Forensic Technology eDiscovery Senior Manager Dublin

Financial Services - Senior Manager Forensic Technology eDiscovery Dublin

About the job

EYs Forensic & Integrity Services (FIS) helps clients protect and restore enterprise value through the prevention detection and response to fraud cyber events misconduct regulatory breaches and complex disputes. The Forensic Technology team sits at the heart of this missiondelivering technology-enabled investigations digital evidence collection data analytics eDiscovery cyber incident response support and integrity-led data governance programs for public and private sector clients.

At EY youll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with the global scale support inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And were counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself and a better working world for all.

Our Forensic Technology & Discovery team (FTDS) practice the full lifecycle of data analysis from the early stages of identification and collection through to management analysis reporting and production. Using state-of-the-art tools and techniques our team support clients in dealing with the complex issues of fraud regulatory compliance and business disputes.

Our engagements typically require working with large and often disparate volumes of electronically stored structured and unstructured information and the application of advanced analytics techniques.

As a Senior Manager in Forensic Technology you will lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex time-sensitive and high-stakes engagements across investigations litigation & arbitration regulatory matters and integrity transformations. You will shape go-to-market strategy build C-suite relationships and scale service delivery across Ireland and EMEIA while maintaining the highest standards of professional and evidentiary rigor.

You will be a visible market leader who balances technical depth (eDiscovery DFIR data analytics cloud AI-enabled review) with commercial acumen people leadership and quality risk management.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Manager in Forensic Technology you will lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex time-sensitive and high-stakes engagements across investigations litigation & arbitration regulatory matters and integrity transformations. You will shape go-to-market strategy build C-suite relationships and scale service delivery across Ireland and EMEIA while maintaining the highest standards of professional and evidentiary rigor.

You will be a visible market leader who balances technical depth (eDiscovery DFIR data analytics cloud AI-enabled review) with commercial acumen people leadership and quality risk management.

You will actively establish maintain and strengthen market relationships with clients through delivery and proactive market activity. By drawing on your knowledge and experience youll create innovative commercial insights for EY clients adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs and contribute to thought leadership.

Your key responsibilities:

Client Delivery & Technical Leadership

• Lead end-to-end forensic technology engagements: eDiscovery (EDD processing analytics review) digital forensics (endpoint mobile O365/M365 cloud) structured data analytics transaction monitoring continuous controls analytics and ESI/evidence lifecycle.
• Oversee triage-to-production workflows including scoping legal hold preservation/collection processing culling analytics (TAR/CAL) review management production and defensibility documentation.
• Direct complex multi-jurisdictional matters with competing legal and regulatory requirements (e.g. GDPR banking secrecy litigation holds discovery rules).
• Provide expert input for incident response (in partnership with Cyber/DFIR teams) including scoping artefact capture and data containment/notification support.
• Draft and review expert/technical reports and affidavits; support witness testimony where required.

Growth & Market Leadership

• Own and deliver revenue targets and pipeline across priority sectors (e.g. Financial Services Government & Public Sector Life Sciences TMT Consumer).
• Develop and execute go-to-market propositions (e.g. AI-enabled eDiscovery model risk & AI assurance in investigations cloud collections at scale integrity monitoring).
• Establish and nurture C-suite and Counsel relationships; lead pursuits proposals and solutioning for panel appointments and framework tenders.

People & Culture

• Build coach and retain a high-performing team of managers seniors and analysts across eDiscovery DFIR data engineering and analytics.
• Champion diversity equity & inclusion wellbeing and psychological safety; ensure robust supervision and mentoring pathways.
• Sponsor learning pathways and certifications (e.g. Relativity Nuix EnCase Cellebrite GIAC ACEDS CFE).

Quality Risk & Compliance

• Act as Engagement Quality Reviewer or Responsible Executive on complex matters; ensure chain of custody defensible methodologies and independent review.
• Uphold firm policies and regulatory requirements including independence confidentiality information security and data protection.
• Drive continuous improvement in quality frameworks playbooks templates and knowledge management.

Technology & Innovation

• Lead the roadmap for tools and platforms (e.g. Relativity Reveal Nuix O365 Purview Azure/AWS collections; analytics/ML tooling such as Python SQL Spark Azure ML).
• Embed AI-enabled review analytics accelerators and workflow automation to increase speed accuracy and cost predictability.
• Partner with global teams to leverage EMEIA and global delivery centres for scalable follow-the-sun support.
  
  

Skills & attributes for success:

Working within this role involves a varied combination of technical skills client contact business development team building and project management. This role has great potential to help shape the growth of our team exploit market opportunities and to progress your career at EY.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Academic qualifications with a degree in the field of forensic computing or appropriate work experience within the eDiscovery or Forensic Computing industry

• Deep expertise in eDiscovery lifecycle and digital forensics across enterprise mobile and cloud ecosystems and forensic software products including EnCase (EnCE if possible) FTK Cellebrite Nuix Relativity and Brainspace.

• Expertise processing and analysing large volumes of unstructured and structured data
• Solution-oriented approach to the delivery and implementation of projects as well as the ability to build strong relationships with your teams and clients

• Strong grounding in data governance privacy and regulatory frameworks (e.g. GDPR DPA discovery rules; sector-specific regs desirable).
• Commercial leadership: proven revenue growth client development and solution packaging.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication including reporting for legal audiences and/or expert testimony experience.
• Relevant certifications (one or more): Relativity Expert/Master ACEDS EnCE GCFA/GCFE CCE CFCE CFE CISSP Security Azure/AWS certs.

Ideally youll also have:

• Law firm experience or demonstrable experience working with lawyers
• Intellectually rigorous with extremely strong analytical skills and a passion for data
• Seeking high levels of ownership and responsibility
• Exposure to SQL programming and design of relational databases
  
  
  

What we look for:

Individuals at EY thrive when they have an adaptable working style with self-initiative and the ability to learn quickly in a dynamic and reactive team. We are looking for tenacious and curious individuals with a desire to get to the bottom of things. You will be both intellectually rigorous a strong technical ability as well as adaptable and able to build strong relationships.

What working at EY offers:

We offer a competitive remuneration package where youll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs covering holidays health and well-being insurance savings and a wide range of discounts offers and promotions. Plus we offer:

• Continuous learning: Youll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: Well provide the tools and flexibility so you can make a meaningful impact your way.
• Transformative leadership: Well give you the insights coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: Youll 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 transaction and advisory services were using the finance products expertise and systems weve 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 are dedicated to making EY the best employer.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above please contact us as soon as possible.

Make your mark.

Who we are:

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly and at times be based at client sites our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

Please note;

Prior to finalizing your application you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity& inclusiveness here . We ask because it matters!