Yellow Book and Single Audits: How to Stay in Good Graces and Out of Bad Places with Your Peer Reviewer

Overview

If you perform Yellow Book audits and/or single audits, it is a given that a peer reviewer will be looking at your work on those engagements! Why fret and sweat about what peer reviewers are going to be looking for? In this course, we will explore the key audit requirements that peer reviewers focus on, how the auditor complies with those requirements, and common pitfalls seen in Yellow Book and single audits. This course will help you proceed and succeed in your Yellow Book and single audits!

Objectives

Understand what peer reviewers look at (and don't look at) when reviewing Yellow Book and single audits

Apply some of the best practices and avoid some of the worst habits seen in audits of governments and not-for-profits

Skillfully apply today's Yellow Book and Uniform Guidance requirements

Highlights

The key requirements and audit areas that peer reviewers hone in on when reviewing Yellow Book and single audit engagements

Avoiding common pitfalls seen in Yellow Book and single audits

How to improve your performance on Yellow Book and single audits while staying in good graces with your peer reviewer

Designed For

Not-for-profit and government auditors

Prerequisites

Some introductory background in Yellow Book and single auditing

Preparation

None

Notice

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Leader(s):

Robert Bedwell

Leader Bios

Robert Bedwell

Bob is an accounting and finance professional with over 39 years of audit and accounting experience. Bob’s experience includes a full range of corporate accounting and assurance services, including financial statement preparation, auditing, SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, due diligence, financing regulatory compliance, accounting system oversight, internal controls, IFRS conversions, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance advisory, and the independent review of external data. He is currently director of administrative services at Progressive Care Inc. in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Bob has been a discussion leader on numerous topics for Surgent Professional Education, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as well as for the firms for which he has worked, and has received high evaluations for his knowledge of topics and presentation skills. Subject areas for which Bob has served as a discussion leader (and, in some cases, author) include: professional ethics; fraud risk; and a variety of accounting and auditing overviews and standards updates. Bob received his Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance from Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey, and has also earned a master’s degree in accounting from Florida Atlantic University. Licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Florida, Bob is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has previously served as chairman of the FICPA Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee.

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