Fraud Examiners, Investigators & Analysts

Also called: Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Forensic Accountant, Investigator

Career Cluster: Finance
What they do:
Obtain evidence, take statements, produce reports, and testify to findings regarding resolution of fraud allegations. May coordinate fraud detection and prevention activities.
On the job, you would:
  • Gather financial documents related to investigations.
  • Interview witnesses or suspects and take statements.
  • Prepare written reports of investigation findings.
KNOWLEDGE

Safety and Government
  • law and government
  • public safety and security
Engineering and Technology
  • computers and electronics
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • accounting and economics
  • management
SKILLS

Social
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • understanding people's reactions
Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • writing things for co-workers or customers
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Verbal
  • communicate by writing
  • listen and understand what people say
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Persistence
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Business intelligence and data analysis software
  • Tableau
  • TIBCO Spotfire
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Structured query language SQL
EDUCATION


bachelor's degree usually needed SEARCH ALL PROGRAMS & MAJORS SEARCH COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
JOB OUTLOOK


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Salary:
High: $139,960.00
Median: $78,310.00
Low: $43,510.00
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