unmatched. That’s because we’re always focused on doing the right thing.
Our go-to team of financial experts brings a mighty combination of expertise with a heart for our clients and each other. Having worked at top global accounting firms, in-house with major corporations and as business owners, we apply decades of specialized experience and diverse talents to each case, and our work leads to expert testimony in court.
- Included in the Chambers & Partners USA-Nationwide Forensic Accountants Rankings among top five firms nationally in 2023 and 2024.
- Received Portland Business Journal’s Best Places to Work 2024 Award
Key Responsibilities
The position will initially support senior testifying experts in analyzing forensic accounting cases. Within 3-5 years, this position should be able to lead forensic accounting cases directly with clients and eventually serve as a testifying expert in financial litigation matters. This qualified individual may be new to forensic accounting but must be an experienced accountant. Key duties include the following:
- summarize financial statements from client financial statement source documents and conduct financial analysis
- Investigate detailed accounting data and prepare summaries of source data to support analysis of key issues
- examine and index volumes of documents, looking for evidence that will form the basis of reported opinions
- distill large amounts of data and documents, using advanced data analytics skills
- prepare business valuation spreadsheet models
- learn and apply our internally developed best practices
- learn to deliver expert testimony in support of findings.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting
- Certified Public Accountant
- At least 5 years of professional accounting experience working on complex assignments. 7-10 years preferred.
- Advanced Excel data analysis skills required
- Data coding skills such as SQL Coding, a significant plus
- Audit or internal accounting background a plus
- Strong writing skills
- Public speaking skills
- Excellent patience and attention to detail and accuracy
Why join us?
We’re a different kind of forensic accounting firm where you can thrive and play an important role in shaping our future. You won’t run into barriers or unrealistic billable hours. Instead, you’ll find more fulfillment, better balance and healthy growth.
Our unique firm culture offers work/life flexibility so that we have more time to enjoy our families, friends and personal pursuits.
- A tangible opportunity to help people and businesses who need justice
- Compensation ranges from $130,000 to $160,000 depending on experience, with significant upside potential.
- Combination of work in office and from home
- A monthly allowance to reimburse home office expenses
- Interesting casework with top litigators
- A collaborative team with top-level talent where everyone holds themselves and the firm to the highest of standards
- Entrepreneurial environment with professional development opportunities and resources
- Anniversary program with financial benefits
- Health insurance
- 401K (matching)
- Life/disability insurance
APPLY
Email cover letter and resume to [email protected] to apply. Tell us why you’re interested in this role and why you’re the right fit.
