Claudia Scheepers
Forensic Investigator | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 11 669 9559
E: claudia.scheepers@bowmanslaw.com
Overview
Claudia joined Bowmans in April 2025 and has a year’s experience in forensic investigations and accounting. Prior to joining Bowmans, she was a Forensic Accounting Intern at the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) where she gained valuable experience in conducting investigations in various public sector entities. As part of the SIU National Investigations team, she gained experience in investigations at several public sector industries including inter alia Energy and Utilities, Education, Healthcare and Transport. She also attended student vacation work at PwC’s forensic department during June 2019.
Experience
*includes experience prior to joining Bowmans
Claudia’s work experience includes inter alia:
- Performing bank statement and flow of funds analysis on persons of interest involved in corruption allegations at public and state-owned entities in South Africa.
- Performing analysis on the bank statements and other financial documents for suspicious payments and identified whether funds were used in accordance with the service level agreement or contract.
- Performing a cost analysis on procured goods and services to ensure value for money, through capturing and comparing various invoices and remittances on the expensed goods/services. She also conducted physical site visits, analysed the progress reports and service level agreements to compare the initial request to what was executed.
- Conducting lifestyle analysis on the personal and/or business accounts of people of interest to determine possible irregular income streams and/or identification of assets.
- Quantifying financial losses for purposes of civil recovery processes and consulting with the firm’s investigation team, litigation team and implicated parties. She had to confirm and sign off on the amount due for the ‘Acknowledgement of debt’ agreement.
- Participating in the interview process of key role players including preparing detailed questions and notes.
- Preparing forensic reports and presentations to key stakeholders for purposes of reporting on factual findings and suggesting systematic recommendations.
- Performing key word searches on an e-Discovery platform to identify communication relating to suspicious activities and transactions.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Forensic Accountancy, North-West University.
- Bachelor of Commerce in Forensic Accountancy, North-West University.
Overview
Claudia joined Bowmans in April 2025 and has a year’s experience in forensic investigations and accounting. Prior to joining Bowmans, she was a Forensic Accounting Intern at the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) where she gained valuable experience in conducting investigations in various public sector entities. As part of the SIU National Investigations team, she gained experience in investigations at several public sector industries including inter alia Energy and Utilities, Education, Healthcare and Transport. She also attended student vacation work at PwC’s forensic department during June 2019.
Experience
*includes experience prior to joining Bowmans
Claudia’s work experience includes inter alia:
- Performing bank statement and flow of funds analysis on persons of interest involved in corruption allegations at public and state-owned entities in South Africa.
- Performing analysis on the bank statements and other financial documents for suspicious payments and identified whether funds were used in accordance with the service level agreement or contract.
- Performing a cost analysis on procured goods and services to ensure value for money, through capturing and comparing various invoices and remittances on the expensed goods/services. She also conducted physical site visits, analysed the progress reports and service level agreements to compare the initial request to what was executed.
- Conducting lifestyle analysis on the personal and/or business accounts of people of interest to determine possible irregular income streams and/or identification of assets.
- Quantifying financial losses for purposes of civil recovery processes and consulting with the firm’s investigation team, litigation team and implicated parties. She had to confirm and sign off on the amount due for the ‘Acknowledgement of debt’ agreement.
- Participating in the interview process of key role players including preparing detailed questions and notes.
- Preparing forensic reports and presentations to key stakeholders for purposes of reporting on factual findings and suggesting systematic recommendations.
- Performing key word searches on an e-Discovery platform to identify communication relating to suspicious activities and transactions.
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