Money expert Ed swaps capital for gold (7)
I believe the answer is:
auditor
'money expert' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'ed swaps capital for gold' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'for' could be 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of') and 'to' is present in the answer.
'gold' could be 'au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold) and 'au' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dir' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for auditor that I've seen before include "I hear" , "He'll check the accounts" , "Accounts checker" , "Listener; checker" , "One reviewing books" .)