Forensic Accountant

Job Posting Title Forensic Accountant Agency 030 ALCOHOLIC BEV. LAWS ENFORCE. Supervisory Organization Oklahoma ABLE Commission - Enforcement Job Posting End Date Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank. Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above. Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank) Full/Part-Time Full time Job Type Regular Compensation Annual Salary: $90,000.00 Job Description This position is located in the Enforcement Division - Trade Practices in Oklahoma City, OK. Basic Purpose Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for collecting and analyzing financial data for criminal investigations. The incumbent seeks and reports financial irregularities according to state and federal laws. Major Work Duties Independently conducts and assists with complex financial, regulatory, and administrative investigations by collecting, auditing, analyzing, and interpreting financial records, business documents, ownership information, licensing records, regulatory filings, and other data to identify violations of Oklahoma statutes, administrative rules, and ABLE requirements, including hidden ownership, trade practice violations, licensing fraud, brand registration issues, pricing violations, and other financial irregularities. Prepares investigative reports, financial analyses, and evidentiary exhibits based on his/her finding. Reviews required reports submitted to ABLE's Brand Registration Unit by licensees-including direct wine shipper reports, monthly price postings, brand registrations, short-supply reports, closeout requests, carrier reports, and other regulatory filings-to identify trends and determine compliance with Oklahoma statutes, administrative rules, ABLE requirements, and other regulatory mandates. Serves as ABLE's resident expert in financial investigations by providing expert consultation to Enforcement, Legal, Licensing, and agency leadership regarding financial investigations, accounting principles, business structures, ownership relationships, regulatory compliance, and data analysis and by testifying to his/he findings in administrative and/or criminal hearings. Provide training to agents and other ABLE personnel regarding financial investigations. Typical Functions The functions performed in this job family will vary by level, unit and organization, but may include the following: Collects and analyzes financial data for criminal investigations. Investigates various white-collar crimes focusing on forensic accounting. Independently conducts or assists other auditors with complex, forensic financial investigations including forensic financial audits, analyzing bank records/documents and other financial records for evidence and inconsistencies. Investigates and assists with cases regarding fraud, money laundering, bribery, embezzlement, and other crimes of financial irregularities regarding state and federal laws. Testifies in state and federal courts. Interacts with other case participants including investigating agents, personnel, requesting law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, judges, and defense attorneys. May also interact with crime victims, suspects, and members of the media. Prepares and assists with search warrant preparation. Participates in search warrant service and evidence collection. Writes audit reports and creates graphs and charts to explain findings. Provides training to agents and requesting agencies regarding white collar crimes. Level Descriptor This job family consists of only one level. Incumbents are responsible for performing all functions in the job family and making decisions regarding criminal case work. This job family follows Oklahoma and Federal criminal law statutes, accounting review and governing boards, Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) standards, ABLE Commission Policy and Procedure, and protocols for conducting forensic financial audits, assuring that standard practices are followed which allows the work to be legally accepted in court. In some cases, limitations may exist in obtaining accurate information required for the investigations. Incumbents are responsible for preparing documents of the findings, which are reviewed in accordance with the ABLE report writing manual. Incumbents may assist or mentor other team members. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies In addition to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies identified in lower level(s), Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of Oklahoma and Federal criminal law statutes, accounting review and governing boards, Commission on Accreditation for Law Enf #J-18808-Ljbffr