Legal, Risk & Compliance - Investigations & Forensic Senior Consultant

JOB REQUISITION

Legal, Risk & Compliance - Investigations & Forensic Senior Consultant

LOCATION

HOUSTON

ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S)

ATLANTA - PEACHTREE RD, AUSTIN, CHARLOTTE, CHICAGO, DALLAS, MIAMI, TAMPA

JOB DESCRIPTION

You Belong Here 

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture.  We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.  

  

At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.

Where We Need You

Protiviti is looking for a Legal Senior Consultant to join our Investigations, Litigation, and Forensic Services team.

What You Can Expect

As a Senior Consultant, you will lead defined workstreams within fraud, investigations, regulatory enforcement, e-discovery, and forensic matters from planning through delivery. You will coordinate timelines and deliverables, conduct fact-finding and evidence gathering, analyze financial and electronic information, and communicate findings to client stakeholders and internal leadership. You will work under the direction of Managers while taking increasing responsibility for investigative approaches, workstream execution, project monitoring, deliverable quality, and the development of Consultants and Interns.

What Will Help You Be Successful

• You are motivated to learn and interested in fraud, investigations, regulatory enforcement, forensic accounting, e-discovery, and litigation support.

• You can structure investigative work, identify key questions, and adapt as facts and case requirements evolve.

• You analyze information coherently and critically and can distinguish facts, assumptions, and preliminary conclusions.

• You are comfortable working with financial records, electronic evidence, transactional data, and complex documentation.

• You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional client experiences.

• You have an inherent interest in project planning, workstream management, and team leadership.

• You communicate investigative findings clearly and objectively in written and oral formats.

• You contribute to a positive team culture and create development opportunities for junior team members.

• You pay close attention to scope, progress, risks, deadlines, and deliverable quality.

• You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.

Do Your Talents Include the Following?

• Experience with or understanding of:

• Leading defined workstreams within fraud, investigations, or regulatory enforcement matters from planning through delivery under engagement leadership.

• Managing client-service workstream activities, timelines, and deliverables across one or more investigations.

• Conducting fact-finding, evidence gathering, interviews, and financial transaction review to identify potentially irregular activity.

• Applying forensic accounting, data analytics, e-discovery methods, and digital tools to support case development and analysis.

• Reviewing records, reports, communications, and documentation to trace funds, test patterns, and connect key findings.

• Supporting compliance risk assessments and reviews of regulatory requirements in complex environments.

• Helping develop investigative approaches for matters involving corporate governance, financial records, cybersecurity concerns, or potential misconduct.

• Analyzing data to identify and investigate discrepancies and performing follow-the-money procedures.

• Preparing chronologies, workpapers, reports, exhibits, and client-ready presentations.

• Coaching Consultants and Interns, reviewing work products, and building skills across investigative methods and technical analysis.

• Communicating findings clearly to client stakeholders, counsel, and internal leadership in written and oral formats.

• Monitoring assigned scope, budget, progress, risks, and dependencies while adapting to changing case requirements.

• Working effectively with internal and external counsel, forensic accountants, technology professionals, and other consultants.

• Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting complex information.

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.

• Preferred fields of study include Accounting, Analytics or Data Science, Business Administration or Management, Computer Science or Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Criminal Justice, or a related field.

• Three to five years of relevant experience in forensic accounting, investigations, fraud review, regulatory matters, e-discovery, litigation support, compliance, or related professional services.

• Experience owning substantial portions of investigative or forensic workstreams,
• With appropriate oversight from engagement leadership.

• Demonstrated experience with project planning, execution, deliverable tracking, and monitoring of assigned budgets or workstream economics.

• Experience applying data analytics, evidence-gathering methods, and digital tools in investigative casework.

• Demonstrated ability to review junior team members’ work and provide practical coaching.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to distill complex information into clear, supportable findings.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience presenting findings to clients or senior stakeholders. 

• CPA, CFE, CFF, ACEDS, Relativity, or other relevant certification preferred, but not required.

• Prior consulting, accounting, legal, regulatory, or professional-services experience preferred.

Our Hybrid Workplace

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.  

Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.

$88,000.00 - $132,000.00

Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.

10%

The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.

$96,800.00 - $145,200.00

Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions. We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.

Learn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2026_u.s._benefit_highlights.pdf.

Any benefits outlined are part of our reward offerings for full-time employees in the U.S. Your Open Enrollment materials, insurance contracts, plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions together comprise the official plan document which legally governs the administration of your benefit plans. Protiviti reserves the right to terminate or amend your benefit plans in any way and at any time.

Protiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran

As part of Protiviti’s employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Protiviti is committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected] or call 1.855.744.6947 for assistance.

In your email please include the following:

• The specific accommodation requested to complete the employment application.

• The location(s) (city, state) to which you would like to apply.

For positions located in San Francisco, CA: Protiviti will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For positions located in Los Angeles County, CA: Protiviti will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Protiviti is not registered to hire or employ personnel in the following states – West Virginia, Alaska.

Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.

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