Enforcement Case Lawyer (12 month FTC)

Requirements of the role

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in complex and often high-profile investigations under the FRC’s Audit Enforcement Procedure and the Accountancy and Actuarial Schemes.  The role involves taking autonomous responsibility for certain cases and working as part of a team and taking responsibility for discrete areas on other (generally large, complex) matters. The role includes:

• Leading case teams comprising forensic accountants, more junior lawyers, and legal assistants.
• Working collaboratively within case teams, comprising forensic accountants, more senior lawyers, and legal assistants on larger and more complex matters.
• Providing high quality advice and analysis on legal and policy aspects of cases and of Enforcement Division work in general.
• Planning, and assisting more senior lawyers with, case strategy and project managing and driving investigations forward.
• Working with forensic accountants to review complex accounting, actuarial and audit material.
• High quality analysis of information and use of evidence to evaluate cases.
• Instructing, and working closely with, counsel, independent experts, and external solicitors.
• Leading, and assisting more senior lawyers with, preparation for Tribunal hearings.
• Overseeing, and assisting more senior lawyers with, case expenditure and taking responsibility for case budgets.
• Managing, supervising and developing more junior members of the team.

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