Preparing and Reviewing Workpapers – Essential Tips for Avoiding Deficient Audit and Other Attest Engagements
Total Credits: 8 including 8 Auditing- Technical
- Average Rating:
- 10
- Categories:
- ACPEN Industry Institute | Accounting and Auditing | Yellow Book
- Faculty:
- Jennifer Louis, CPA
- Course Levels:
- Basic
- Duration:
- 8 Hours
- License:
- Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.
Description
Workpapers are the primary support for findings, conclusions and opinions on any audit or other attest engagement. This course will provide the essential tips and techniques for ensuring workpaper documentation is of a high quality, yet efficient, nature.
Basic Course Information
Learning Objectives- Identify minimum documentation requirements contained in the SSARSs, SASs and SSAEs
- Explain best practices for preparing and reviewing workpapers to ensure an effective and efficient engagement
- List the quality control standards and guidance related to a CPA firm’s responsibilities for its system of quality control over the audit practice
- Apply techniques in case studies and examples for preparing and reviewing workpapers
Major Subjects
- Best practices for documenting complex and subjective procedures and conclusions, such as estimates, substantive analytic procedures, etc. that impact the nature and extent of audit documentation needed to support audit conclusions
- Discussing the financial statement audit risk concept, including how proper application better ensures a higher quality audit
- Tips for an efficient workpaper review process that complies with relevant standards
- Understanding the quality control standards and guidance related to a CPA firm’s responsibilities for its system of quality control
- Explain the importance of establishing, applying, and monitoring quality control policies and procedures related to audit documentation
Course Materials
| Important CPE Credit Instructions_READ BEFORE WEBCAST UPDATED (442.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Preparing and Reviewing Workpapers – Essential Tips for Avoiding Deficient Audit and Other Attest Engagements Handout (3.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Faculty
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
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Tue, Mar 11, 2025 - 10:00am to 05:40pm EDT
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Additional Info
Basic Course Information
Prerequisites NoneAdvanced Preparation None
Designed For Anyone who prepares or reviews workpapers
Original Recording Date 2024
Course Developer EMERGENT SOLUTIONS GROUP
Date Added to Catalog 01/2024
Yellow Book Yes
Additional Information
Complaint Resolution PolicyPlease 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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