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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Live Webcast

Audit 102: Professional Skepticism - Finding Fraud and Error (X2-49590)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
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2 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

Professional Skepticism - Creating a Mindset for Finding Fraud and Error is a critical skill for audit and other attest services. The public places a high value on assurance services provided by an external public accountant, as the CPA's involvement directly enhances the degree of confidence intended users can place on the financial statements to make economic decisions.

DESIGNED FOR

Appropriate to use as a part of audit skills training for beginning auditors or as a refresher for experienced professionals on the critical role professional skepticism plays in audit and other assurance services.

BENEFITS

After attending this presentation, you will be able to...

  • Identify traits of a skeptical auditor
  • Recall applying professional skepticism on any assurance service
  • Recognize fraud, including examples of fraud indicators
  • Identify the auditor's responsibility for identifying and responding to fraud in a financial statement audit

HIGHLIGHTS

The major topics covered in this course include:

  • The importance of professional skepticism, especially when performing audit or other attest services
  • Specific fraud responsibilities in a financial statement audit
  • The varying levels of persuasiveness of evidence to support assurance conclusions or opinions

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

PRICING

$79.00 - Member

$99.00 - Nonmember

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Note: Online pre-registration will close on April 1 at 1:00 PM.

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