Forensic Auditor (Auditor III

Position: SLA 8537

7/21/26, 5:05 PM Job Bulletin

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The Forensic Auditor position exists to plan, manage, and perform complex investigative audit projects directly related to investigations conducted by the Division’s Enforcement Unit. This includes formulating technical processes comprised of reducing complex financial records into simplified parts for analysis, from which conclusions can be drawn. The position must also evaluate procedures and principles and interpret and reconstruct a business entity’s or individual’s financial books, records, and ledgers in order to determine if such analysis would support violations of the Colorado Securities Act and the Colorado Commodities Code.

• Completing accurate and relevant compilations of financial information with guidance from the senior staff auditor;
• Preparing written internal communications regarding the completed financial analysis;
• Providing expertise regarding the analysis of financial statements or other financial documents obtained through investigation;
• Preparing professional quality and error-free exhibits for formal presentation;
• Testifying professionally, accurately, and truthfully in legal proceedings regarding financial investigations;
• Reviewing financial statements associated with securities offerings or license applications being reviewed by the examination section when requested; and
• Providing expertise regarding financial statements or other financial documents obtained by the Division’s examinations.

Currently in the office one day a week (Monday).

Seven (7) years of relevant full-time professional
* auditing experience in the financial industry or in a government agency performing any of the following:

• Gathering, interpreting, and/or reviewing financial transactions and supporting documentation (ex., financial or accounting records) necessary for analysis of financial information and/or fraud;
• Conducting audits of financial records.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate’s degree in accounting, business, criminal justice, economics, finance, law, law enforcement, mathematics, or a field of study related to the work assignment; AND

• Five (5) years of relevant full-time professional
  * auditing experience in the financial industry or in a government agency performing any of the following:
• Gathering, interpreting, and/or reviewing financial transactions and supporting documentation (ex., financial or accounting records) necessary for analysis of financial information and/or fraud;
• Conducting audits of financial records.

Current, valid licensure as a CPA from the Colorado Board of Accountancy or current, valid CIA certificate will substitute for five (5) years of the requirement.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting, business, criminal justice, economics, finance, law, law enforcement, mathematics, or a field of study related to the work assignment; AND

• Three (3) years of relevant full-time professional
  * auditing experience in the financial industry or in a government agency performing any of the following:
• Gathering, interpreting, and/or reviewing financial transactions and supporting documentation (ex., financial or accounting records) necessary for analysis of financial information and/or fraud;
• Conducting audits of financial records.

Current, valid licensure as a CPA from the Colorado Board of Accountancy or current, valid CIA certificate will substitute for five (5) years of the requirement.

• Current, valid licensure as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) by the Colorado State Board of Accountancy.