Many organizations have gone through extensive efforts to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and other internal control regulations to ensure accuracy in their financial statements. However financial statement controls cover only a small area of risk and often ignore the far greater risks resulting from weak operational and other financial controls. Accountants believe that COSO represents a means for developing internal controls to prevent and detect errors and fraudulent activities. As described in its definition, however, it is a much more dynamic system used to achieve management’s goals of reliable financial reporting, effective and efficient operations, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
The COSO model can be applied to projects as broad as developing a plan for a new business to objectives as specific as reducing the cost of maintaining a business asset. It can be applied to an entire entity, a department within the entity, a process performed by a department, or a specific transaction that is part of the process.
This Online Auditing CPE Webinar covers the following Key Topics:
In this Online CPE Webinar, for CPA, CIA, CMA, CGAP, and other professionals the attendee will learn how to apply the process using examples related to establishing an entity, avoiding errors or fraud that reduce the reliability of financial statements, and achieving a specific objective such as increasing the sales associated with a specific product.
Owner, Mark Dauberman
Mark provides CPE and technical staff training for CPA firms, private industry, state CPA societies, and government organizations. His topics include accounting, SSARS, ethics, fraud, internal and external auditing, internal control development (COSO), entrepreneurship, and developing a business plan. Mark is in the process of initiating a new entity, The Internal Control Institute, which will be offering CPE and staff training related to internal controls, and in conjunction with professors from Claremont Graduate University, will be providing internal control consulting.
Mark is also an expert witness in the defense of CPAs in cases involving primarily ethics, fraud, and compliance with standards in the performance of professional services.
Mark also provides consulting services to CPA firms with an A & A practice that do not have an expert on GAAP or requirements of Professional Standards within the firm. He addresses such matters as conformity with GAAP, adequacy of disclosures, compliance with professional standards, risk assessment, development and performance of audit and review processes, engagement documentation, compilation and preparation engagements, ethics and independence requirements, assessing and enhancing internal controls for the firm and clients, preparation for peer review, and staff training and CPE. He also provides consulting services related to client management and marketing.
Mark’s public accounting experience includes working with Kenneth Leventhal & Company and more recently, he was a partner at NSBN, a Beverly Hills CPA and business consulting firm. Mark’s industry experience includes serving as assistant controller of a large trucking and warehousing firm along with controller and Vice President of Finance and Administration for major real estate development companies. Mark also spent nearly 30 years as an entrepreneur, operating a company that prepared individuals for the CPA exam nationwide.
Mark has been involved in accounting education at CSU Northridge, CSU San Bernardino, Loyola Marymount University and UCLA. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting from CSU Northridge. He obtained his Executive MBA at the Peter Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, where he previously had been a student of Dr. Drucker’s. He also obtained an Internal Control Certificate from COSO. Until recently, he authored “Knowledge Based Preparation, Compilation, and Review Engagements” for CCH and updated their checklists for SSARS engagements. He also served as Senior Editor for Roger CPA Review.
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SD
Very informative with practical examples that makes this webinar very valuable for auditors and corporate governance professionals.
WD
The examples and personal experiences the instructor shared were very informative.
MN
Instructor was very knowledgeable, will look for other webinars he presents.
PS
value adding content. Love it
LR
great topic, well done
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