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Master Secrets of Effective Auditing.

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What You’ll learn

This auditing certification is designed to prepare you and your team with the latest subjects, auditing techniques, and best practices to achieve excellence in your auditing practice. The expert-led guidance helps you with invaluable insights into the intricacies of the auditing process, risk assessment, and compliance. Witness the positive impact on your performance credibility and help your clients with better control and understanding over their financial interests.

Get Deeper Understanding of:
  • Applying basic skills at the starting point of an audit.

  • Testing for completeness and disclosures.

  • Auditing of crypto assets and liabilities.

  • Auditing revenue recognition.

Recommended For:
  • This certification course is aimed to support the requirements of the Auditing professionals such as CPA, CIA, CFF, and others who desire to have updated knowledge on the trending auditing subjects. It also helps in revising key crucial aspects that are basic to achieve overall success for an auditing practice.

  • The certification course provides invaluable help to the new auditing professionals to bring to speed and join the mainstream firm for fulfilling their roles and responsibilities. However, it can also be very helpful to aspiring auditing professionals in understanding their roles and responsibilities in the shifting landscape of the auditing industry.

  • The certification course can be a useful source of information and knowledge for anyone interested in understanding the aspects of auditing. It can especially be helpful to the business owners, and shareholders in understanding the role of auditor in changing industry requirements.

Why take “Certified Financial Statement Auditor (CFSA)” with myCPE?

Resources included
  • Handout PDFs for every Module
  • Glossary/Key Terms for every Module
  • Q&A directly with instructors.
Career Opportunities
  • Internal Audit Specialist
  • Internal control and Audit Manager
  • Senior Audit Analyst
  • Director Internal Audit
  • Risk Management Consultant
  • Financial Reporting Analyst
Value Addition to your skills
  • Problem-Solving skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Critical thinking and analytical skills
  • Time and Team management skills
  • Project Management skills
  • Planning and Organizational skills

Modules

Module Name

Duration

Auditing Cash – Applying Basic Skills To The Starting Point Of Any Audit

2.5 Hours

  • To discover and discuss designing and performing standard audit procedures related to cash and cash equivalents.
  • To identify and describe typical presentation and disclosure issues related to cash, and recall audit risks related to cash and cash equivalents
  • To explore and explain how to evaluate audit evidence associated with this typically starting audit area, including evidence obtained through inquiry.
Instructor
Jennifer Louis
Jennifer Louis

President , Emergent Solutions Group LLC

Auditing Accounts Receivable –Existence and Valuation

2 Hours

  • Discuss typical audit risks and special audit considerations related to accounts receivable.
  • Explain how to tailor a detailed audit plan to assess the risk of material misstatement.
  • Evaluate external confirmation responses for propriety.
Instructor
Jennifer Louis
Jennifer Louis

President , Emergent Solutions Group LLC

Auditing Expense Reimbursements

2 Hours

  • To identify basic audit techniques.
  • To identify red flags for expense reimbursement fraud.
  • Apply practical advice for conducting comprehensive audits of expense reimbursements.
Instructor
Dr. Robert Minniti
Dr. Robert Minniti

President , Minniti CPA LLC

Auditing PPP and EIDL Loans

2 Hours

  • To identify eligibility and basic audit techniques and procedures for auditing EIDL and PPP loans. 
  • To identify red flags for PPP or EIDL fraud.
  • To document expenses paid for with loan funds.
Instructor
Dr. Robert Minniti
Dr. Robert Minniti

President , Minniti CPA LLC

Auditing PP&E, Including Leases under Topic 842

2 Hours

  • Discuss typical audit risks and special audit considerations for tangible long-lived assets.
  • Tailor a detailed audit plan to respond to the assessed risk of material misstatement related to fixed assets and leases.
  • Explain key controls related to property, plant, and equipment.
Instructor
Jennifer Louis
Jennifer Louis

President , Emergent Solutions Group LLC

Auditing Contingencies and Going Concern Uncertainty – Testing for Completeness and Proper Disclosure

2.5 Hours

  • To analyze and describe accounting and auditing requirements for commitments and contingencies.
  • To discuss litigation, claims, and assessment special considerations, and explore the auditor's responsibility for evaluating the appropriateness of going concerning accounting and disclosure.
  • To analyze management's policies and procedures for identifying, evaluating, and accounting for litigation, claims, and assessment
Instructor
Jennifer Louis
Jennifer Louis

President , Emergent Solutions Group LLC

Auditing Impairment of Long-Lived Assets, Including Goodwill – Identifying and Calculating Impairment Losses

2.5 Hours

  • To describe typical assets subject to impairment, and identify indicators of impairment and recoverability testing for both tangible and intangible long-lived assets.
  • To explore goodwill accounting and auditing risks, and analyze the measurement of impairment loss.
  • To discuss cash flow sensitivity analysis and consider different methods of cash flow.
Instructor
Jennifer Louis
Jennifer Louis

President , Emergent Solutions Group LLC

Auditing of Common Investments

2 Hours

  • Explain typical audit risks associated with auditing the most common investments.
  • Discuss how to tailor the audit plan to assess the risks of material misstatement.
  • Explain fair value presentation and disclosure requirements.
Instructor
Jennifer Louis
Jennifer Louis

President , Emergent Solutions Group LLC

Auditing Liabilities, Including Long-Term Debt – Addressing the Risks of Completeness, Classification, and Disclosure

2.5 Hours

  • To discuss typical audit risks and special audit considerations related to various liabilities.
  • To recognize and tailor the audit plan in response to the assessed risk of material misstatement, and evaluate results from a search for unrecorded liabilities and procedures to assess the propriety of accrued estimates.
  • To identify the completeness, classification, and disclosure of financing arrangements – including debt covenant compliance.
Instructor
Jennifer Louis
Jennifer Louis

President , Emergent Solutions Group LLC

Auditing Revenue Recognition – Grasping the Higher Risks and Special Audit Considerations

2.5 Hours

  • To discuss typical revenue recognition risks, including the impact of applying the newest revenue recognition model of Topic 606.
  • To explain how to link the assessed risk of material misstatement to a detailed audit plan for revenue recognized in a contract with a customer.
  • To describe special revenue recognition considerations, such as contracts with financing elements, multiple distinct performance obligations, and more.
Instructor
Jennifer Louis
Jennifer Louis

President , Emergent Solutions Group LLC

Auditing for Waste

2 Hours

  • To identify the requirements for considering waste in an audit plan.
  • To determine audit procedures for waste in a government entity, identify basic audit techniques for waste in a government entity, and characterize and quantify waste streams. 
  • to analyze the risks and procedures for detecting waste in government entities.
Instructor
Dr. Robert Minniti
Dr. Robert Minniti

President , Minniti CPA LLC

Auditing Crypto Assets & Liabilities

2 Hours

  • To define cryptocurrency, and identify the steps in an audit of crypto assets & liabilities
  • To identify audit procedures for auditing crypto assets & liabilities, and describe the applications of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies.
  • To explain the audit consideration factors for client acceptance and continuance, and address specific audit risks unique to cryptocurrency transactions and balances.
Instructor
Dr. Robert Minniti
Dr. Robert Minniti

President , Minniti CPA LLC

Auditing for Corruption

2 Hours

  • To identify basic audit techniques
  • To identify red flags for corruption.
  • Understand legal and ethical considerations in auditing and investigating corruption.
Instructor
Dr. Robert Minniti
Dr. Robert Minniti

President , Minniti CPA LLC

Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value: Evaluating the Propriety of Areas with Uncertainty

3 Hours

  • To describe typical areas of estimation and related audit risks; and how to link the assessed risk of material misstatement to a detailed audit plan.
  • To discuss the importance of challenging management’s assumptions when auditing estimates and explore fair value modeling techniques.
  • To analyze how to properly evaluate the sufficiency and appropriateness of audit evidence and resulting conclusions when there is accounting uncertainty.
Instructor
Jennifer Louis
Jennifer Louis

President , Emergent Solutions Group LLC

Auditing Financial Statement Notes & Disclosures

2 Hours

  • To identify common notes and disclosures.
  • To review audit procedures for common notes and disclosures.
  • To explain what the auditor should consider while reading the notes and disclosures.
Instructor
Dr. Robert Minniti
Dr. Robert Minniti

President , Minniti CPA LLC

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Disclaimer

Certificate awarded upon the successful completion of the myCPE Advanced Certification Program is proof that user has successfully undergone the training and passed the quiz. This certificate marks completion of the said courses and learning activities and completion of the review quiz to earn continuing educational credits for specific qualification mentioned. This advance certificate program is not approved by any educational institution, training institute or regulatory body.

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Sourabh Gupta, CPA Student

Nov 4th, 2024

It is a memorable moment for me to Certify this crucial training in a few time and it is possible only because of mentors explained the concepts in a story telling way. I would appreciate the way of teaching of the Instructor also appreciate the course material, difficulty level of final quiz. All the thins is amazing and memorable and thanks again to the platform Mycpe for provide this kind of crucial and relevant course which really help us while conducting Audit. As well the courses provide Pro tips for take care about the line items while conduct Audit. Thank You so much Instructors and Mycpe.

Frequently Asked Questions

The “Certified Financial Statement Auditor (CFSA)” is a very helpful certificate course covering all the crucial areas for a cutting-edge auditor. The certification provides basic points of check to the starting point of any audit. The course helps in exploring key areas of auditing including cash, accounts receivables, expense reimbursement, EIDL loans, treatment of tangible long-lived assets, revenue recognition, and more. The course provides completeness, disclosures, risk, and special consideration aspects. The course introduces waste, crypto assets & liabilities, and corruption as crucial aspects of new auditing practices. The course also touches on the financial statements notes that can ensure completeness and accuracy. Thus, the Certified Financial Statement Auditor (CFSA) provides optimal coverage of subjects of auditing that are crucial for auditing professionals.

The “Certified Financial Statement Auditor (CFSA)” provides a very insightful experience in revising the basics of auditing. The certification provides procedural guidelines, best practices, and practical examples at necessary points to cover the needs of modern-day staff audit training. It helps cover new trending topics in auditing and shows how it can achieve success for the auditing firm. Providing insights on the risk areas, internal control points, and auditing success strategies, the course ensures that you have a chance to achieve the best growth as an auditor and an auditing practice. Thus, the “Certified Financial Statement Auditor (CFSA)” is very helpful.

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