The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners says that there is fraud lurking in all businesses, including not-for-profit organizations. It often goes undetected for years and when uncovered, management and the board may question why the auditor did not identify it.
This course features a live instructor and has been specifically designed for the NJCPA.
DESIGNED FOR
CPAs in either public or private practice with accounting, financial reporting, or attest responsibilities
BENEFITS
- Understand the drivers of fraud risk in a financial statement audit
- Conduct procedures required by professional literature to assess the risk of fraud
- Develop discussion points to review with management and those charged with governance
- Identify the main types of fraud that occur in small to midsize companies and develop internal controls to be responsive to those risks
- Evaluate fraud case examples and identify how fraud occurred and how it could have been prevented or detected
HIGHLIGHTS
- Fraud landscape in the United States
- Fraud risk procedures as updated by recently issued standards
- Most likely fraud types found in small to midsize entities
- Internal controls to prevent and detect fraud
- What to do when fraud or suspected fraud is identified
- Case studies based on recent frauds
- Cyber fraud schemes and how to prevent/detect them
- Analytics that can be used as fraud risk procedures
- Assessing the risk of grant fraud in a Single Audit
COURSE LEVEL
Basic
PREREQUISITES
None
ADVANCE PREPARATION
None