Financial investigations with high volumes of documentation are difficult, time-consuming, and not always effective. Traditional forensic accounting techniques rely primarily on a manual analysis of the documentation, combined with data entry or other primitive means to capture the numbers.
New cutting-edge technology is changing the face of financial investigations, however, allowing a forensic accountant to capture all data, reconcile the data to ensure accuracy, and map out the flow of funds. Indeed, this software is now in use in U.S. Attorney’s offices around the country, helping the government develop its financial fraud investigations.
This webcast will explain and demonstrate how the latest technology, combined with the skills of a qualified forensic accountant, can offer lawyers and clients superior results in litigation. Faster, more thorough results provide a litigation advantage, allowing lawyers to plan a strategy sooner and with the best available information. Please join panelist Tracy Coenen of Sequence Inc. Forensic Accounting for a demonstration of how this forensic accounting system works, the types of financial data that can be analyzed, the charts and graphs that help evaluate the data, and a variety of outputs that can help you win your cases.
This free webcast is scheduled for Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 2 p.m. Eastern. To attend, please register below.
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[…] Creating understandable charts and graphs to demonstrate the fraud Paradigm Shift Using sophisticated software to do much of the routine work in financial investigations represents a major paradigm shift for forensic accountants and their clients. We no longer need forensic accountants to spend hundreds of billable hours manually examining documentation, entering transactions into a database, and checking for accuracy. This “busy work” and the accompanying bottleneck in the investigation are virtually eliminated in favor of the more accurate data capture and reconciliation done by the software. The forensic accountants can quickly get down to the business of investigating, and the clients benefit from faster answers. Initially, tens of thousands of pages of financial documentation seem chaotic. But the future of forensic accounting is now, and financial data featuring hundreds of accountants and entities can be quickly reduced to a usable state, allowing the investigator and client to gain clarity rapidly. Fraud cases can be pursued more quickly and more certainly with this system. The technology alone will never replace a forensic accountant*, as a sharp investigator is needed to understand the data, make it meaningful, and identify a smoking gun. But the forensic accountant* can get to the real business of investigating with the help of computers and the right software. The result is a better work product, free from arbitrary sampling and data input errors, in a much shorter timeframe. Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF is a forensic accountant* and fraud investigator with Sequence Inc. in Milwaukee and Chicago. She has conducted hundreds of high-stakes investigations involving financial statement fraud, securities fraud, investment fraud, Ponzi schemes, bankruptcy* and receivership, and criminal defense. Tracy is the author of Expert Fraud Investigation: A Step-by-Step Guide and Essentials of Corporate Fraud, and has been qualified as an expert witness in both state and federal courts. She can be reached at tracy@sequenceinc.com or (312) 498-3661. Please join Tracy Coenen for a complimentary webcast, on December 15 at 2 PM EST, Follow the Money – Using Technology to Find Fraud or Defend Financial Investigations. Register today. […]