Forensic accountant - supervisor

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve.

Forensic Accountant - Supervisor

Job Location: Manchester

Job Type: Permanent

Remuneration: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Forensic Accounting Supervisor in Manchester.

Forensic Advisory Services (FAS) is a specialist division within Sedgwick, focused on the precise quantification of business interruption and financial losses. We work closely with global insurers, reinsurers, and captives to resolve complex insurance claims, and are frequently engaged by the legal profession to provide expert analysis in contentious matters and disputes.

As a supervisor-level Forensic Accountant, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success and growth of FAS. Collaborating with Directors and Partners, you will undertake detailed forensic analysis across a broad range of financial losses, ensuring accuracy and integrity in every claim.

You will oversee technical quality and outputs from junior colleagues, maintaining deadlines and team efficiency. Using your expertise, you will delegate work aligned to individual capability, ensuring a balanced mix of challenging and rewarding assignments that foster development and engagement.

Beyond analysis, you will attend client meetings, contribute to business development, and support revenue growth through strategic marketing initiatives. You will also review and refine reports for senior stakeholders, guaranteeing clarity and evidential strength.

This role offers an outstanding opportunity for a confident, capable, and versatile professional to advance their career at the forefront of claims handling.

The skills you will have when you apply:

• Professional Qualification – Possession of a recognised accountancy credential (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA), evidencing technical proficiency and regulatory compliance.
• Analytical Expertise – Capacity to interrogate multifaceted claims, construct defensible financial loss models, and articulate rationale with precision and authority.
• Forensic Leadership – Demonstrated expertise in forensic accounting and business interruption adjustment, serving as a credible market representative for FAS.
• Sector Specialisation – Power and energy experience or specialisation highly preferred, alongside commercial discernment, linguistic versatility (foreign languages advantageous), and adaptability to dynamic working arrangements, including travel contingent on caseload exigencies.
• Regulatory Awareness – Comprehensive understanding of FCA frameworks, confidentiality imperatives, and data protection obligations integral to operational integrity.
• Commercial and Linguistic Adaptability – Commercial discernment, linguistic versatility (foreign languages advantageous), and adaptability to dynamic working arrangements, including travel contingent on caseload exigencies.

What we’ll give you for this role:

• Remuneration & more
• Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP)
• Company car or monthly car allowance
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
• Flexible working from our office or your home
• Health & support
• Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)
• Life assurance
• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
• Group Income Protection
• Other benefits
• Voluntary benefits – dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, welling and digital GP applications
• Discounts on various products and services

This isn't just a position, it's a pivotal role in shaping our industry.

At Sedgwick, you won't just build your career; you'll cultivate a team of experts. Our Sedgwick University offering empowers you to excel as well as your team members, with the most comprehensive training program in the industry which includes more than 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue formal education.

Together, we're not only reshaping the insurance landscape, we’re building a legacy of talent. Come and be a catalyst for change within our industry.

Next steps for you:

Think we'd be a great match? Apply now – we want to hear from you.

As part of our commitment to you, we are proud to have a zero tolerance policy towards discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/ family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.

After the closing date we will review all applications and may select some applicants for an interview (which may be virtual, or in-person).