Amber Walters
Cincinnati,OH
Summary
Motivated Forensic Accountant touting 2 years of expertise investigating suspicious activity and preventing fraud. Curious by nature, I never leave any stone unturned. This same drive pushes me to constantly learn new skills and broaden my horizons. Promoting exemplary skills in AML, analytics and fraud pattern detection, I hope to use my knowledge to fight crime and make a difference.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Fraud Auditor
Innago
07.2022 - Current
- Perform risk assessments for all new sign up customers (30,000 annually) and block all bad account from entering the platform
- Evaluate manual reviews of customers KYC verifications
- Assess all monetary transactions (5,000+ monthly) of customers during first 90 days to monitor for AML and fraudulent behaviors. Blocking and saving $100K+ in potential fraud loses
- Front line for all incoming customer calls/emails relating to fraud and security of their accounts
- Manage all credit card chargebacks and disputes (500 annually) to quickly lock bad accounts to ensure revenue is not lost
- Reduced fraudulent activities by conducting thorough investigations and implementing effective fraud prevention strategies. This has decreased fraud sign ups by 30% and helped decrease potential fraud losses
Staff Accountant
Enable Injections
01.2021 - 07.2023
- Maintain Fixed Assets and Internal Orders in SAP and overhauled fixed asset tracking system to improve efficiency in locating and writing off obsolete assets
- Develop and monitor budget information for each company department; track expenditures and variances and reported findings to upper management
- Purchase Order review; approve to budget and process (250+ Monthly)
- Complete Month-end entries/reconciliations and year-end audit documentation
- Assist Accounts Receivable and Cash Applications as needed
Full Charge Accountant
Build Realty
06.2018 - 05.2020
- Create manual journal entries and match daily transactions in Quickbooks
- Accounts Payable: released vendor payments, customer escrow release, and lender interest payments in a timely manner. Reviewed escrow requests for accuracy and to ensure work had been completed as stated
- Accounts Receivable: receive customer payments, accurately record, and deposit to bank
- Run weekly payroll and be point of contact for all payroll issues for all 25 employees
- Run and present weekly Profit & Loss reports to senior management
- Improved financial reporting accuracy by 50% through meticulous data analysis and reconciliation efforts
- Streamlined month-end closing processes, resulting in reduced time spent on financial reporting tasks
Education
Master of Science - Forensic Accounting
SUNY At Albany
Albany, NY04.2018
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL05.2016
Skills
- Financial statement analysis
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Fraud Detection
- Trained in EnCase
- Fraud detection techniques
- Fraud investigation
Affiliations
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Certification
- CFE - Certified Fraud Examiner
Computer Software
- EnCase - Basics
- Excel - Advanced
- SQL - Basics
References
- Annie Taggart: Controller at Enable Injections
- Phone: 513-326-2836 Email: ataggart@enableinjections.com
- Tracie Allen: Associate Director of Accounting at Enable Injections
- Phone: 513-602-4370 Email: tallen@enableinjections.com
- Shannon Williams: Staff Accountant at Enable Injections
- Phone: 513-317-8869 Email:swilliams@enableinjections.com
Timeline
Fraud Auditor
Innago
07.2022 - Current
Staff Accountant
Enable Injections
01.2021 - 07.2023
Full Charge Accountant
Build Realty
06.2018 - 05.2020
Master of Science - Forensic Accounting
SUNY At Albany
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Central Florida
- CFE - Certified Fraud Examiner
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