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Audit 202: Applying Audit Risk to the Detailed Audit Plan

Tuesday, April 8
 1:30pm - 3:30pm

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2.00 Credits

Member Price $89.00

Non-Member Price $124.00

Overview

Best Practices for Identifying and Evaluating Audit Risk - Linking Risk to the Detailed Audit Plan will emphasize the key concepts and best practices that drive a thoughtful risk-based approach to forming an opinion on the financial statements. Properly identifying, assessing, and responding to risk through a detailed audit plan is critical to an effective and efficient financial statement audit. Note: This course is recommended as a part of a 16-hour audit skills curriculum for experienced staff, while it is also appropriate for anyone who has the need to better understand how to link risk assessments to the detailed audit plan. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Objectives

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

  • Recall the importance of risk assessment to a high-quality audit
  • Recognize the audit risk formula, including how the elements relate
  • Identify the steps and best practices of an effective risk assessment process
  • Link risk to a detailed audit plan

Highlights

The major topics covered in this course include:

  • Overview of a risk-based audit process
  • How the individual elements of the audit risk formula interrelate
  • Emphasis on overall risk, fraud risk, and control risk
  • Linking the assessed risk of material misstatement to the detailed audit plan
  • Documenting risk assessment conclusions and responses

Designed For

Accountants who must identify, assess and respond to risk through a detailed audit plan on a financial statement audit.

Prerequisites

None

Preparation

None

Notice

You will receive an email from CPA Crossings via Webex with instructions to access the webinar.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Jennifer Louis, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 19 years of experience in designing and presenting high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organizational success. In 2003, she founded Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, a company dedicated to developing and delivering accounting and auditing training services. She was most recently executive vice president/director of training services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly respected training and consulting firm serving the audit profession. During her six years at AuditWatch, Ms. Louis served in many other capacities, including vice president of product development, and a consultant for the firm’s Audit Productivity Improvement Program TM. She also coauthored a manual on value-added auditing. Before joining AuditWatch, Ms. Louis 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 training sessions. Ms. Louis was also an audit manager for Deloitte and Touche, LLP. During her years in that firm’s Washington, D.C. office, she served as an instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program. Ms. Louis graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA in accounting.

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Non-Member Price $124.00

Member Price $89.00