Manager, Global Investigations & Dispute Resolution

Hilco Global, a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation USA, is a diversified financial services company that delivers integrated professional services and capital solutions that help clients maximize value and drive performance across the retail, commercial and industrial, real estate, manufacturing, brand and intellectual property sectors, and more. Hilco Global provides a range of customized solutions to healthy, stressed, and distressed companies to resolve complex situations and enhance long-term enterprise value. Hilco Global works to deliver the best possible result by aligning interests with clients and providing strategic advice and, in many instances, the capital required to complete the deal. Hilco Global is based in Northbrook, Illinois and has more than 850 professionals operating on four continents. Visit www.hilcoglobal.com.

What differentiates Hilco is the strength and breadth of its platform. The firm is trusted in high-stakes, complex, and often time-sensitive situations where financial, operational, strategic, and legal issues intersect. Hilco brings together deep experience, commercial judgment, and execution capability across the business lifecycle — from healthy companies seeking growth or strategic alternatives to stressed and distressed situations requiring decisive action.

Built on that foundation, Hilco Global is expanding its Global Investigations & Dispute Resolution practice. This growing practice advises clients on matters involving fraud and misconduct investigations, forensic accounting and financial analysis, post-acquisition and other commercial disputes, bribery and corruption matters, asset tracing, investigative due diligence, litigation support, regulatory response, and other sensitive situations requiring rigorous analysis, sound judgment, and clear communication.

This is not a standalone niche practice being built in isolation. It is being developed within a powerful platform that already has deep client relationships, strong market credibility, and meaningful adjacency to restructuring, valuation, capital solutions, and other advisory capabilities. For the right professionals, that creates a rare opportunity: the chance to build within an established platform that already matters in the market.

Why Hilco Global

There are many firms that offer investigations and disputes work. Very few offer the combination of platform strength, market relevance, entrepreneurial upside, and cross-disciplinary opportunity that Hilco does.

Joining Hilco’s Global Investigations & Dispute Resolution practice means joining at a time of strong momentum. The practice is being actively built and expanded, with the benefit of Hilco’s broader brand, relationships, and capabilities across capital solutions, restructuring, valuation, advisory, and special situations.

For professionals who are ambitious, commercial, and excited by the idea of helping shape a market-facing practice, Hilco offers a differentiated proposition:

• A powerful platform behind the practice, with meaningful credibility and access across lenders, investors, boards, law firms, and corporate clients
• A true build opportunity — the chance to help shape a leading global investigations and disputes offering, not simply join a mature team with limited room to influence direction
• Complex, high-value matters at the intersection of accounting, finance, disputes, investigations, transactions, restructurings, and distressed situations
• Cross-platform opportunity, with natural adjacency to Hilco’s capital solutions, restructuring, valuation, and advisory capabilities
• Meaningful responsibility and career upside for professionals who combine technical excellence, sound judgment, and initiative

At Hilco, professionals are not joining a static organization. They are joining a platform with real market strength and the ambition to build a premier practice.

Position Overview

As a Manager in Hilco Global Investigations & Dispute Resolution practice, you will lead day-to-day execution of complex client engagements involving investigations, forensic accounting analyses, and commercial disputes. You will oversee workstreams, manage junior team members, review analyses, and help ensure that client work is delivered with rigor, defensibility, and responsiveness.

Managers are expected to combine strong technical capability with project management, communication, and team leadership. This role is particularly attractive for professionals seeking broader responsibility and a more entrepreneurial platform than many traditional firms provide.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day execution of investigations, forensic accounting assignments, and dispute-related matters
• Manage workstreams involving fact development, accounting analysis, financial analysis, document review, and issue assessment
• Review and synthesize findings from documents, data, public records, and other sources
• Prepare and review client-facing reports, memoranda, presentations, schedules, and analyses
• Supervise, coach, and develop Analyst and associates through active review and feedback
• Coordinate with senior professionals on engagement planning, budgets, deadlines, and client communications
• Participate in client meetings and present findings and work product clearly and effectively
• Support proposals, pitch materials, recruiting, training, and other internal practice-building initiatives
• Contribute to a collaborative, high-performance, entrepreneurial team environment

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, business, or a related discipline required; candidates with master’s degrees (e.g., MAcc, MBA, MSF, or similar) are strongly encouraged and will be prioritized
• Approximately 4–7 years of relevant experience in investigations, forensic accounting, disputes, audit, compliance, valuation, restructuring advisory, or related professional services
• Strong experience managing engagement workstreams and reviewing the work of junior professionals
• Experience in one or more relevant areas such as fraud investigations, misconduct reviews, post-acquisition disputes, forensic accounting, damages analyses, asset tracing, or litigation support
• Strong report-writing, presentation, and client communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple engagements and deadlines while maintaining high standards of quality
• CPA strongly preferred; CFE, CAMS, CFA, CFF, ABV, or other relevant credentials are a plus
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience with analytics and review tools is beneficial
• Willingness to travel as needed

Candidates are expected to be onsite at Hilco Global offices and work primarily in person with their teams (at least for the first 3-6 months to build connections/relationships). Travel may be required depending on client needs and engagement demands.

Work Arrangement

Hilco Global believes that complex advisory work benefits from collaboration, mentorship, and real-time problem solving. As such, professionals in the Global Investigations & Dispute Resolution practice are expected to work primarily from the office, collaborating closely with their teams and colleagues across Hilco’s broader platform.

While flexibility may be available when business needs permit, the practice operates as an office-based team environment to support high-quality client service, professional development, and team cohesion.

Annual base salary gross: $135,000-175,000. The base salary range represents the estimated low and high end of Hilco’s salary for this position based on geography. Actual base salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and proficiency for the role. The base pay is one component of Hilco’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards and benefits include cash bonuses, long term incentives, health insurance, accident and life insurance, and retirement benefits.

Hilco Global is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered on merits and without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, gender, veteran, or disability status.

Hilco Global strives to comply with all applicable local/state regulations regarding displaying salary ranges. Any offered salary is determined based on relevant factors such as applicant's skills, job responsibilities, prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications and market considerations. In addition, Hilco Global is proud to offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, with options designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself, your family, and your lifestyle. Available benefits are based on eligibility. Our Total Rewards package includes a variety of medical and dental plans, vision coverage, disability and life insurance, 401(k) plans, and a robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support your mental health. https://hilcoglobal.com/careers-about/