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Monday, September 12, 2016 Live

Real World Fraud in Today’s Small to Medium-Sized Entities (E1609173)

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Registration: 8:00 AM EDT

APA Hotel Woodbridge

120 Wood Avenue South
Iselin , NJ 08830

8 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

This course uses hands-on case studies based on real-world frauds to help participants carry out their financial statement fraud responsibilities. Auditors and corporate accounting and finance professionals in small-to medium-sized entities will find this course relevant. The course includes an overview of the auditor’s responsibilities related to financial statement fraud. In addition, the course includes information relevant to management’s responsibility for fraud and internal controls. Cases address revenue recognition, various financial statement manipulations, purchasing fraud, and other common areas of interest.

DESIGNED FOR

Practitioners and financial professionals responsible for preventing, detecting, and dealing with financial statement fraud.

BENEFITS

  • Recognize how real-world frauds may affect entities
  • Identify key points related to the auditor’s responsibilities related to fraud during a financial statement audit
  • Recognize and recall ways to address common fraud committed within an organization

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Hands-on case studies covering common fraud activities
  • Internal controls in small- to medium-sized entities
  • Professional standards and requirements

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • *AICPA members deduct an additional $30 from applicable price.

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INSTRUCTOR

Lynn Fountain

Lynn Fountain, CGMA, CRMA, M.B.A.

AICPA

Lynn Fountain, CGMA, CRMA, MBA Overland Park, Kansas Ms. Fountain has over 30 years of experience in the business profession, which includes public and industry accounting and over 20 years within internal and external auditing combined. She is a nationally recognized trainer and speaker and also a published author. She is a subject matter expert and specializes in Internal Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley, Enterprise Risk Management, Fraud, Governance and Compliance. Ms. Fountain has held two Chief Audit Executive positions for international companies. She has also been instrumental in the establishment of ERM, Sarbanes-Oxley and Governance frameworks. Ms. Fountain has developed and delivered leading edge training sessions on the new COSO framework and has assisted companies in identifying risk gap analysis in their individual processes. She currently executes two highly recognized e-workshops for the Institute of Internal Auditors, one on Fraud and the second on Ethics. Both workshops have incorporate aspects of COSO 2013. Ms. Fountain is in the process of authoring a publication for the IIA Research Foundation on aspects of fraud auditing. The publication is due out in 2015. In addition, she has performed as an adjunct instructor for the School of Business for Grantham University and the School of Business at the University of Kansas. Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas.

PRICING

$299.00 - Member

$399.00 - Nonmember

AICPA members receive a discount of $30 for this event.

Pre-Registration Closed

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ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

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COURSE DEVELOPER

American Institute of CPAs