Episode 49: How Small Construction Businesses Can Use Internal Controls to Avoid Fraud with Nicole Landau
Small construction businesses are no exception to the risks of fraud common in small businesses. On this week’s episode, Leah talks with Nicole Landau to discuss different types of fraud in construction businesses and how businesses can maintain their internal controls to avoid these situations.
Nicole Landau, CFE, Owner of Landau Consulting Solutions, is a business owner, Certified Fraud Examiner, and virtual CFO who hosts her own construction podcast with the theme of construction risk management, presents as a guest on leading construction podcasts, and speaks at association events.
She obtained her CFE in 2011 and has been investigating fraud ever since. She has performed investigations in banking, oil and gas, restaurants and construction industries. She has worked with the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on large cases of internal theft. She has a heart for small businesses as she has seen too many businesses fail due to their ambition to follow their dreams while forgetting to protect their business.
As owner of Landau Consulting Solutions, Nicole oversees outsourced accounting and CFO services for construction companies. She also performs fraud investigations and fraud prevention and detection trainings. Landau Consulting Solutions specializes in the construction industry while bringing in an internal control and fraud prevention framework to their clients. Due to their unique perspective, their clients are better equipped to protect against fraud. Ms. Landau also provides fraud prevention training courses to clients as a tool to equip employees and owners to detect and prevent fraud. Nicole inspires business owners to step up, take action and implement fraud prevention measures.
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