University Associate, Forensic Data & Analytics

About the Role

Ankura is hiring Associates to serve as the foundation of a growing firm dedicated to its people, culture, and delivering the highest quality service to clients. The Associate will work in a collaborative team environment spanning across Ankura’s multidisciplinary areas of expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver on day-to-day activities of engagements including interaction with other team members and client contacts.
• Aggregate, cleanse, and normalize disparate sources of data.
• Analyze and interpret historical financial, operational, and transactional data.
• Create summaries, data visualizations, written analyses, and other presentations of work performed.
• Generate consistent and thorough documentation to support processes developed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Participate in internal and external team meetings.
• Manage time and tasks to meet internal and external deadlines.
• Maintain a professional image within the company and project the same to those outside of the company.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Graduating between December 2026 and June 2027 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, MIS, Mathematics, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, or other analytical area with a solid academic performance.
• Strong interest or experience in using technology to solve complex data problems.
• Ability to engage in team-oriented projects within a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Advanced decision-making, problem-solving, logic-based skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage time and prioritization of tasks.
• Ability to prepare high quality work product under strict deadlines.
• Ability to interact confidently with senior team members.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), quantitative, and organizational skills.
• Strong work ethic, eagerness for continued development, and motivation to succeed.
• Creative and innovative thought process.
• Strong interest in learning, or experience / familiarity with, the following technologies:
• Database programming languages (SQL, PL/SQL) and other database applications (MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL, etc.).
• Programming and scripting languages (Python, C#, VBA, PHP, etc.).
• ETL software and data visualization tools (SSIS, Pentaho Data Integration, Tableau, Power BI, Spotfire, etc.).
• eDiscovery tools (Relativity, predictive coding applications, etc.).
• Willingness and flexibility to travel as required.
• Requires permanent authorization to work in the U.S. (i.e., U.S. citizen or permanent resident). Internships and full-time University Associate roles are not eligible for U.S. immigration sponsorship, work visa, or any other temporary work authorization (i.e., OPT, CPT).