Is something not quite right with your books and you suspect that your current accounting provider might be “cooking the books”? If so, you have come to the right place. We will help you locate an accounting forensic professional that can review your books while saving you time and money in the process. No doubt you are experiencing a radical range of thoughts and emotions and we can remove the additional stress of locating an accounting forensic specialist from your shoulders. All of our accounting forensic referrals to small and medium sized businesses are completely free and our experienced and knowledgeable research team will locate the best accounting forensic expert for you, so you can focus on other aspects of your business.
Sponsored by AccountantsGuaranteed.com, we understand what a nightmare it can be for a small business owner to suspect that the person they have trusted to take care of their accounting has committed fraud. Fraud comes in many forms but regardless of how you look at it, it is theft. If you suspect or know that fraud has been committed against your company you will need the assistance of an accounting forensic professional immediately to help avoid or minimize fines, penalties and legal costs.
Due to the fact that a majority of frauds involve a company’s finances it is only logical to have accounting forensic specialist investigate them. Forensic accountants have received specialty training to investigate and report cases of fraud and accounting forensic professionals are proficient in main accounting software programs. Accounting forensic experts are familiar with business laws in order to ascertain if transactions are legal and usually they have a basic understanding of criminal and civil law as well. Accounting forensic specialists use principals such as “chance” or “odds” and statistics in order to determine the true amount of misappropriated money. It is also extremely beneficial for an accounting forensic professional to not only have an understanding of economics but of psychology, criminology and ethics too. If the person has stolen from you speaks another or multiple languages, the accounting forensic expert will need to be fluent in those languages also.
Human Companies, Inc. is a Boston-based small business support group focusing specifically on providing free accounting forensic professional referrals to small business owners. We are not an automated service; the accounting forensic referral you receive will be chosen specifically for your business by our experienced accounting forensic referral team.
When a forensic accountant looks for suspicious accounting practices in a business they look for certain “red flags” and here are just a few:
- Growth in inventory that does not match growth in sales
- Reporting positive earnings while showing a decline in operating cash flow
- Far greater revenue growth than other companies in the same industry
- Increases in cash flow or in gross margin that suddenly exceed the company’s prior performance or is far above the industry averages
- Unusual increases of assets such as receivables and/or inventory
- Unrecorded invoices
- Loans that have been written off to executives or others
If you suspect theft, don’t delay. The sooner you receive expert assistance from an accounting forensic professional, the better it will be for you and your business.
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