Forensic Accountant

Keystone Advisors is an independent certified public accounting firm. 

Keystone provides Audit, Accounting, and Advisory Services in the areas of financial and administrative management, organizational and business improvement, program management support, budget support, financial analytical services and reconciliation, technology management and staff augmentation.

Keystone is looking for Forensic Accountants to join our team in the Washington, DC metro area to support the Federal Bureau of Investigations. 

Job Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Conduct thorough forensic financial analysis of business and personal records and develop financial profiles of individuals or groups identified as participating in suspicious or illegal activity.
• Assist investigators in preparing documents for use as evidence in investigations.
• Identify and trace funding sources and interrelated transactions.
• Compile findings and conclusions into financial investigative reports.
• Meet and participate on teams with Special Agents and Intelligence Analysts.
• Provide assistance with operational initiatives with a financial nexus.

Required Qualifications/ Education Level

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in forensic accounting, accounting, finance, or a related field for forensic accountants.
• Must have an Active Top Secret Security Clearance

Required Qualifications/ Experience Level

• Must have minimum of 6 years of experience working within the defense, intelligence, or law enforcement communities leading or coordinating complex programs and/or multiple projects.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities related to white collar crime; money laundering; insurance claims; generally-accepted accounting principle violations; telemarketing fraud; check kiting; contract and procurement fraud; asset misappropriation; securities fraud; financial statement fraud; bankruptcy fraud; credit card fraud; embezzlement; evidence integrity analysis; damage assessment; tracing illicit funds; locating hidden assets; forensic intelligence gathering; and/or regression analysis.
• Mastery of accounting and financial analytical theories, innovations, practices and principles to include an in-depth understanding of funding mechanisms, processes, and legal titles associated with domestic and international banking, monetary transfers, corporate and charitable finances, securities, and money markets.
• Expert knowledge of business and government organizational and managerial structures and practices, and their financial documentation practices, as well as various sophisticated finance and accounting systems, methods, and techniques.
• Advanced ability to conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses, to apply various statistical methods and formulas, to discern and unravel complex interrelationships, to recognize concealed or obscure associations, and to draw logical inferences and conclusions significant for evidentiary purposes.
• Broad practical knowledge of criminal statutes, regulations, procedures, violations, and jurisdictions with respect to national and international financial investigations, as well as processes and practices for subpoenas, National Security Letters, affidavits, execution of search warrants, rules of evidence, chain of custody, and other judicial/legal proceedings.
• Ability to use computer hardware and software as tools for gathering and analyzing financial information, conducting analyses, managing investigative cases, and facilitating office operations, to include data base management systems, statistical analytical software, Internet research techniques and information resources, office automation (spreadsheets, desktop publishing, BankScan etc.), and electronic mail systems.
• Excellent written and oral communications, including the ability to translate complex and interrelated information into articulate presentations, compose substantive analytical reports, interact effectively as a member of a multi-jurisdictional investigative team, elicit information, and develop cooperative relationships with international and/or domestic banking, financial and law enforcement officials.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• One or more certifications: Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and/or Chartered Accountant

Compensation Package:

• Competitive Salary
• Paid Time Off
• Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Short & Long Term Disability
• 401(K) with company match
• Life Insurance