Director, Data Analytics

Position Summary

• Reporting to the Managing Director, Digital Investigations & Cyber Risk, the Director of Data Analytics supports investigations, risk assessments, and expert witness matters across the firm including the Financial Investigations & Forensic Accounting practice, by leading advanced data analytics initiatives. This role partners with managers and multidisciplinary teams to design, execute, and communicate sophisticated analytical solutions across complex, sensitive datasets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes for transaction, compliance, forensic, and process-related datasets.
• Transform unstructured data (e.g., mobile chat, email, financial and web data) into structured, analysis-ready formats or databases in support of investigation workflows.
• Design, code, and refine analytics models using custom scripts and third-party platforms.
• Report analytical results to internal and external stakeholders through written reports, dashboards, and data visualizations.
• Evaluate and manage third-party analytics tools and cloud processing platforms to engagement type.
• Support eDiscovery workflows, including data processing and loading into review platforms.
• Develop analytic workflows for cyber and digital investigations.
• Build and maintain production-quality custom scripts, queries, and automation to streamline repeatable processes.

Technical Skills & Qualifications

• Proficiency in programming and SQL and Python.
• Advanced experience with Excel, Access, SAS, Alteryx, Tableau, and Power BI.
• Hands-on experience with eDiscovery platforms such as Relativity, Brainspace, or Nuix.
• Familiarity with cloud processing platforms such as Azure or GCP.
• Strong communication skills and ability to present findings to technical and non-technical audiences verbally and in writing.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in data analytics, investigations, consulting, litigation support, or a related environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex analytic engagements involving structured and unstructured data.
• Experience supporting investigations, regulatory matters, risk assessments, or expert witness projects strongly preferred.
• Sector experience in Financial Services and/or Health Care a plus.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Economics, Finance, or a related quantitative discipline preferred.
• Master’s degree in Data Science, Analytics, Computer Science, Business Analytics, or a related field preferred.

• Nardello & Co. offers highly competitive wages and benefits.
• Nardello & Co. is an equal opportunity employer.

Who We Are

Ranked as the pre-eminent US investigative firm by Chambers & Partners, Nardello & Co.’s experienced professionals handle a broad range of issues including civil and white-collar criminal litigation and arbitration support, due diligence, anti-corruption & fraud investigations, asset tracing, activist defense, political risk and strategic intelligence, digital investigations and cyber defense, monitorships and independent investigations, and compliance consulting.

The firm’s clients include the world’s leading law firms and financial institutions, Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies, high-net-worth individuals and family offices, governments, NGOs, sports organizations, and academic and cultural institutions.

With offices in New York, London, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, Hong Kong, Dubai, and Singapore, Nardello & Co. maintains a professional staff that includes former US federal prosecutors, US and international lawyers, former law enforcement personnel and intelligence operatives, digital forensic experts, research analysts, former journalists, financial crime specialists, and forensic accountants.