11 Forensics jobs in Malaysia

PwC Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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PwC Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Join to apply for the Experienced Associate - Forensics Services role at PwC

Job Description & Summary
PwC Forensics Services combine financial, accounting and regulatory knowledge with deep technical and industry experience to assist our clients in confronting commercial challenges as a result of unplanned events. We are dedicated to the prevention, detection and investigation of financial crime, including fraud and corruption. We apply technology-based solutions to help clients identify their fraud and corruption risks. We advise clients on ways of mitigating those risks, improving corporate compliance and key business processes. We also help clients respond to alleged wrongdoing. We can serve as expert witnesses addressing critical business issues in litigation and regulatory, commercial or employment related proceedings.


As an Experienced Associate in Forensic Services, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients strategically prepare for, respond to, and emerge stronger from unplanned events triggered by fraud, economic crime, and other crises. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assist the team in conducting fraud and other forensic investigations, as well as providing litigation support in employment, commercial and other disputes.
• Assist with documentation reviews, investigative interviews and data analyses in support of forensic investigations, litigation or regulatory compliance-related enquiries.
• Assist with the identification and integration of information and data from a variety of sources, assess data quality and completeness, and impact on analyses.
• Create and apply investigative and analytical techniques to detect irregular or anomalous transactions or patterns.
• Draft client deliverable reports and presentations to explain the forensic analysis performed and findings.
• Research new products, tools and techniques to assist with streamlining internal processes, address project related issues or improve methods of presenting results.
  
  
  
  

Line of Service
Advisory

Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
Forensic Technology

Management Level
Associate

Job Description & Summary
PwC Forensics Services combine financial, accounting and regulatory knowledge with deep technical and industry experience to assist our clients in confronting commercial challenges as a result of unplanned events. We are dedicated to the prevention, detection and investigation of financial crime, including fraud and corruption. We apply technology-based solutions to help clients identify their fraud and corruption risks. We advise clients on ways of mitigating those risks, improving corporate compliance and key business processes. We also help clients respond to alleged wrongdoing. We can serve as expert witnesses addressing critical business issues in litigation and regulatory, commercial or employment related proceedings.


As an Experienced Associate in Forensic Services, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients strategically prepare for, respond to, and emerge stronger from unplanned events triggered by fraud, economic crime, and other crises. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assist the team in conducting fraud and other forensic investigations, as well as providing litigation support in employment, commercial and other disputes.
• Assist with documentation reviews, investigative interviews and data analyses in support of forensic investigations, litigation or regulatory compliance-related enquiries.
• Assist with the identification and integration of information and data from a variety of sources, assess data quality and completeness, and impact on analyses.
• Create and apply investigative and analytical techniques to detect irregular or anomalous transactions or patterns.
• Draft client deliverable reports and presentations to explain the forensic analysis performed and findings.
• Research new products, tools and techniques to assist with streamlining internal processes, address project related issues or improve methods of presenting results.
  
  
  
  

• Bachelor or Master’s Degree.
• Fields of Study: Audit, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Law, Computer and Information Science, or Management Information Systems.
• Whilst strictly not necessary, any of the following would be desirable:
• Approximately 1 year of experience in the areas of fraud investigations, forensic accounting, law enforcement or data analytics.
• Experience with NLP, Predictive Modelling or Name Matching.
• Holding or intent to pursue Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Public Accountant, MCSA SQL or Oracle Database SQL Expert, or similar certifications.
  
  

• Understanding and appreciation of evidence and evidential/forensic procedures, with a base level of commercial, business, operational and financial acumen.
• A natural curiosity to identify, investigate and explain irregularities/discrepancies and trends/patterns, and to solve complex problems.
• Familiarity and experience with the following data analytics and visualisation capabilities:
• Programming in the following languages: Python, Shell scripting, Java, JavaScript, PHP
• Data Visualisation tools: Tableau, Qlikview or PowerBI
• Relational or graph databases: SQL, NoSQL, Neo4J, etc.
  
  

• Creative problem-solving abilities.
• A self-driven learner with the ability to quickly learn and apply new tools and techniques.
• Strong attention to detail.
• High personal integrity.
• A natural curiosity to identify, investigate and explain irregularities/discrepancies and trends/patterns, and to solve complex problems.
• Strong English language skills for use in preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials. Additional languages considered favourably.
• Flexibility/ability and desire to travel, as it can be a required element of the position.
• Many forensic engagements may occur with little advance notice and are of indeterminate duration, requiring significant flexibility on behalf of our consultants.

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements
Up to 40%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No

Government Clearance Required?
No

Job Posting End Date

• Seniority level Associate

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Other
• Industries Professional Services

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Overview

Associate (Forensics Lead), Incident Response — S-RM Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The role focuses on forensic investigations within our Incident Response team, delivering delivery-focused support across incident response services and complex cyber incidents.

• Supporting technical incident response from first contact through to closure: act as a technical resource on response cases, deploying expertise, creating tailored strategies for response workstreams, and guiding project colleagues as needed.
• Overseeing host- and network-based incident response investigations: triage, system recovery, technical evidence collection, and forensics, log, malware and root cause analyses.
• Developing and sharing domain expertise: grow cyber expertise and share it with the wider team through internal initiatives and programs.
• Participating in an on-call rotation to provide 24x7x365 client incident coverage.
• Engaging in a variety of casework across public and corporate clients, with opportunities to broaden security awareness into testing and advisory projects, in addition to deepening incident response expertise.
• Flexible working practices to support wellbeing, with options to balance on-site and remote work.

• Direct experience working in an Incident Response or Digital Forensics team is strongly preferred; candidates with exposure to IR teams or roles with IR aspects will be considered.
• Fundamental understanding of computer systems and networks, including:
  • Windows systems (e.g., domain services, standard build templates, SCCM, PowerShell)
  • Networking (firewall rules, network segmentation, DNS)
  • Virtualization technologies (ESXi, Hyper-V)
  • Endpoint Detection & Response solutions
• Experience conducting forensic investigations, particularly on Windows systems; Linux and MacOS investigation experience is preferred.
• Understanding of core incident response workstreams, including containment and restoration/recovery, is a benefit.
• Critical and investigative mindset with the ability to solve problems with limited information and guidance.
• Knowledge of cyber threat actors and their TTPs.
• Strong communication skills, comfortable speaking to individuals at all levels of an organization.
• Certifications (or equivalent) such as GCFE, GCFA, GCIH, GNFA are preferred; beneficial certifications include EnCE, CFSR, CISSP, GREM, CCNA, MCFE, OSCP, Network+ and Security+.
• Working proficiency in another language (e.g., Malay, Tamil, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese) is beneficial but not required.
• Must have permission to work in Malaysia by the start of employment.

• 20 days paid holiday each year, plus public holidays and additional leave accrual up to 5 days.
• Flexible working: minimum two days in the office per week; remote work option; flexible hours between 7am and 7pm.
• Pension scheme: EPF contributions in accordance with legislative requirements.
• Life insurance; company-paid private medical and dental insurance.
• Company-paid maternity, paternity and fertility treatment leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to specialist support services and resources.

The role will be based in our office in Kuala Lumpur with flexible working arrangements available.

ASSOCIATE (FORENSICS LEAD), INCIDENT RESPONSE APAC
Who we are
S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy. Since 2005, we've helped some of the most demanding clients in the world solve some of their toughest information security challenges.

We've been able to do this because of our outstanding people. We're committed to developing sharp, curious, driven individuals who want to think critically, solve complex problems, and achieve success.

But we also know that work isn't everything. It's about the lives and careers it helps us build. We're immensely proud of this culture and we invest in our people's wellbeing, learning, and ideas every day.

We're excited you're thinking about joining us

The role
Our Incident Response Associates are a critical part of our Cyber Security division's success.

As a Forensics Lead on our Incident Response team, you will deploy your expertise in a delivery role across our various incident response services, with a particular focus on forensic investigations into complex cyber incidents.

You will work across the full lifecycle of security incidents to help our clients respond and recover, including:

• Supporting technical incident response from first contact through to closure: you will be a technical resource on response cases, deploying your own expertise, creating tailored strategies for response workstreams, and offering guidance to colleagues on your project team. You may also be supported by more senior technical team members where appropriate.

Overseeing host- and network-based incident response investigations: including triage, system recovery, technical evidence collection, and forensics, log, malware and root cause analyses.

• Developing and sharing domain expertise: we will support you in growing your cyber expertise, including sharing it with the wider team through internal initiatives and programs.
• Participating in an on-call rotation to provide 24x7x365 client incident coverage.

Other features of the role include:

• Variety of casework: no day will be the same. Our team responds to a huge variety of incidents for both public and corporate clients.
• Range of opportunities: you will have opportunities to broaden your security awareness into testing and advisory projects, in addition to deepening your incident response expertise.
• Flexible working practices: responding to incidents can be intense, high-pressure work. We are mindful of our team's work/life balance and offer flexible working options to support your wellbeing.

We're looking for:

• Direct experience working in an Incident Response or Digital Forensics team is strongly preferred, however, candidates with exposure to working with Incident Response teams, or those in roles reflecting aspects of Incident Response will be considered.

• A fundamental understanding of computer systems and networks, including:

• Windows systems (e.g. Managing domains services, creating standard build templates, using SCCM, moderate PowerShell capabilities, etc.)

• Networking (e.g. managing firewall rules, providing guidance around network segmentation, DNS, etc.)
• Virtualisation technologies (e.g. ESXi, Hyper-V, etc.)

• Endpoint Detection & Response solutions.

• The candidate must be able to demonstrate experience conducting forensic investigations, in particular relating to Windows systems. Additional experience conducting investigations into Linux and MacOS systems is preferred.

• Demonstrable understanding of core incident response workstreams, including containment and restoration/recovery is a benefit.
• A critical and investigative mindset. You should be comfortable solving problems with limited information and guidance, developing proportionate strategies to achieve timely outcomes.
• Clear demonstrable knowledge of cyber threat actors, and their tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Strong communication skills. You should be comfortable speaking to people at all levels of an organization, from the board of directors to the technical teams.
• It is preferred, but not required, that candidates hold one of the following certifications (or equivalent) GCFE, GCFA, GCIH, GNFA. However, holding any of the following is beneficial: EnCE, CFSR, CISSP, GREM, CCNA, MCFE, OSCP, Network+ and Security+
• A working proficiency in another language (such as Malay, Tamil, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese) is also beneficial, although not required.

The successful candidate must have permission to work in Malaysia by the start of their employment.

OUR BENEFITS
We offer thoughtful, balanced rewards and support to help our people do their best work and live their lives outside it, including:

• 20 days paid holiday each year: in addition to public holidays, as well as 1 additional day of leave for every year you work at S-RM up to a maximum of 5 days.
• Flexible working: work a minimum of two days a week in the office and the remainder remotely, choose your hours between 7am and 7pm.
• Pension scheme: S-RM contributes to Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in accordance with legislative requirements.
• Life Insurance: help someone you love should something happen to you.
• Company-paid private medical and dental insurance.
• Company-paid maternity, paternity and fertility treatment leave.

Employee Assistance Programme: free access to specialist support services, including counselling, as well as an online portal of useful articles, tips and tools. Available 24/7, 365 days a yea

The role will be based in our office in Kuala Lumpur. However, we have flexible working arrangements available.

about the company
You will be working for a major organisation within the finance industry

about the job

• Lead and manage all phases of cybersecurity incident response (containment, eradication, recovery).
• Develop and refine incident response plans, playbooks, and procedures.
• Oversee and conduct advanced digital forensic investigations (endpoints, servers, networks, cloud).
• Lead, mentor, and develop the CFIR team.
• Stay updated on cyber threats and vulnerabilities relevant to the financial sector.
• Communicate technical findings and reports to stakeholders (technical/non-technical, management, regulatory bodies).
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement CFIR tools and technologies.
• Ensure CFIR activities comply with internal policies, industry best practices, and BNM regulations.
• Lead post-incident reviews for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with SOC, IT, legal, risk, and other departments.

• Salary up to RM15,000
• Must have working rights in Malaysia
• Performance bonus
• Allowances
• Medical and life insurance

skills

Cyber forensics, digital forensics, incident response, cybersecurity, IT security

qualifications

- 3-5 years hands on experience within Cyber Forensics and Incident Response

education

Associate Degree/Diploma

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About The Firm
Secretariat professionals are trusted in the highest-stakes legal, risk, and regulatory matters around the world.
When you join Secretariat, you become part of a rapidly growing elite team of bright minds and passionate problem-solvers. Your skills and expertise will be utilized on day one – working with the world's most renowned law firms, leading corporations, and influential institutions to answer complex questions that shape critical financial, economic, and strategic business decisions.

Our globally integrated teams are united by the ambition, energy, and commitment they bring to every challenge. We inspire and empower an open, collaborative culture that embraces ongoing professional development, recognition, diversity, and – most importantly – you.

Make your impact at Secretariat.

Primary Duties

• Lead on-site collection of data at from servers, desktops, laptops, mobile devices and other media.
• Analyze and deploy best practices applicable to the handling and analysis of electronic evidence
• Perform forensic investigationsanalysis including expert report writing
• Manage junior level staff, provide coaching and development. Review and QC work
• Able to develop creative approaches and solutions necessary to resolve complex problems.
• Able to quickly assimilate relevant information in unfamiliar situations
• Able to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
• Excellent listening, verbal, written, and presentation skills (ability to speak, write and conduct business in English is required)
• Willing to travel internationally

Requisite Professional Designations And Work Experience

• Minimum 8 to 10 years' experience working in digital forensic roles, preferably in consulting firms and/or law enforcement.
• Bachelor's degree in computing or other relevant subject preferred

A rewarding career above all

There are a lot of fine consulting firms out there. But when everything is on the line, it takes a unique combination of skill and savvy to succeed under pressure.

Our culture and people are driven by passion, pride, and performance. Passion for the clients we serve, the work we deliver, and the communities we live in. Pride in our cohesive team recognized for excellence and trusted to perform in the most challenging situations. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.

Our people are motivated to be the best in everything they do – from our approach to making the complex simple to the way we mentor our up-and-coming talent to become trusted experts early in their careers.

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S-RM is seeking an Associate to work within the Cyber Security Team in Kuala Lumpur.

S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy. Since 2005, we’ve helped some of the most demanding clients in the world solve some of their toughest information security challenges.

We’ve been able to do this because of our outstanding people. We’re committed to developing sharp, curious, driven individuals who want to think critically, solve complex problems, and achieve success.

But we also know that work isn’t everything. It’s about the lives and careers it helps us build. We’re immensely proud of this culture and we invest in our people’s wellbeing, learning, and ideas every day.

We’re excited you’re thinking about joining us.

Our Incident Response Associates are a critical part of our Cyber Security division's success.

As a Forensics Lead on our Incident Response team, you will deploy your expertise in a delivery role across our various incident response services, with a particular focus on forensic investigations into complex cyber incidents.

You will work across the full lifecycle of security incidents to help our clients respond and recover, including:

• Supporting technical incident response from first contact through to closure: you will be a technical resource on response cases, deploying your own expertise, creating tailored strategies for response workstreams, and offering guidance to colleagues on your project team. You may also be supported by more senior technical team members where appropriate.

Overseeing host- and network-based incident response investigations: including triage, system recovery, technical evidence collection, and forensics, log, malware and root cause analyses.

• Developing and sharing domain expertise: we will support you in growing your cyber expertise, including sharing it with the wider team through internal initiatives and programs.
• Participating in an on-call rotation to provide 24x7x365 client incident coverage.

Other features of the role include:

• Variety of casework: no day will be the same. Our team responds to a huge variety of incidents for both public and corporate clients.
• Range of opportunities: you will have opportunities to broaden your security awareness into testing and advisory projects, in addition to deepening your incident response expertise.
• Flexible working practices: responding to incidents can be intense, high-pressure work. We are mindful of our team's work/life balance and offer flexible working options to support your wellbeing.

• Direct experience working in an Incident Response or Digital Forensics team is strongly preferred; however, candidates with exposure to working with Incident Response teams, or those in roles reflecting aspects of Incident Response will be considered.
• A fundamental understanding of computer systems and networks, including:
  • Windows systems (e.g. Managing domains services, creating standard build templates, using SCCM, moderate PowerShell capabilities, etc.)
  • Networking (e.g. managing firewall rules, providing guidance around network segmentation, DNS, etc.)
  • Virtualisation technologies (e.g. ESXi, Hyper-V, etc.)
  • Endpoint Detection & Response solutions.
• The candidate must be able to demonstrate experience conducting forensic investigations, in particular relating to Windows systems. Additional experience conducting investigations into Linux and MacOS systems is preferred.
• Demonstrable understanding of core incident response workstreams, including containment and restoration/recovery is a benefit.
• A critical and investigative mindset. You should be comfortable solving problems with limited information and guidance, developing proportionate strategies to achieve timely outcomes.
• Clear demonstrable knowledge of cyber threat actors, and their tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Strong communication skills. You should be comfortable speaking to people at all levels of an organization, from the board of directors to the technical teams.
• It is preferred, but not required, that candidates hold one of the following certifications (or equivalent) GCFE, GCFA, GCIH, GNFA. However, holding any of the following is beneficial: EnCE, CFSR, CISSP, GREM, CCNA, MCFE, OSCP, Network+ and Security+
• A working proficiency in another language (such as Malay, Tamil, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese) is also beneficial, although not required.

The successful candidate must have permission to work in Malaysia by the start of their employment.

We offer thoughtful, balanced rewards and support to help our people do their best work and live their lives outside it, including:

• 20 days paid holiday each year: in addition to public holidays, as well as 1 additional day of leave for every year you work at S-RM up to a maximum of 5 days.
• Flexible working: work a minimum of two days a week in the office and the remainder remotely, choose your hours between 7am and 7pm.
• Pension scheme: S-RM contributes to Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in accordance with legislative requirements.
• Life Insurance: help someone you love should something happen to you. (Further details coming soon.)
• Company-paid private medical and dental insurance. (Further details coming soon.)
• Company-paid maternity, paternity and fertility treatment leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme: free access to specialist support services, including counselling, as well as an online portal of useful articles, tips and tools. Available 24/7, 365 days a year.

The role will be based in our office in Kuala Lumpur. However, we have flexible working arrangements available.

The application process includes:

• A preliminary call which will be a chance for you to find out more about S-RM and the role.
• First Interview – a remotely run skills focused interview.
• Second interview - a remotely run skills focused interview.
• An assessment – an incident response skill evaluation test.
• Final interview - a remotely run skills focused interview.

S-RM nurtures a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion and we are dedicated to developing a workforce that displays a variety of talents, experiences and perspectives.