The Role And Skills Of Forensic Accountants
An understanding of effective fraud and forensic accounting techniques can assist Professional
Forensic Accountants in identifying illegal activity and discovering and preserving evidence
(Houck et al 2006). Hence, it is important to understand that the role of a forensic accountant is
different from that of regular auditor.
It is widely known that an auditor determines compliance with auditing standards and
considers the possibility of fraud. Crumbley and Apostolou (2005), claim that a Professional
Forensic Accountant has a single-minded focus on the detection, and deterrence of fraud.
Roche, as cited by Crumbley and Apostolou (2005), describes a forensic accountant as someone
who can look behind the faced-out, accept the records, at their face value-someone who has a
suspicious mind that (considers that) the documents he or she is looking at may not be what
they purport to be and someone who has the expertise to go out and conduct very detailed
interviews of individuals to develop the truth, especially if some are presumed to be lying.
Krell (2002) says forensic accounting often involves an exhaustive, detailed effort to penetrate
concealment tactics. Stephen Seliskar says, “in terms of the Sheer labor, the magnitude of
effort, time and expense required to do a single, very focused (forensic) investigation –as
contrasted to auditing a set of the financial statements-the difference is incredible.
The Role And Skills Of Forensic AccountantsAn understanding of effective fraud and forensic accounting techniques can assist ProfessionalForensic Accountants in identifying illegal activity and discovering and preserving evidence(Houck et al 2006). Hence, it is important to understand that the role of a forensic accountant isdifferent from that of regular auditor.It is widely known that an auditor determines compliance with auditing standards andconsiders the possibility of fraud. Crumbley and Apostolou (2005), claim that a ProfessionalForensic Accountant has a single-minded focus on the detection, and deterrence of fraud.Roche, as cited by Crumbley and Apostolou (2005), describes a forensic accountant as someonewho can look behind the faced-out, accept the records, at their face value-someone who has asuspicious mind that (considers that) the documents he or she is looking at may not be whatthey purport to be and someone who has the expertise to go out and conduct very detailedinterviews of individuals to develop the truth, especially if some are presumed to be lying.Krell (2002) says forensic accounting often involves an exhaustive, detailed effort to penetrateconcealment tactics. Stephen Seliskar says, “in terms of the Sheer labor, the magnitude ofeffort, time and expense required to do a single, very focused (forensic) investigation –ascontrasted to auditing a set of the financial statements-the difference is incredible.
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