Manager, Forensic

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Join BDO’s National Forensic team and play a key role in helping organisations navigate complex and sensitive matters involving fraud, corruption, misconduct and other workplace or regulatory investigations. As a manager, you will lead and deliver high-profile investigations across a diverse range of industries, providing trusted, independent advice that helps clients mitigate risk, strengthen governance and make informed decisions.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the continued growth of our Forensic Investigations practice while developing strong client relationships, mentoring team members and delivering meaningful outcomes on matters that attract significant legal, regulatory and public scrutiny.

About the Team

BDO's Forensic Services help mitigate and resolve high-risk matters involving investigations, forensic technology, data analytics and forensic accounting, and help organisations create and embed proactive risk and compliance frameworks to retain value.

We pride ourselves on our culture. Our work environment will offer you a diverse range of projects, flexibility to be innovative, talented colleagues, and the guidance and support to ensure that you always have everything that you need to succeed. This culminates to a significant opportunity for the development of your career in Forensic Services.

Current Opportunity

As a Manager within our National Forensic team, you will take the lead in coordinating and delivering complex investigations from commencement through to conclusion. Working closely with clients, legal advisors and internal specialists, you will oversee all stages of the investigative process, from evidence gathering and analysis through to reporting and stakeholder engagement.

You will also play an important leadership role within the team by mentoring junior professionals, promoting best-practice investigative methodologies and contributing to the development of our growing forensic investigations capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple investigations simultaneously involving allegations of fraud, corruption, misconduct and other sensitive matters.
• Plan and execute investigative procedures, including evidence collection and analysis, witness interviews and coordination of forensic technology, accounting and data analytics specialists.
• Prepare clear, well-reasoned and defensible investigation reports that withstand legal, regulatory and public scrutiny.
• Deliver fraud, corruption and integrity awareness training to clients and stakeholders.
• Build trusted client relationships through exceptional service, proactive communication and practical advice throughout the investigation lifecycle.
• Conduct detailed research and analysis to identify, assess and present complex forensic and technical evidence.
• Support presentations and reporting to senior stakeholders, legal representatives, industrial tribunals and courts where required.
• Mentor and develop junior team members through coaching, technical guidance, workload management and quality reviews.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and the promotion of best-practice investigative standards across the team.

About You

You are an experienced investigations professional with a strong commitment to integrity, objectivity and delivering high-quality outcomes. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, can confidently manage sensitive matters and possess the ability to analyse complex information while maintaining attention to detail.

You will bring:

• A relevant tertiary qualification, with accounting or related professional qualifications highly regarded.
• Demonstrated experience leading and delivering complex investigations from planning through to reporting.
• Strong knowledge of fraud, corruption and misconduct investigations across both public and private sectors, including relevant legislation, regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• A proven ability to produce high-quality investigative reports that are clear, concise and evidence based.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial, technical or evidentiary information.
• Strong quality assurance capabilities, including reviewing the work of others and providing constructive feedback.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• A high degree of personal and professional integrity, discretion and commitment to handling sensitive information with confidentiality.
• A collaborative leadership style and passion for mentoring and developing others.

If you're looking to work on challenging and impactful investigations while advancing your career within a nationally recognised forensic practice, we would love to hear from you.

Why BDO?

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.

Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.

Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.

We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.

Participate in fitness challenges or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program. Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.

Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.

With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.

Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).

We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a  2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruitment@bdo.com.au