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Accounting, Financial Services, Professional Services

Associate, Forensic Accounting & Litigation Support

Irvine, CAHybridInternshipPosted 21 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • litigation
  • forensic accounting
  • family law
  • document discovery
  • document management
  • separate property assets
  • child support
  • spousal support
  • business valuations
  • equity compensation

Nice to have

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Excel logic
  • Excel functions
  • Excel tables
  • accounting internship
  • professional office

Role summary

Gursey | Schneider LLP is seeking a detail-oriented Litigation Associate for its Family Litigation Department in El Segundo. This hybrid role supports forensic accounting and family law litigation matters, including analysis of separate property assets, income for support, marital standard of living, business valuations, and equity compensation. Responsibilities also include preparing declarations, post-separation accounting, and document discovery and management. A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field is preferred, with graduation in 2024 or earlier. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is preferred.

About Us: Gursey | Schneider LLP is a Top 100 Firm and a 12-time recipient of Inside Public Accounting's Best of the Best Firms, with over 40 years of success in the market. Our firm consists of over 250 accounting professionals, and our talented people consistently drive the success of our business through thoughtful strategy and creative problem-solving. Job Title: Litigation Associate Department: Family Litigation Location: Irvine Description of the role: Gursey | Schneider LLP seeks a detail-oriented accounting professional to contribute to the Litigation Department in a hybrid environment. We are hiring for our El Segundo office, servicing high-net-worth clients and business owners in all financial aspects of the marital dissolution process.

Educational Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree (majors in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related discipline preferred)
  • Applicants must have graduated in 2024 or earlier.
  • Minimum Qualifications:

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Attention to detail and accuracy and ability to organize voluminously detailed information.
  • Well-established skills in Microsoft Excel (Preferred candidates can demonstrate basic competency in using Excel’s logic, information, functions, and tables.)
  • Able to customize reports in Excel or Word for client-specific scenarios.
  • Successful candidates should have the following:
  • Accounting-related Internship experience in a professional office is preferred.
  • Reasonable commuting distance to the Irvine office (hybrid in-office/work-from-home schedule)
  • Responsibilities:

  • Supporting Forensic/Litigation Professionals with the following:
  • Analysis revolving around all forensic accounting and family law litigation matters.
  • Tracing of separate property assets
  • Analyzing income available for child and spousal support
  • The marital standard of living analyses
  • Exposure to business valuations
  • Real estate apportionment
  • Allocation of equity compensation (stock options, restricted stock units, carried interest, etc.)
  • Preparing declarations
  • Post-separation accounting and reimbursement analyses
  • Document discovery and management.
  • Benefits: G|S offers market-leading benefits, including medical/dental/vision insurance, paid parental leave, generous PTO, profit sharing plan, 401(k) match, and overtime pay. We also offer fun intangible perks such as our annual ski/camping trip, black-tie holiday party, quarterly departmental mixers (travel stipend included), and paid continuing education.
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