Audit and Attest Quality Matters That Should Be on Your Radar ON DEMAND
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6.0 Credits
Member Price $98.00
Non-Member Price $113.00
Overview
Quality management is important. Every CPA firm that provides audit and other attest services must undergo a third-party quality control review. This audit and asset CPE course equips CPA firms with essential strategies for managing quality control in audit and attest services. Focused on peer review requirements, the auditing CPE course examines common deficiencies identified by the Center for Audit Quality and PCAOB, while providing practical guidance for risk management and quality control procedures. Participants in this auditing CPE will learn best practices for maintaining professional standards across all attest engagements, with emphasis on implementing effective quality control systems and addressing key risk areas identified in recent quality control reviews.
Highlights
Audit and attest quality matters.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs.
Objectives
Describe the potential impact of risks faced by public accountants when performing audit and other attest services. Explain the results of the findings and recommendations made by the Center for Audit Quality and PCAOB as an outcome from quality control reviews. Recall common peer review deficiencies in all types of attest engagements. Apply best practices for ensuring professional, technical, regulatory and ethical standards for various audit and other attest services.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Jennifer Louis, Surgent McCoy CPE LLC
Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and presenting high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical accounting, auditing, and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organizational success. She is the principal author of audit and attest related courses for Surgent and a frequent speaker at Surgent live programs and seminars. Ms. Louis is also the president of Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, a company she founded in 2003, dedicated to developing and delivering a wide variety of accounting and auditing training services, including audit staff training, audit productivity improvement, and value-added auditing. Prior to that, she was executive vice president/director of training services at AuditWatch, Inc. Before joining AuditWatch, Ms. Louis was the financial/operational internal audit manager at AARP. While at AARP, she served as one of their specially trained facilitators available as a resource throughout the organization for designing and leading strategic meetings and training sessions. Ms. Louis was also an audit manager for Deloitte and Touche, LLP. During her years in that firm’s Washington, D.C. office, she served as an instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program. Ms. Louis graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA in accounting.
Non-Member Price $113.00
Member Price $98.00