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Leading high-stakes public affairs campaigns, advising clients on government relations and advocacy, and managing stakeholder coalitions. | Over 8 years of experience in public affairs, strategic communications, or government relations, with strong campaign management skills and sector-specific knowledge preferred. | Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. Practice Overview: Red Flag Global, part of the Ankura group, is a multi-award-winning strategic communications and public affairs agency that delivers tailored analysis, trusted counsel, and winning strategies to help clients navigate their most critical challenges in the Americas and around the world. Our approaches transform how clients strategize to achieve their objectives, communicate, and influence outcomes. Founded in 2013, Red Flag represents and advises some of the world’s leading companies, industry associations, and non-profit organizations from offices including Washington DC, Dublin, Brussels, London, and Cape Town. Ankura is a global expert advisory firm employing more than 2,500 professionals, working on projects in 115 countries and doing business in 45 languages. Role Overview: T he Managing Director of Public Affairs will lead high-stakes engagement campaigns and provide high-level counsel to our diverse roster of clients. The ideal candidate is a campaign-style operator who understands the critical intersection of government relations, strategic communications, and grassroots advocacy. Drawing on a background in political campaigns, government, or agency work, you will be responsible for designing and executing multi-channel public affairs programs that influence legislation, shape public opinion, and protect corporate reputation. This position is offered for full-time work with arrangements for hybrid working. Value Proposition: Join the premier integrated platform where your expertise in global influence (Red Flag) directly informs and shapes high-stakes financial and operational outcomes (Ankura). This role offers the unique opportunity to move beyond pure advocacy and apply your Policy & Advocacy skills to financial risk and corporate transformation outcomes. You will be an essential leader in the firm's combined strategy, leveraging policy intelligence and campaign data to inform commercial strategy, operational decisions, and investment risks. This role offers a clear path to leadership within a rapidly expanding, highly specialized Global Strategic Advisory group. Responsibilities: Strategic Program Leadership: Develop and execute comprehensive local, state, and national multi-issue programs. You will be responsible for the "holistic" health of client campaigns, integrating earned media, digital advocacy, and stakeholder engagement. Client Counsel: Serve as a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and major trade associations, helping them navigate complex regulatory and legislative environments. Stakeholder Engagement: Build and manage coalitions of diverse stakeholders and oversee tactics designed to mobilize grassroot/grasstop audiences to take action on critical policy issues. Crisis & Issues Management: Provide rapid-response strategic guidance to clients facing reputational threats or legislative hurdles, demonstrating experience where internal organizational crisis management (Ankura) necessitated simultaneous external reputational and policy defense (Red Flag). Business Growth: Contribute to the firm’s growth by identifying organic expansion opportunities with existing clients and participating in new business pitches. Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Ability to fluidly lead teams that include forensic accountants, data scientists, policy experts, and media strategists to deliver unified, "end-to-end solutions". Requirements: Experience: 8–10+ years of experience in public affairs, government relations, political campaigns, or strategic communications. Agency experience is a strong plus. Campaign Mindset: A proven track record of running "campaign-style" operations—whether for a political candidate or a corporate issue. Must be comfortable moving fast and adjusting strategy in real-time. Communication Skills: Exceptional writing and presentation skills, with the ability to distill complex policy issues into compelling narratives for broader audiences. Leadership: Experience mentoring junior staff and proven leadership capabilities for managing diverse, geographically dispersed teams. Other Requirements or Required Information can be added here Sector Expertise: Strong preference for candidates with specific experience in the Energy and Manufacturing sectors. Fluency in the policy challenges and industrial language unique to these verticals is highly valued. Credentials: Advanced degrees in Law (JD), Public Policy (MPA/MPP), International Relations, Finance, or Communications are highly valued. Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email accommodations@ankura.com or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response. Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 2000 professionals serving 3,000+ clients across 55 countries who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative Lateral Thinking That Deliversᵀᴹ, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivalled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Valueᵀᴹ. For more information, please visit, ankura.com.

Providing expert opinions, dispute resolution, and risk mitigation advice for complex construction projects. | Licensed architect, licensed in multiple states, experience testifying, and generating revenue in a related advisory or dispute resolution role. | Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. Team Overview: Our expert team, consisting of Architects, Engineers, and Contractors, perform various technical analyses, typically related to disputes, and present our findings in visual presentations and expert reports for mediation, dispute resolution boards, arbitration panels, and in court for judges and juries. Our professionals assist in contemporaneous and after-the-fact evaluations of Design and Construction Deficiencies and Defects, Water Infiltration and Intrusion, Standard of Care (of Architect, Engineer, and Contractor), project close-out, change order entitlement, punch list and inspection content, evaluation of defective work and remedial repair protocols, among others. The schedule and cost implications of these evaluations are also performed in tandem with Ankura's cost and schedule expertise, when required. Expert Dispute Services: Our construction dispute resolution professionals provide expert advice and independent professional opinions. We develop practical solutions as well as robust liability and entitlement analysis, delay and cost/quantum analysis. We present conclusions in a clear, concise, and objective manner - and provide testimony in a wide variety of venues, including specialized regulatory boards. Advisory Services: Our clients seek identification of risks and practical, experienced, and actionable mitigation tactics associated with their capital projects. We provide sophisticated advice on some of the world's most complex and largest capital projects, analyzing prospective and in-process development as well as assurance reviews for conformance with the time, cost, and quality objectives for project stakeholders. About Our Opportunity: Ankura's Professional Liability & Defective Construction business group is seeking a Managing Director in the United States. Managing Directors typically possess 12-15 years of related work experience, which can include work outside of what is typically considered to be disputes or advisory services. Qualifications: • A NCARB-certified Architect • Licensed in more than one state • Experience Testifying • Ability to generate Revenue for a global leader in the advisory and disputes space #LI-MB1 #LI-Remote • Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email accommodations@ankura.com or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response.

Provide expert advice and testimony on construction disputes, develop liability and entitlement analyses, and generate revenue through consulting and dispute services. | Licensed architect with testifying experience and a strong background in dispute resolution and advisory services in construction or related fields. | Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. Team Overview: Our expert team, consisting of Architects, Engineers, and Contractors, perform various technical analyses, typically related to disputes, and present our findings in visual presentations and expert reports for mediation, dispute resolution boards, arbitration panels, and in court for judges and juries. Our professionals assist in contemporaneous and after-the-fact evaluations of Design and Construction Deficiencies and Defects, Water Infiltration and Intrusion, Standard of Care (of Architect, Engineer, and Contractor), project close-out, change order entitlement, punch list and inspection content, evaluation of defective work and remedial repair protocols, among others. The schedule and cost implications of these evaluations are also performed in tandem with Ankura’s cost and schedule expertise, when required. Expert Dispute Services: Our construction dispute resolution professionals provide expert advice and independent professional opinions. We develop practical solutions as well as robust liability and entitlement analysis, delay and cost/quantum analysis. We present conclusions in a clear, concise, and objective manner - and provide testimony in a wide variety of venues, including specialized regulatory boards. Advisory Services: Our clients seek identification of risks and practical, experienced, and actionable mitigation tactics associated with their capital projects. We provide sophisticated advice on some of the world’s most complex and largest capital projects, analyzing prospective and in-process development as well as assurance reviews for conformance with the time, cost, and quality objectives for project stakeholders. About Our Opportunity: Ankura’s Professional Liability & Defective Construction business group is seeking a Managing Director in the United States. Managing Directors typically possess 12-15 years of related work experience, which can include work outside of what is typically considered to be disputes or advisory services. Qualifications: A NCARB-certified Architect Licensed in more than one state Experience Testifying Ability to generate Revenue for a global leader in the advisory and disputes space #LI-MB1 #LI-Remote * Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email accommodations@ankura.com or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response. Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 2000 professionals serving 3,000+ clients across 55 countries who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative Lateral Thinking That Deliversᵀᴹ, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivalled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Valueᵀᴹ. For more information, please visit, ankura.com.

Lead and manage complex forensic accounting investigations and client engagements, drive business development, and maintain executive client relationships. | 20+ years forensic accounting and investigations experience, CPA preferred, proven revenue generation, executive leadership, and strong client and regulatory communication skills. | Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. Practice Overview Ankura’s Global Investigations & Forensic Accounting team assists companies with addressing issues related to corruption, fraud, or accounting misstatements. We offer clarity and guide decision-making during times of crisis, particularly when our clients are under scrutiny from regulators or other stakeholders. With a unique blend of expert forensic accountants, investigators and former regulators, we are exceptionally qualified to advise on high-stakes matters. Role Overview The Global Investigations & Forensic Accounting Senior Managing Director role is an executive level position that sells, leads and manages complex investigations and forensic accounting client engagement(s). The successful candidate will be a "person of stature" and self-sustaining rainmaker who generates $3 - $5 million+ annually. The candidate will possess a strong personal brand within Investigations and Forensic Accounting advisory and deep market-making relationships resulting in a robust flow of inbound calls and bookings. The candidate will be a hands-on, passionate consulting executive who will work with team members in developing and executing on key account plans, nurturing executive level client relationships of the most strategic accounts, and achieving revenue targets. The successful candidate must be a commercial leader able to drive revenue growth and capture market share. Responsibilities • Initiates and converts business opportunities and collaborates with other Senior Managing Directors to sell and deliver engagements that generate $3 - $5 million+ annually • Leverage your expertise to analyze accounting, auditing, and independence rules and standards. • Assist Ankura Senior Managing Directors and clients with communications with the PCAOB, SEC, or other regulators on auditing, accounting, and independence matters. • You will also provide an independent perspective based upon your expertise in GAAP, IFRS, and PCAOB Standards to assist audit firms with the identification of enhancements to their audit methodology and system of quality control. • Assist external and internal counsel to perform investigations of corporations surrounding breaches in a corporation’s internal policies, procedures, and ethical behavior. • Work with colleagues, clients, fraud examiners, internal and external auditors, lawyers, and regulatory authorities on challenging, sensitive and adversarial situations • Lead and conduct forensic investigations, technical accounting research, fraud risk assessments, compliance reviews, forensic accounting audits, background interviews and searches, asset searches, fund tracing, electronic data reviews • Review and finalize engagement work plans, working papers, project documentation, progress and final reports to the highest level of quality • Lead and manage work of engagement team comprised of internal and external experts in close, intermittent, and distant collaboration modes • Plan, manage and control budgets on investigations engagements • Monitor and manage risks throughout the engagement cycle. • Adhere to the strictest standards of client and engagement confidentiality and integrity • Maintain active communication with counsel, clients, and internal team to manage expectations and ensure satisfaction. • Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews • Design, craft and deliver client proposals, presentations, and marketing materials • Participate in business development activities such as public speaking events, conferences, seminars, marketing events and client meetings. Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, with strong technical and research skills, and expertise in financial reporting, disclosure and ICFR awareness • Minimum 20+ years of relevant forensic accounting and investigations experience • Minimum of 10 years' experience with professional services or international Audit firms, and/or specialized forensic accounting and investigatory services firms • A successful track record of generating $3 - $5 million+ annually • The candidate will possess a strong personal brand within accounting investigations and deep market-making relationships resulting in a robust flow of inbound calls and bookings • Proven track record of working on complex accounting investigations, national and/ or international investigations, compliance risk assessments, forensic audits, disputes support or expert witness engagements • Certification and ongoing professional education in both accounting (CPA strongly preferred), and fraud examination (Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified in Financial Forensics designations considered positively) • Expertise defining, influencing and driving change at executive levels and across the broader community of stakeholders • Exceptional negotiation skills with complex/sophisticated situations involving executive and board level stakeholders • Able to develop credible recommendations under shortened time constraints and imperfect information • High energy style, flexible and adaptive, with the ability to work well in a very fast paced environment • Ability to adapt to complex client environments and situations • Expert written communication skills, self-directed with preparation of client ready document and presentation development • Articulate, persuasive, communicator who is adept at handling executive and difficult audiences well including ability to adapt style to audience Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email accommodations@ankura.com or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response.

Lead global operations and workplace services teams, oversee physical security, manage corporate card programs, ensure time entry compliance, drive real estate strategy, and optimize operational processes. | Bachelor's degree, 10+ years management experience, proficiency with Microsoft Office and related applications, real estate strategy experience, strong communication and leadership skills, and ability to manage budgets and multiple priorities. | Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. Ankura Corporate Overview Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to change, risk, disputes, finance, performance, distress, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 2,000 professionals serving clients across the globe who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative lateral thinking, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivaled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Value. The goal of Ankura Business Services (ABS) is to provide support and assistance to Ankura’s client facing business groups. All of Ankura’s ABS groups work together to achieve a common goal, which is to create innovative solutions for our clients. ABS includes Finance, Legal, IT Services, Marketing and Communications, Real Estate, Conflict Check, Operations & Workplace Services, and the People Office. Role Overview The Executive Director, Workplace Operations leads the global Operations & Workplace Services (OWS) team, driving service excellence across business operations and workplace functions for a global consultancy. This role provides day-to-day leadership to Operations Associates and Managers, ensuring accurate, efficient, and cost-effective support for client service teams. Responsibilities span time entry compliance, physical security, corporate card program management, Salesforce data quality, and supplier coordination. The role supports operational transformation through technology-enabled reporting and process optimization, while fostering a strong sense of community and operational acumen. Additionally, the Executive Director develops and executes the firm’s evolving real estate strategy in partnership with firm leadership, aligning capacity with business needs and managing global real estate operations. While this is a remote based position the ideal candidate is located in the greater Washington, DC area. Responsibilities • Support the transformation of the operations function enabling technology solutions to monitor and report on operational activities. • Partners with corporate card administrators to help manage the firm’s card program, including T&E and P-Cards. Serves as the operations representative to ensure systems, policies, and processes are current and aligned with business needs. • Responsible for overseeing physical security across all office locations, including access controls, emergency preparedness, and crisis response protocols. Develops and maintains procedures for secure travel, ensuring alignment with firmwide risk and safety standards. Coordinates with internal teams to deploy resources and lead security exercises. • Responsible for ensuring firmwide time entry compliance by consultants, including generating weekly reports, establishing escalation procedures, and coordinating with business group leaders. Leverages Operations Associates to submit time on behalf of consultants, streamlining compliance and minimizing delays. Implements automated alerts and performance-linked KPIs to reinforce accountability. Serves as the operations representative with IT applications to ensure timekeeping systems are current, functional, and aligned with business needs. • Partner with Corporate Finance on third party supplier management. • Oversee Operations Associates in maintaining Salesforce data quality, ensuring accurate and timely entry of pursuit, account, and contact records. Leads data remediation initiatives to resolve duplicates, incomplete fields, and misaligned taxonomy, and partners with data governance teams to refine business rules and support system enhancements. • Implement the Real Estate playbook and partner with Firm and Business Group Leaders to align real estate strategy and capacity with evolving demands/requirements. • Lead, coach, and develop a team of Operations Associates to deliver business operations and workplace services in support of the Firm’s tactical and strategic objectives. • Ensure Operations Associates are planning and allocating resources, based on skills, previous experience, availability, or project budget, to meet business and project demands while maintaining a high level of customer service and maximizing resources. • Manage both real estate and office workplace services budgets while maintaining a strong focus on cost and spend management. • Use vendors and service providers to the best advantage of the Firm on the dimensions of time, cost, and quality. • Provide learning and development opportunities to ensure personal growth and build talent pipelines for OWS and other ABS functions. • Complete interviewing, selection onboarding, and integration of new team members. • Create an environment of service for Ankura employees, anticipate needs, and provide support to allow senior professionals to be more efficient and effective. • Work with IT to drive effective use of technology applications and resources to support the client service delivery and related activities of the Firm’s personnel, including Firm-wide and Practice-specific tools, processes, and databases throughout OWS. • Ensure data privacy and confidentiality in accordance with current records management policy, procedures, and best practices. • Drive continuous improvement across the team, identifying and implementing changes that improve efficiency and/or service quality. • Responsible for all Real Estate strategy and execution for a global consultancy that includes 40+ offices worldwide. Requirements • Bachelor's degree in a Business-related field. • Minimum 10 years’ management experience • Prior experience in a professional services environment is highly desirable. • Highly proficient in technology, especially Microsoft Office resources (e.g., Outlook, SharePoint, Teams) and applications (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Word). • Real Estate Strategy experience is desired. • Demonstrated presentation skills and an ability to influence others. • Critical thinking skills and initiative to proactively address issues, identify and solve areas of business process improvement. • Professional presence and consistently exhibit high levels of discretion, integrity, and confidentiality. • Strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail. • Financial acumen and budget management. • Skilled at effectively managing and prioritizing escalations or business-critical situations. • Well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, with an ability to interact effectively, in both written and verbal communication, with people at varying levels of the firm. • Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability. • Proven ability to establish, build and maintain relationships with peers, client service delivery professionals, and leadership. • Has professional network that may be leveraged for industry and functional perspectives on relevant matters. • Seeks to achieve challenging business goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment with competing demands. • Ability to coordinate, control, and organize multiple functions and activities. Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email accommodations@ankura.com or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response.