CPE Catalog & Events

The three-statement financial model forms the foundation on which many other models and analyses are built, and constructing a three-statement model is a critical skill for many roles in accounting and finance. In this course, we will cover the most common errors and issues that cause a three-statement model to be out of balance. We'll show how to correctly find and fix these issues using error-checking best practices. We'll also build some common error checks that can be used to quickly diagnose issues.

This 2-hour session is designed to provide participants with a solid understanding of the important judgment calls that are made before the audit engagement even begins.

This 2-hour session focuses on the initial information that is gathered and important conclusions that are reached at the onset of engagement planning and the performance of certain risk assessment procedures.

This 2-hour session focuses on important internal control considerations.

This 2-hour session focuses on how to appropriately identify, evaluate, document and respond to risks of material misstatement due to either fraud or error in order to effectively and efficiently design the nature, timing and extent of further audit pr

This 2-hour session focuses on performing the substantive audit procedures outlined in the detailed audit plan. Common deficiencies in performing and documenting these further audit procedures will be discussed.

This 2-hour session focuses on how to properly fulfill the requirements for identifying, evaluating and communicating internal control deficiencies identified during the course of the financial statement audit.

This 2-hour session emphasizes the key activities that ensure that appropriate quality control procedures were performed on the financial statement audit.

An audit is an examination of a charitable nonprofit's financial records, accounts, business transactions, accounting practices, and system of internal control by an independent auditor.

You'll learn specific considerations for auditing digital assets, including client acceptance and continuance; risk assessment processes and controls; and laws, regulations and related parties.

Toby Groves, founder of Cognificent Learning, explores how cognitive psychology shapes judgment and decision-making in auditing and other high-stakes professions. Drawing on his background as a CPA and psychologist, he explains how stress, bias, situational awareness, and overreliance on technology—including AI—affect audit quality and ethical outcomes. Groves emphasizes operational definitions, metacognition, and deeper engagement with information to strengthen professional judgment under pressure.

Employee benefit plan audits are examined to help you understand the intricacies of EBP planning, reporting and compliance with applicable auditing standards.

This course is for audit professionals with audit experience with HUD (Housing and Urban Development) assisted projects such as Multifamily Housing projects. The course will include a discussion of the most commonly encountered HUD programs with audit requirements, the audit standards that apply to such audits, a review of the various compliance requirements that are common to HUD programs. We will identify common substantive and control testing audit procedures that apply to audits of multifamily housing projects, and the audit reporting requirements under both the HUD Audit Guide and the Uniform Guidance.

Auditing deferred income taxes is explained for experienced in charge and senior auditors.

Experienced in charge and senior auditors can expand their knowledge of auditing estimates and fair values.

Senior auditors gain experience in identifying the significant auditing considerations relevant to revenue recognition, including presumed risks.

Concluding an engagement, including procedural steps, correspondence with management, and the auditor's report, is explained for experienced senior auditors.

Senior auditors can learn engagement management and supervision strategies to increase efficiency and efficacy.

Key components of an entity's financial reporting process are reviewed, and relevant processes, controls, and audit procedures are examined to provide an overview of financial reporting to senior auditors.

Senior auditors can review key risk assessment considerations, internal control systems, control testing, control deficiencies and remedies, and conclude on peer review findings related to controls.