Denise Harding is a Forensic Accountant for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) assigned to the Economic Crimes Field Office in Washington DC. She is responsible for conducting financial analytical and investigative support for criminal investigations affecting U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps personnel and resources worldwide. She has supported investigations involving espionage, counterintelligence, counterterrorism, corruption, procurement fraud, property crimes, and other domestic and international crimes.

Ms. Harding began her career with NCIS in 2000 at the Los Angeles, CA Field Office where she served as a Special Agent investigating procurement fraud. In 2001, she was assigned as the NCIS representative to the Los Angeles Joint Terrorism Task Force investigating terrorism financing. In 2007, she transferred to NCIS Headquarters as the Economic Crimes Investigations and Operations Desk Officer, where she provided oversight, quality control, and investigative guidance for over 400 NCIS worldwide fraud investigations. Recognizing the need of NCIS and following her passion for financial investigations, Ms. Harding converted to the NCIS Forensic Accounting position in 2014. Prior to her service with NCIS, she worked as a tax compliance auditor with the Washington State Department of Revenue.

Ms. Harding has a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from the University of Oregon and a Master's Degree in Forensic Studies - Financial Investigations from Stevenson University in Maryland. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA), is certified by the Association of International Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in financial forensics (CFF), and has been a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) since 2008.