Certified Forensic Accountant Course

The certificate in Forensic Accounting contains four units:

Unit 1: An Introduction to Forensic Accounting

The motive of the introduction to forensic accounting is to supply prospects with a rundown of how forensic accounting varies from regular accounting; it also teaches candidates on how to employ a combination of accounting, auditing, and investigative skills to discover financial crimes.

Unit 2: Common Personality Traits of Fraudsters

To catch a fraudster, you must first understand how they think. With psychology, this unit teaches how to predict fraud before it happens; it coaches candidates on how to identify the characteristics of fraudsters early.

Unit 3: Fraud Detection Methods

Corruption, fraud, and embezzlement have become universal problems that are not going anywhere. With this unit, candidates will understand the effects of fraud on an organization and will be taught the methods used to curb corruption.

Unit 4: General Investigative Procedures

This unit focuses on forensic accounting investigation, its procedures, and techniques. It gives a detailed explanation of each step of the investigation process, ensuring a full understanding of how it works and teaches candidates how to combine accounting, auditing, and investigative skills.

Completing this course provides the students with a deep understanding of financial crimes and loss prevention. Students who take this course may decide to pursue a career in any position including auditor, budget analyst, tax accountant and many more with salaries ranging from $30,000 to $60,000 for a start.

• Anyone seeking a career in forensics
• Accountants pursuing promotion
• Newcomers to the labor market
• Business owners and managers

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

This course and/or training programme has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.