Fraud investigator resume examples for 2025
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How to write a fraud investigator resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:
Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.
Step 2: Next put your years of experience in fraud investigator-related roles.
Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.
Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.
Hiring managers spend under a minute reviewing resumes on average. This means your summary needs to demonstrate your value quickly and show why you are the perfect fit for the fraud investigator position.Hi, I'm Zippi, your job search robot. Let me write a first draft of your summary statement.
List the right project manager skills
Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
- Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
- Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
- Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
- Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a fraud investigator resume:
- Law Enforcement Agencies
- Investigative Reports
- Fraud Investigations
- Criminal Justice
- Financial Institutions
- Fraud Claims
- Fraud Trends
- In-Depth Investigations
- Data Analysis
- Fraud Prevention
- BSA
- Fraud Losses
- Fraud Cases
- Management System
- AML
- Medicaid
- SAR
- Insurance Fraud
- Background Checks
- Investigative Findings
- Investigative Techniques
- Subpoenas
- Local Law Enforcement
- OIG
- FinCEN
- Video Surveillance
- Bank Secrecy Act
- CMS
- ACH
- Fraudulent Transactions
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How to structure your work experience
Your employment history is arguably one of the most important parts of your resume. It shows you have experience and foundation in your field to successfully master the fraud investigator position. Here is how to most effectively structure your work experience:
- List your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order. Employers care about your most recent experience the most.
- Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
- Include only recent, relevant jobs.
How to write fraud investigator experience bullet points
Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:
- Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
- Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
- Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.
Here are effective examples from fraud investigator resumes:
Work history example #1
Bank Analyst
Wells Fargo
- Provided guidance, coaching, and support to Account Managers through knowledge of bank processes, procedures, and Treasury Products.
- Collaborated with management to maintain budgets, displaying fiscal responsibility in conjunction with banking policies and procedures.
- Increased resolution of credit loss/default modeling and analysis of lease portfolio for ease of decision making by upper management.
- Worked closely with senior Portfolio Managers and Traders to determine ideal characteristics for substitute collateral obligations and/or new purchases.
- Authored First Call research notes, industry reports, and PowerPoint presentations.
Work history example #2
Fraud Investigator
United States Department of Labor
- Prepared civil cases for the Solicitor of Labor for litigation and provided ongoing investigative support as necessary.
- Served as co-administrator for enforcement of EBSA's national Employee Stock Ownership Plan investigative strategy.
- Discussed voluntary compliance and equitable settlements with plan officials and their counsel.
- Performed investigations regarding clientele on NYC Medicaid.
- Responded quickly to potentially dangerous crisis situations that involve children in an abusive or neglectful situation.
Work history example #3
Forgery/Fraud Investigator
Citi
- Researched internal and external sources to identify and verify KYC information, global sanctions lists including OFAC and PEPs.
- Provided support for the Customer service and Investigations teams with the timely resolution of customer/internally generated queries as and when necessary.
- Appointed to specifically review accounts for possible stolen identity situations and investigate the consumer's claim of unauthorized charges.
- Conducted a series of investigations in the San Diego area regarding fraud in the healthcare industry, especially Medicare and Medicaid.
- Developed procedures for and reviewed incoming referrals from internal departments and subpoenas to determine if a full investigation was warranted.
Work history example #4
Fraud Investigator
Verizon
- Performed back-end testing by extensively using SQL commands to verify the database integrity.
- Assisted with supervision and coverage of the floor which can include escalated calls and coaching of analysts.
- Utilized internal and external data and systems to investigate claims of identity theft or potential fraud used to obtain Verizon services.
- Investigated new service applications and active accounts for identity fraud.
- Created reports using Teradata SQL for month end fraud statistics.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries from fraud investigator resumes:
Bachelor's Degree in criminal justice
University of Maryland - College Park, College Park, MD
2000 - 2003
Highlight your fraud investigator certifications on your resume
Certifications can be a crucial part of your resume. Many jobs have required certifications.
Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your fraud investigator resume:
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
- Professional Certified Investigator (PCI)
- Certified Personal Chef (CPC)
- International Accredited Business Accountant (IABA)