Accounts examiner said in France to be captivated by gold in different forms (7)
I believe the answer is:
auditor
'accounts examiner' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'to be captivated by gold in different forms' is the wordplay.
'be captivated by' is an insertion indicator.
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'in different forms' becomes 'dir' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'au'+'dir'='audir'
'to' inserted inside 'audir' is 'AUDITOR'.
'said in france' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for auditor that I've seen before include "Accountant; hearer" , "Person checking business accounts" , "One who checks accounts" , "Checker of books" , "One certifying accounts" .)