CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
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Online
2.00 Credits
Financial Statement Insight Trend Analysis Financial Benchmarks
ACPEN: Effective Governance for Nonprofit Success
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Online
1.00 Credits
Yellowbook Accounting and Auditing Nonprofit
ACPEN: Businesses Receiving Government Assistance
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Online
2.00 Credits
What is Yellow Book? What is different because of Yellow Book? When might Yellow Book apply to a business? Common application of concepts to businesses Answers to common questions
ACPEN: Progressive Management Accounting
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Online
2.00 Credits
A taxonomy of accounting: tax, financial, managerial A spectrum of direct and indirect absorption costing Fact-based Data with Activity Based Costing (ABC ) Why do we need advanced management accounting techniques, such as ABC? How the ABC cost assignment network structure connects costs to products and sales channels Learn to use ABC to manage product, service-line, channel, and customer profitability Understand two views of costs: (1) process view versus (2) product view Comparing ABC with time-driven ABC, resource consumption accounting (RCA), lean accounting, and other costing techniques Operational Costing to Optimize Process Costs - How driver-based budgets and rolling financial forecasts lead to productivity improvement and cost reduction Applying “Attributes” to assess ”value-added costs” and “costs of quality (COQ)” The Shift in ROI’s Source from Tangible to Intangible Assets Increasing the ROI from information – with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) as a Value-Multiplier Accelerating the Rate of Adoption for Implementing and CPM Understand the barriers that slow the adoption rate of CPM: technical, misperceptions, model design, and social / cultural How to overcome behavioral resistance to change
ACPEN: Considerations of Fraud
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Online
2.00 Credits
AU-C 240 Auditing Yellowbook
ACPEN: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas—You Make the Call
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Online
1.50 Credits
Ethical frameworks Threats and safeguards to objectivity and independence
ACPEN: Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
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Online
4.00 Credits
Coaching Effective Communication Problem Solving Use of AI as a coaching tool
ACPEN: Introduction to Yellow Book
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Online
2.00 Credits
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Accounting & Auditing Yellowbook
ACPEN: Analytical Procedures for Nonprofits
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Online
2.00 Credits
How to leverage preliminary and substantive analytic procedures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of financial statement audits The required elements of a substantive analytic procedures to address detection risk Tips and traps of applying an analytic approach to satisfy audit objectives Explaining the usefulness of analyzing diverse trends and ratios in a nonprofit environment to meet the needs of various financial statement users Common ratios and trends to assess liquidity, operating efficiency, leverage, and more
ACPEN: Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
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Online
2.00 Credits
Translating Financial Statements Back Into Operational Reality The Operational Plausibility Test Analytical Metrics That Reveal Hidden Distortion Common Operational Red Flags Case Studies: When Operations and Financial Results Don’t Match Practical Questions Every Financial Professional Should Ask
ACPEN: K2's Productivity Life Hacks
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Online
2.00 Credits
Using a Streamdeck for push button integration and automation Using tools such as Clockify or Rescue Time to gain insight on Easily install applications using Ninite on your Windows 10/11 device Improve data sharing between applications with Zapier, Power Automate, and others Connecting to multiple communication applications (e.g., Teams, Slack, etc.) at once with Rambox Using inbox rules and filters to automatically categorize and prioritize email
ACPEN: Internal Control Frameworks for Single Audit
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Online
1.00 Credits
COSO 2013 Update Yellowbook Accounting
ACPEN: How Prevalent Is Retaliation Within Your Culture?
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Online
1.00 Credits
Retaliation protections Speak up culture Ethical culture
ACPEN: Beyond the Basics of SSARS and Nonattest Services: Are You Certain You Are in Compliance?
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Online
8.00 Credits
Preventing malpractice claims related to nonattest accounting services Identifying and safeguarding independence threats when issuing attest reports Establishing an understanding with the client regarding non-audit services Defining the varying levels of responsibility for accountants performing non-audit services Performing compilations and reviews effectively and efficiently, including nature and extent of documentation considerations Practice performing analytical review procedures appropriately, including developing proper advance expectations for review engagements Properly considering going concern, subsequent events, and other disclosure matters Common issues related to peer reviews, including recurring reporting problems Applying financial analysis best practices to help your clients better interpret their financial results
CFO Series: Managing Others Who Don't Think Like You
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Why do the other, non-financial leaders think differently, and why does that matter?How to explain financial information in a way that others understandManaging up effectively, influencing without formal authority Aligning with leadership priorities without losing perspective The cost of misalignment and poor communication at the leadership level Why feedback is so uncomfortable and how to make it easierHow to deliver constructive and negative feedback that really does help without damaging relationshipsCommon mistakes when giving feedback and how to avoid themUnderstanding various communication styles and tendencies Adapting your communication style and approach to improve outcomes and build trust
ACPEN: Private Company Simplified GAAP Alternatives
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Online
2.00 Credits
Guidance, related to "plain vanilla" interest rate swaps that convert variable into fixed rate debt and other derivatives Guidance related to amortization and impairment of goodwill Guidance related to separately recognizing intangible assets from goodwill in a business combination Guidance related to lease accounting and revenue recognition options
ACPEN: What's Going on at the AICPA (2026/27)
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Online
2.00 Credits
AICPA audit and attestation developments Next phase of quality management Monitoring and remediation responsibilities SSAE No. 24 and SSARS No. 26 updates Exposure drafts on confirmations and fraud SAS No. 149 and group audit implications
ACPEN: K2’s Data Analytics For Accountants And Auditors
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Online
4.00 Credits
Understanding the importance of data analytics in modern business environments Generating and interpreting data analytics using everyday applications such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft's Power BI platform Using regression analysis to create and validate forecasts and projections
ACPEN: Performance Management - Hiring to Retiring
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Online
1.20 Credits
Employee Engagement Recruiting/Staffing Talent Management Employee Relations
ACPEN: Mission-Critical Leadership: How Smart Managers Lead Well in All Directions
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Online
2.00 Credits
Leadership foundations Leading downward Leading upward Practical leadership tools
