Mr. Saul Gordon is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Internal Auditor and Chartered Accountant (South Africa) with over 10 years of professional experience spanning a vast multitude of industries. Saul worked for one of the largest public accounting firms in South Africa and also worked for BDO Seidman in the USA, which is one of the largest international public accounting firms. Saul now owns SGI Consulting, a forensic accounting and consulting firm.
Saul is the current President (twice elected) of the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners which creates fraud awareness training for the community. This is a non-profit organization which Saul zealously dedicates much of his spare time to. See www.ocacfe.com. This is a Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The ACFE, which is headquartered in the USA, established and administers the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credential which is known world-wide. “The FBI officially recognizes the CFE credential as a critical skill set for its diversified hiring program.” (as quoted on the ACFE website www.acfe.org). As President, Saul chairs Board and Chapter meetings and has helped to promote the events of other ACFE Chapters and the events of other professional associations. Saul presided over an all-day event in September 2008, which included an appearance by Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas.
Saul is absolutely thorough in his work and leaves no stone unturned, while keeping a strong focus on the engagement objectives. Saul personally cares about each of his clients - although he likes working with numbers, a client is never just a number to him.
His selected accomplishments include:
Providing testimony in court as an expert witness in both criminal and civil trials.
Detected frauds and detected and prevented possible frauds ranging from petty cash fraud to attempted financial statement fraud.
Recommended for implementation various internal controls designed to prevent loss through fraud and/or error, ensure compliance with laws and regulations and prevent costly lawsuits.
Elected President of the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in 2007 and again in 2009.
Elected Director-at-Large for the Inland Empire Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Elected Orange County District Ambassador (a leadership role) for the Professional Investigators of California in 2008.
Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Associate section member of several sections of the Orange County Bar Association.
Specialized Service Member of the Professional Investigators of California.
Numerous professional references both from the United States and South Africa.
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