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Thursday, September 28, 2023 Live Webcast

Audit 208: Audit Reporting Basics - Report Issuance Process (X2-36648)

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
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2 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

Audit Reporting Fundamentals - Introducing Core Concepts in the Audited Financial Statement Drafting and Issuance Process will provide tips and techniques necessary for issuing and reporting on high-quality financial statements prepared under any applicable financial reporting framework. The ultimate objective of a financial statement audit is to issue an auditor's report.

DESIGNED FOR

Accountants who have responsibilities for drafting the financial statements and the auditor's report

BENEFITS

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to...

  • Identify the inter-relationship of basic financial statements and disclosures
  • Recall the financial statement drafting and issuance process
  • Perform a quality control check of draft financial statements
  • Recall the key elements and variations of the auditor's report
  • Recognize special considerations for financial statements prepared under a special purpose framework

HIGHLIGHTS

The major topics covered in this course include:

  • Objective of financial reporting and Inter-relationships of financial statements and disclosures
  • Special purpose framework financial statements and the impact on audits
  • Types of audit reports, including reasons for modification
  • Financial statement drafting and issuance process
  • Performing a final quality control check before report release

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Jennifer Louis

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA

President

Emergent Solutions Group

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organization success. In 2003, she founded Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, where she focuses her energy on designing and delivering high-quality, practical, and engaging accounting and auditing training. She was most recently Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education, and prior to that served as Executive Vice President/Director of Training Services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly-respected training and audit process consulting firm. Before joining AuditWatch, Jennifer was the Financial/Operational Audit Manager at AARP. At the start of her professional career, Jennifer was an Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she frequently served as a local and national instructor. Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA-Accounting. Besides loving life on the lake with her husband in Charlotte, NC, she enjoys hiking with her little dog Frodo Beggins, and savoring any precious moments spent with her two young adult boys