It rather depends on the definition applied to “forensic accounting”. If it is the expert accounting work that assists in a criminal or civil dispute
then without doubt work experience alongside normal accountancy training is best.

If you simply want to pursue a financial investigator career, then public sector training courses are available but will only ever provide the basic framework in which to work. Much of the work I do is examining mistakes that many of them make.

Forensic accounting is all about being a competent accountant and having a puzzle solving mind. The ability to communicate is paramount. You can go on courses to learn the legal stuff etc, but experience is the name of the game in this field.

For anybody seriously interested in a career in forensic accounting I would recommend starting as an accountant with a firm, particularly one that has a strong forensic accounting department.

If there is a diploma or degree in forensic accounting anywhere, it would be useless without the experience in the same way as anybody with an accounting degree needs to start again and go through their professional exams. When I started my professional exams, there were a few people with accounting degrees in the class. They struggled much more than the rest of us who had degrees ranging from zoology to philosophy!!!