SFIO to hire financial experts to see corporate announcements

The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) will hire financial experts to ‘critically analyse’ announcements made by corporate entities, as it looks to curb white collar misdoings.The probe agency, that comes under the Corporate Affairs Ministry, is looking to tentatively recruit as many as 24 consultants in diverse areas amid acute manpower shortage. Out of the total planned, six consultants are in the area of financial analysis and 10 individuals in the field of law.

The agency is looking to recruit as many as six consultants in financial analysis and they would be required to analyse financial statements/data available in the government's MCA 21 portal.The portal, under the Corporate Affairs Ministry, is the platform for entities registered under the Companies Act to make their statutory filings. According to SFIO, the experts in financial analysis would have to ‘critically analyse the corporate announcements made by the corporate entities and prepare research reports’.

Among others, they would study financial reports of the companies under probe and make complex financial analysis, assist investigation teams in forensic audit, examination of board minutes, directors reports and other schedules and documents.These consultants would use "spreadsheet and statistical software packages to analyse financial data and prepare company specific/sector specific reports for use by SFIO".

Apart from law and financial analysis, SFIO is looking to recruit 8 consultants in ‘banking/ law/ tax/ audit & accounts/ capital market/ investigation/ management accounting/ general administration’ areas, according to a public notice.