CPE Catalog & Events
Common Sense CFO: Dealing with Ever Changing Accounting Standards and Strategy Demands
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Online
2.00 Credits
Understanding the modern finance and accounting organization chart GAAP accounting changes Why so many changes? The speed of change and complexity Accepting reality Recognizing and fixing the top five accounting problems and errors Leases Revenue Management estimates Why is strategy necessary? What is strategy? The two keys to strategy? Why do some financial leaders lack strategic skills? Balancing strategy with our day-to-day roles
Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain IV - Part 1
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Online
2.40 Credits
Internal Audit GIAS Standards Institute of Internal Auditors Accounting Auditing
The Controllership Series - Financial Statement Preparation
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Online
2.60 Credits
Accounting Finance Financial Statement Preparation
Audit & Attest Quality Matters that Should be on Your Radar - Avoiding Common Deficiencies in SAS, SSARS and SSAE Engagements
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Online
8.00 Credits
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
The Controllership Series - The Role of the Controller in ESG
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Online
1.50 Credits
Accounting Finance SG Operations
Applying the New Expected Credit Loss Model
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Online
2.00 Credits
Principles behind the new expectation credit loss model Acceptable methods for evaluating expected credit loss for certain financial instruments Enhanced disclosure requirements common for nonpublic entities
Avoiding Peer Review Deficiencies and Professional Liability in Public Accounting
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Online
8.00 Credits
Differentiating risks faced when performing various levels of professional services, such as audits, reviews, compilations, preparing financial statements, bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and similar Best practices for preventing quality control concerns that could lead to peer review deficiencies or malpractice claims Establishing an understanding with the client to minimize misunderstandings as to the nature and scope of engagements Explain situations when independence should be appropriately safeguarded when performing nonattest services
Ethics: Avoiding the Slippery Slope of Ethical Pressures
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Virtual
4.00 Credits
Benefits of ethical behavior Six steps to creating and maintaining an ethical culture Example of unethical behavior in ethical companies
Thinking Like an Auditor When Preparing Your Financial Statements
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Online
2.00 Credits
Determining an appropriate sense of quantitative and qualitative materiality Identifying the critical components of the financial statements that matter most to financial statement users Evaluating where the financial statements are most likely to contain material fraud and error, and ensuring adequate internal control and monitoring to mitigate those risks
Allison McLeod's Federal Tax Updates for Individuals - 4 Hour
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Online
4.00 Credits
Current tax issues affecting individual taxpayers Review of recent tax legislation Other issues affecting the profession, including IRS procedure, current cases, and other federal tax issues
The Controllership Series - Overhead, Direct and Indirect Costs and Allocation Methods
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Online
1.00 Credits
Accounting Finance Procurement Operations
Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain IV - Part 2
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Online
2.00 Credits
Internal audit Standards GIAS Accounting Auditing
Accounting and Reporting Long-Term Debt
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Online
2.00 Credits
Debt terms that impact classification of debt, such as due on demand and subjective acceleration clauses, and more! Proper treatment of short-term obligations that are expected to refinance within the next 12 months "Revolving" credit agreements, where short-term debt is automatically replaced with other short-term debt for a specified period of time Differentiating between debt modifications and troubled debt restructuring Debt covenant compliance special considerations, including the proper form of waiver of rights to call the debt for violation
Managing Your Money in Retirement
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Online
3.00 Credits
Social Security Retirement Asset allocation Fraud
IRS Cybersecurity Checklist
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Online
2.00 Credits
Defining Cybersecurity and Cyber Risks Implications of Cybercrime Cyber Attack Trends Landscape of Cyberattacks Laws and Regulations Security Standards and Frameworks Cybersecurity Roadmap
Liquidity & Uncertainty Disclosures for Nonprofits
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Online
2.00 Credits
Required disclosure related to liquidity and other significant uncertainties for fair presentation of financial statements Evaluating the need for going concern and other uncertainty disclosures in the current environment
Audit Skills for Beginners
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Online
4.00 Credits
Professional skepticism – Creating a mindset for finding fraud and error Audit documentation basics – Creating workpapers that pass review The audit risk model – Understanding the foundational principles Internal control fundamentals - Satisfying the requirements for evaluating the design and implementation of internal control over financial reporting
When Leadership Fails
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Online
2.00 Credits
Who’s responsible The importance of policies and procedures The development, implementation and monitoring of internal controls There is no excuse Who steals The Tone At the Top and the Big Monkey Theory
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
Employee Theft: Understanding the Why and Preventing the Loss with Terry Shulman
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Online
2.00 Credits
Employee Theft Prevention
