Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts
FinanceO*NET 13-2099.04United States
Obtain evidence, take statements, produce reports, and testify to findings regarding resolution of fraud allegations. May coordinate fraud detection and prevention activities.
- Median annual earnings
- $81,068
- Projected change
- +6.3%
- Typical education
- Bachelor's degree
- Employment
- 143.97K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
83.3% of the workforce
Growing to 153.08K by 2035
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The work
What fraud examiners, investigators and analysts do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Gather financial documents related to investigations.
- Prepare written reports of investigation findings.
- Interview witnesses or suspects and take statements.
- Document all investigative activities.
- Create and maintain logs, records, or databases of information about fraudulent activity.
- Lead, or participate in, fraud investigation teams.
- Coordinate investigative efforts with law enforcement officers and attorneys.
- Testify in court regarding investigation findings.
- Prepare evidence for presentation in court.
- Recommend actions in fraud cases.
- Review reports of suspected fraud to determine need for further investigation.
- Design, implement, or maintain fraud detection tools or procedures.
- Analyze financial data to detect irregularities in areas such as billing trends, financial relationships, and regulatory compliance procedures.
- Maintain knowledge of current events and trends in such areas as money laundering and criminal tools and techniques.
- Evaluate business operations to identify risk areas for fraud.
- Conduct in-depth investigations of suspicious financial activity, such as suspected money-laundering efforts.
- Advise businesses or agencies on ways to improve fraud detection.
- Train others in fraud detection and prevention techniques.
- Conduct field surveillance to gather case-related information.
- Negotiate with responsible parties to arrange for recovery of losses due to fraud.
- Research or evaluate new technologies for use in fraud detection systems.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $47,918
- 25th percentile
- $60,842
- 50th percentile
- $81,068
- 75th percentile
- $112,502
- 90th percentile
- $155,741
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $81,068 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+6.3%faster than average
2025143,969 jobs
2035 projected153,077 jobs
9,108 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Bachelor's degree
- 83.3%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 8.3%
- Certificate
- 4.2%
- Associate degree
- 4.2%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Financial Crimes Investigators415 postings
- 02AML Analysts408 postings
- 03AML Investigators392 postings
- 04Financial Crimes Managers390 postings
- 05AML Directors293 postings
- 06Financial Crimes Analysts211 postings
- 07Fraud Analysts188 postings
- 08BSA Analysts184 postings
- 09Financial Crimes Consultants181 postings
- 10BSA/AML Analysts172 postings
- 11Financial Crimes Specialists137 postings
- 12AML Specialists112 postings
- 13AML/KYC Analysts107 postings
- 14Detection and Investigation Analysts88 postings
- 15BSA Specialists84 postings
- 16Fraud Specialists84 postings
- 17Fraud Investigators81 postings
- 18Model Validation Analysts81 postings
- 19Risk Investigators78 postings
- 20KYC Analysts56 postings
Top employers
- 01TD Bank383 postings
- 02Crowe330 postings
- 03Capital One251 postings
- 04Truist Financial172 postings
- 05PNC132 postings
- 06Bank of America128 postings
- 07Robert Half107 postings
- 08Insight Global76 postings
- 09Deloitte71 postings
- 10Dexian71 postings
- 11US Bank68 postings
- 12Aml Rightsource67 postings
- 13Glacier Bank61 postings
- 14Wells Fargo57 postings
- 15Royal Bank of Canada51 postings
- 16Social Capital Resources45 postings
- 17JPMorgan Chase42 postings
- 18Guaranty Bank And Trust Company37 postings
- 19Hard Rock Digital36 postings
- 20Barclays34 postings
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