Forensic Accounting Courses and Forensic
Accounting Careers.
US News & World Report calls forensic
accounting one of the "20 hot job tracks of the future."
Forensic Accounting is also named as one of eight "careers to
count on." in U.S. News and World Report, February 18, 2002 p 46-48,
50. The masters of accounting in forensic accounting helps prepare you
for for a career in accounting by taking a series of graduate-level
forensic accounting courses.
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The Masters in Forensic Accounting Program at FAU will expand your
career opportunities. Join the fastest-growing area of accounting, and
one of the best career opportunities for the future.
Looking
to open new career opportunities?
The Masters in Forensic Accounting Program
at FAU will give you all the tools you need to join in one the
fastest-growing career opportunities in accounting, and you will
receive up to 27 of the hours in accounting, which is enough
accounting hours in most states for the CPA Certificate. (Florida
requires 36 accounting hours. Requirements vary in each of the 50 states,
and other requirements may apply. International
students can also
obtain the CPA certificate.) You are welcome into the program with
no previous taxation, business, or accounting courses. We want bright
minds!
Forensic Accountants work
in almost every part of the business world, in public accounting
firms, law firms, consulting firms, corporations, and in government
agencies such as the IRS, FBI, and CIA. Forensic accounting is only
one career possibility to accompany the masters of accounting degree.
Forensic Accountants are
involved in many kinds of work that include: investigative services,
litigation support, expert testimony, valuation, and dispute
resolution.
Auditing
Roughly speaking,
accounting auditors attest to various type of assertions made by
organizations. The traditional type of assertions that auditors deal
with are the usual financial statements: the profit and loss
statement, the balance sheet, and the statement of cash flows.
However, now accountants provide a wide range of attestation services,
ranging from attesting to the ballot count in the Miss America Contest
to verifying that web sites and their related businesses meet certain
standards.
There are really 2 types
of auditors, internal auditors and external auditors. External
auditors focus on the company's publicly-published financial reports.
Internal auditors, on the other hand, focus on monitoring internal
activities, events, and systems to ensure compliance with the
company's policies and procedures.
The Masters of Accounting
in Forensic Accounting Program provides extensive course-work in
auditing, with a special focus on auditing in cases of fraud or legal
investigations.
Consulting and
Management Advisory Services
Accounting has often been
called the language of business, so it's no surprise that accountants
provide consulting services in almost all areas in the organization.
Consulting overlaps with other areas of accounting. For example, a
forensic-accounting consultant may assist in investigating a money
laundering scheme, or in verifying the assets in a divorce case or in
a merger. Forensic Accounting includes auditing techniques, so
forensic accountants sometimes conduct specialized audits to help
account for losses or prepare cases for litigation.
Corporate Accounting
Accountants serve in
high-level positions within corporations and other organizations. The
chief accountant is normally called the controller or vice president
of information systems. Today's corporate accountant is very much
concerned with developing an information system that provides
management with the right kinds of decision support. It's the
information system that produces the reports, and accountants run the
information system. The Masters of Accounting degree provides a basic
foundation with with to build a career in corporate accounting.
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