Associate, Forensic Accounting & Litigation Support

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.