You need look no farther than Accounting Today's
Top 100 niche survey each year to know that the linchpin of professional
and practice development is specialization: growth by niche
development is cited year in and year out on the radar of the accounting
industry's titans.
NACVA's Financial Forensics Institute (FFI) was
established in partnership with some of the nation's top minds and
authorities in forensic accounting, law, economics, valuation theory,
expert witnessing, and support fundamentals to offer practitioners
unparalleled and highly comprehensive training in all facets of forensic
financial consulting.
And now the Certified Forensic Financial Analyst (CFFA)
designation offers you five different pathways to acquire the
specialized training and concomitant credibility that will help you
secure engagement after engagement.
Details
Financial Litigation Path
The Financial Litigation
specialty program requires the five-day
Litigation Bootcamp for Financial Experts training, as
in the past, designed to provide participants a solid foundation
in the role of a financial expert. (Applicants with involvement
in 20 different litigation matters, in 10 of which the applicant
gave depositions and/or testimony with at least one matter
before a jury, may waive this training requirement.) Among other requirements,
applicants must have been involved in eight different litigation
matters, three of which the applicant gave deposition and/or
expert testimony. (This experience requirement can be met by
attending the three-day Financial Forensics Institute-sponsored
course entitled,
Expert Witness Bootcamp.
Forensic Accounting Path
The Forensic Accounting specialty program requires attendance at
the five-day
Forensic Accounting Academy™ plus a three-day litigation
workshop entitled,
CFFA Candidate Workshop. (Applicants can waive the
training requirement to the three-day "CFFA Candidate Workshop"
and the two-hour exam that follows, by providing evidence that
they were the lead professional on eight reports related to the
applicable discipline and have presented their findings to a
board of directors, audit committee, or equivalent authoritative
body three times. Furthermore, applicants with substantial
experience can waive the five-day prerequisite training
requirement, but not the four-hour exam, if their experience
includes 25 matters or 2,500 hours of forensic accounting
experience.) Among
other requirements, applicants must have also been involved in
ten engagements or have 1,000 hours of experience in the
applicable field.
Business and Intellectual Property
Damages Path
The Business and Intellectual
Property Damages specialty program requires attendance at the
five-day
Business and Intellectual Property Damages Workshop (BIPD),
plus the three-day
CFFA Candidate Workshop. (Applicants can waive the
training requirement to the three-day "CFFA Candidate Workshop"
and the two-hour exam that follows, by providing evidence that
of involvement in eight different litigation matters, three of
which the applicant gave deposition and or expert testimony.
This experience requirement can also be met by attending the
three-day NACVA sponsored course entitled, "Expert Witness
Bootcamp." Furthermore, applicants with substantial experience
can waive the five-day prerequisite training requirement, but
not the four-hour exam, if their experience includes 25 matters
or 2,500 hours of valuation experience of which 1,500 must be
related to business or intellectual property damages matters.) Among
other requirements, applicants must have also been involved in
ten engagements or have 1,000 hours of experience in the
applicable field.
Fraud Risk Management Path
The Fraud Risk Management specialty program requires
attendance at the five-day Fraud
Risk Management Workshop, plus the three-day
CFFA Candidate Workshop. (Applicants can waive the
training requirement to the three-day "CFFA Candidate Workshop"
and the two-hour exam that follows, by providing evidence that
they were the lead professional on eight reports related to the
applicable discipline and have presented their findings to a
board of directors, audit committee, or equivalent authoritative
body three times. Furthermore, applicants with substantial
experience can waive the five-day prerequisite training
requirement, but not the four-hour exam, if their experience
includes 25 matters or 2.500 hours of fraud-related matters.)Among
other requirements, applicants must have also been involved in
ten engagements in the applicable field or have 1,000 hours of
experience providing valuation services, 200 hours of which were
applicable in the field.
Matrimonial Litigation Support Path
The Matrimonial Litigation
Support specialty program requires attendance at the five-day
Matrimonial Litigation Support Workshop plus the
three-day
CFFA Candidate Workshop. (Applicants can waive the
training requirement to the three-day "CFFA Candidate Workshop"
and the two-hour exam that follows, by providing evidence that
of involvement in eight different litigation matters, three of
which the applicant gave deposition and or expert testimony.
this experience requirement can also be met by attending the
three-day NACVA sponsored course entitled, "Expert Witness
Bootcamp." Furthermore, applicants with substantial experience
can waive the five-day prerequisite training requirement, but
not the four-hour exam, if their experience includes 25 matters
or 2,500 hours of experience in matrimonial matters, or 2,500
hours of valuation experience of which 1,500 must be related to
matrimonial matters.) Among
other requirements, applicants must have also been involved in
ten engagements in the applicable field or have 1,000 hours of
experience providing valuation services, 200 hours of which were
in the applicable field.