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Audit 208: Audit Reporting Basics - Report Issuance Process

Friday, April 11
 1:30pm - 3:30pm

(Check-In 1:25pm)

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2.00 Credits

Member Price $89.00

Non-Member Price $124.00

Overview

Audit Reporting Fundamentals - Introducing Core Concepts in the Audited Financial Statement Drafting and Issuance Process will provide tips and techniques necessary for issuing and reporting on high-quality financial statements prepared under any applicable financial reporting framework. The ultimate objective of a financial statement audit is to issue an auditor’s report. Note: This course is recommended as a part of a 16-hour audit skills curriculum for experienced staff auditors, while it is also appropriate for anyone who has responsibilities for drafting and issuing audit reports. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to...

  • Identify the inter-relationship of basic financial statements and disclosures
  • Recall the financial statement drafting and issuance process
  • Perform a quality control check of draft financial statements
  • Recall the key elements and variations of the auditor's report
  • Recognize special considerations for financial statements prepared under a special purpose framework

Highlights

The major topics covered in this course include:

  • Objective of financial reporting and Inter-relationships of financial statements and disclosures
  • Special purpose framework financial statements and the impact on audits
  • Types of audit reports, including reasons for modification
  • Financial statement drafting and issuance process
  • Performing a final quality control check before report release

Designed For

Accountants who have responsibilities for drafting the financial statements and the auditor’s report

Prerequisites

None

Preparation

None

Notice

You will receive an email from CPA Crossings via Webex with instructions to access the webinar.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Jennifer Louis, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 19 years of experience in designing and presenting high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organizational success. In 2003, she founded Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, a company dedicated to developing and delivering accounting and auditing training services. She was most recently executive vice president/director of training services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly respected training and consulting firm serving the audit profession. During her six years at AuditWatch, Ms. Louis served in many other capacities, including vice president of product development, and a consultant for the firm’s Audit Productivity Improvement Program TM. She also coauthored a manual on value-added auditing. Before joining AuditWatch, Ms. Louis 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 training sessions. Ms. Louis was also an audit manager for Deloitte and Touche, LLP. During her years in that firm’s Washington, D.C. office, she served as an instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program. Ms. Louis graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA in accounting.

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Non-Member Price $124.00

Member Price $89.00