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Audit & Attest Quality Matters that Should be on Your Radar – Avoiding Common Deficiencies in SAS, SSARS and SSAE Engagements


Total Credits: 8 including 8 Auditing- Technical

Average Rating:
   4
Categories:
ACPEN Industry Institute |  Accounting and Auditing |  Yellow Book
Faculty:
Jennifer Louis, CPA
Course Levels:
Basic
Duration:
8 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 90 day(s) after program date.

Dates


Description

Quality management is important.  Every CPA firm that provides audit and other attest services must undergo a third-party quality control review.  This session will provide you with the tips on how to avoid common quality control deficiencies in all services that are subject to peer review.

Basic Course Information

Learning 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

Major Subjects
  • Applying professional skepticism to ensure quality work
  • Meaningful risk assessment when designing work programs for various levels of services
  • Proper planning and supervision of all engagements
  • Accountant responsibilities for evaluating internal control
  • Strengthening analytic procedures to support conclusions
  • Complying with the Code of Professional Conduct and quality management standards 

Course Materials

Faculty

Jennifer Louis, CPA's Profile

Jennifer Louis, CPA Related Seminars and Products

President

EMERGENT SOLUTIONS GROUP


Jennifer has over 25 years 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, which is dedicated to meeting organization’s professional training needs on a project or part-time basis.  Jennifer serves a wide variety of clients, including public accounting firms, state CPA societies, private industry corporations, and public sector agencies.Previously Jennifer served as the Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education for three years.  Prior to that, Jennifer was Executive Vice President/Director of Training Services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly respected training and audit process consulting firm later acquired by Thomson Reuters.  Over her six years at AuditWatch, Jennifer served many roles.  She began her career at AuditWatch as Vice President of Product Development.   Jennifer also served as an instructor and consultant for the firm’s Audit Productivity Improvement Program (a comprehensive program enabling accounting firms to enhance audit quality and improve audit efficiency), as well as various other training courses.  Later, Jennifer was primarily responsible for working with clients to design high-caliber, customized training programs.  She led the Training Services Division, which includes AuditWatch University (“core-level” staff training for new hires to managers) and related offerings.  She also co-authored the Guide to Value-Added Auditing (Thomson/Practitioners Publishing Company, Fort Worth, TX, July 2001).

Before joining AuditWatch, Jennifer was the Financial/Operational 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 trainings.

Jennifer was also an Audit Manager at Deloitte, in Washington, DC.  During her five years with Deloitte, she was a frequent local and national instructor.  Jennifer also served as an instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program. 

Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA-Accounting.  She is currently a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and is licensed to practice accounting in the Commonwealth of Virginia and North Carolina.Contact Jennifer via email at jlouis@emergentgroup.net, or via LinkedIn


Dates

Tue, Jan 14, 2025 - 09:00am to 04:37pm CST
Thu, Feb 27, 2025 - 09:00am to 04:37pm CST

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation None
Designed For Anyone who performs audit or other attest services
Original Recording Date 2024
Course Developer EMERGENT SOLUTIONS GROUP
Date Added to Catalog 01/2024
Yellow Book Yes - 6 Hours

Additional Information

Complaint Resolution Policy

Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199). 


Official Registry Statement

Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org


Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


Refund/Cancellation Policy

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Reviews

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Total Reviews: 4

Comments

Mark J

"The information in the course was very informative."

Joanne T - New Port Richey, Florida

"I was a tax accountant and helped out with audits. I lam not an auditor per se however the presentation was understandable and I learned alot"