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July 29 - 30, 2025 Live Webcast

Audit Staff Essentials - New Staff Core Concepts (E2507101)

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT each day

Registration: 8:30 AM EDT

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16 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

In this, the first of four comprehensive Audit Staff Essentials courses, first year audit staff members will be provided with the foundational knowledge essential for success - both in their initial engagements and throughout their careers. This course lays the groundwork for developing proficient auditors and valuable firm members, shifting the perspective from academic learning to practical application within a firm's context. Dynamics of internal firm and client relationships are outlined, emphasizing the core competencies required of an auditor. This course not only prepares participants for immediate success within the firm but also introduces key concepts for continuous career advancement. Complementing this first course in the Audit Staff Essentials series, our New Staff: Practical Application course further enhances the skill set of first-year audit staff, ensuring they are well-prepared to undertake tasks typical of their role. Together, these courses offer a comprehensive toolkit for new auditors, setting them on a path to excellence and long-term success in their careers.

DESIGNED FOR

First year auditors and the newly graduated.

BENEFITS

  • Recognize the audit's purpose, phases, and procedures performed during each phase of an audit.
  • Distinguish among the performance requirements of preparation, compilation, and review engagements.
  • • Identify key concepts and techniques of interpersonal behavior and communication. • Recall the importance of professional skepticism and identify when and how to use professional judgment and skepticism in the audit.
  • Recall the basics of the audit risk model, including assertions.
  • Recognize the different qualities of audit evidence and the techniques used to obtain evidence in order to form an opinion on the financial statements and related disclosures.
  • Identify the purpose and importance of audit documentation and the fundamental principles and their application.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Audit basics
  • Audit risk model
  • Professional skepticism
  • Key communication skills
  • Working papers and documentation
  • Professional standards and behavior
  • New auditor's role in an engagement

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Anne Marchetti

Anne M. Marchetti

AICPA/Professional Development Institute

Anne M. Marchetti Naples, FL Anne M. Marchetti has over 25 of years of finance and accounting experience in both private industry and public accounting. She is a Sarbanes-Oxley subject matter expert focused on the design, implementation, analysis and optimization of internal control systems as well as corporate governance and risk management programs. As a thought leader in this area, she developed a compliance methodology in conjunction with a delivery framework and has spoken at numerous conferences as well as published several articles on this particular subject. Ms. Marchetti has worked globally with both public and private entities in most industries as well as organizations of all sizes. She regularly interacts with external audit firms as a liason on behalf of these organizations. She authored 3 books entitled Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance – Effective Enterprise Risk Management, Sarbanes-Oxley On-going Compliance Guide and Enterprise Risk Management Best Practices: From Assessment to Ongoing Compliance.

Ms. Marchetti served as the Global Service Line Director – Governance and Risk Management Practice at Parson Consulting. As the Practice Director she worked with numerous clients on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance initiatives and frequently collaborated as well as presented to Board’s of Directors in regard to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Corporate Governance and Enterprise Risk Management. Ms. Marchetti leverages this experience with a unique blend of technical skills which include management of ERP software implementations from a technology, process and accounting perspective. She has designed training programs for Board of Directors and Audit Committees as well as end users and consultants on various business software applications, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, ERM in addition to IFRS and has conducted over 200 formal training seminars.

Anne currently operates Account-Ability Consulting and provides advisory and consulting services in the areas of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, internal controls optimization, corporate governance, enterprise risk management, IFRS, financial system implementation and training/education. Anne is a recipient of the Association’s Outstanding Facilitator Award.

PRICING

$615.00 - Member

$765.00 - Nonmember

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Note: Online pre-registration will close on July 29 at 8:30 AM.

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COURSE DEVELOPER

American Institute of CPAs