Entiities subject to Yellow Book and compliance audits have a high degree of public accountability. This course will focus on the critical fraud risk management and internal control concepts necessary to achieve that objective.
As spreadsheets evolve, so must your creating, editing, and auditing practices. In this program, you will gain an in-depth understanding of the best ways to work with Excel by learning best practices associated with Excel spreadsheets in each of...
Organizations are challenged with identifying, evaluating and responding to a wide variety of risks. Discuss tips and best practices for enterprise-wide risk management for accounting and finance professionals.
Firms acquiring other firms. Firms merging. Firms getting NIL money (PE is kind of like that in some ways). Change in firm structures and ownership is becoming rampant in the profession. Surveys are starting to come in...
In today's world of "Big Data," every business professional is a data analyst to some extent. This is especially true for auditors, who increasingly rely on data analytics to identify situations that require follow-up and investigation. Those who...
MATERIALSThis conference is a paperless conference and all materials will be available electronically as PDFs. Materials will be available for download in advance and participants will receive an email when they are available. For more...
Discuss how to integrate the planning process entirely and how it can move from long-range thinking through medium-term planning, through the annual budget, and to the monthly cash-flow forecast. Learn how to avoid many political pitfalls that...
Learn how to enhance your Excel workflows with artificial intelligence. Discover the various Al features built into Excel and how to use ChatGPT to create, understand, and troubleshoot Excel functions and formulas. Imagine turning two hour Excel...
Over twenty years of studying fraud schemes, the instructor has developed a table of the accounts involved and methodology of the frauds and, most importantly, unique internal audit or external audit procedures that can be used to detect...
Independence requirements are foundational to audit quality, yet they vary depending on the applicable regulatory and professional framework. This course provides a practical overview of auditor independence rules and highlights key similarities...
