Forensic & Integrity Services Manager, Kenya

Our Fraud & Integrity Services (FIS) practice advises corporations and their legal counsel on fraud and forensic investigations as well as on economic damage arising from business disputes. EY is on the cutting-edge on current trends in fraud. Working with clients across all industries, you'll help develop innovative recommendations to some of the most challenging fraud issues around. Since we work with such a diverse portfolio of clients across industries, you can expect to take on a wide range of fraud prevention and detection projects, making this a great place to develop your skills and business knowledge. Our dynamic and talented group is currently seeking the right candidate for a career opportunity as a Manager. 

The opportunity: your next adventure awaits
As a manager, you’ll build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers and develop a portfolio of business by focusing on high impact opportunities. You’ll lead large teams on complex projects, and provide subject matter insight to bids and proposals. Drawing on your skills and experience, you’ll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership. You’ll package overall project findings into clear, concise, high-quality work products and act as a subject matter resource on one or more services, leveraging knowledge and experience to shape services to client problems. Driving improvements in business processes, you’ll serve as a role model for Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) and make sure that project teams understand and comply with our Q&RM guidelines. As a respected senior professional, you’ll communicate effectively with EY engagement partners and managers and work to build, manage and motivate high-performing and diverse teams, and help key staff to build sustainable competencies.

Technical Skills Requirements:

You’ll have knowledge and experience in a number of the following areas:
•    Investigation concepts (evidence preservation and collection, data privacy, legal privilege, investigative interviewing technique, business intelligence)
•    Preparation of forensic reports including review, analysis and verification of evidence
•    Liaising with clients, in-house counsel, external legal teams, witnesses, police, criminal prosecutors and regulatory enforcers
•    Fraud and forensic investigations (eg occupational fraud, bankruptcy and insolvency, insurance fraud, mortgage fraud, procurement fraud)
•    Regulatory investigations and knowledge of regulatory environment 
•    Financial statement irregularity investigations
•    Fraud prevention including fraud risk assessments and compliance program development
•    Forensic due diligence and forensic audit support
•    Review of policies and procedures, internal processes and controls
•    Anti-money laundering
•    Multi-National / jurisdictional / cross-border investigations
•    Working in multidisciplinary teams
•    Leading sectors / firm business development / marketing initiatives
•    Delivering on sales targets and a network of contacts

Skills and Attributes for success:
►    Strong communication and presentation skills
►    Leadership experience and proven track record in a challenging environment
►    Simultaneously handling multiple diverse and pressing assignments and sensitive and adversarial situations

►    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
►    Strong drive to excel professionally, and to guide and motivate others
►    Advanced written and verbal communication skills
►    Dedicated, innovative and resourceful and able to work under pressure
►    Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment

To qualify for the role, you must have:
►    Bachelor’s degree required in either Accounting, Forensics Studies, or LLB with postgraduate in Forensic studies
►    4-6 years’ experience in the Forensics field of which at least 2 years at a manager level
►    Membership to either Associate of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) 
►    Added advantage if a Certified Public Accountant, Advocate, Certified Fraud Examiner and/or Forensic Practitioner
►     Be willing to travel locally and internationally

What working at EY offers:
►    Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. 
►    Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. 
►    Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. 
►    Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

About EY:
As a global leader in Assurance, Tax, Strategy and Transactions and Consulting Services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer a reality.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, kindly submit your Cover letter, CV and relevant certificates in support of your academic and professional qualifications by 3 May 2026.

Only successful candidates will be contacted