She Processed His Expense Reports. Then She Read Them.

About this episode

A junior financial analyst uncovers fraudulent expense reports submitted by her supervisor, leading to a difficult decision.

A 29-year-old junior financial analyst discovers, during a routine year-end reconciliation, that her direct supervisor has been submitting expense reports with wrong client codes, inactive account charges, and a timestamp that was filed before the receipt existed. With her boss as her professional reference, the HR director as his university connection, and her own name in the workflow history of every fraudulent submission, she faces a decision that has no clean outcome. Workplace Entanglement — subscribe on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe, Ryan

Guest: 29-year-old junior financial analyst

Topics covered

• workplace ethics
• financial fraud
• decision making
• professional relationships
• accountability

Keywords

• expense reports
• fraud
• workplace entanglement
• financial analyst
• supervisor
• HR director
• reconciliation

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