Overview & Salary

Overview

Obtain evidence, take statements, produce reports, and testify to findings regarding resolution of fraud allegations. May coordinate fraud detection and prevention activities.

On the job, you would:

  • Gather financial documents related to investigations.
  • Interview witnesses or suspects and take statements.
  • Prepare written reports of investigation findings.

Education

  • bachelor's degree

Salary

Annual 10th percentile $43,510
Annual median $78,310
Annual 90th percentile $139,960

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Business

  • accounting and economics
  • management

Safety and Government

  • law and government
  • public safety and security

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • writing things for co-workers or customers

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • understanding people's reactions

Personality & Abilities

Personality

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Persistence

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by writing
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
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