Latest CPE Webinar on Plan Governance Essential Documents

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Course Description

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) guidelines generally require plans with 100 or more participants at the beginning of the plan year to have an audit of the plan’s financial statements. The IRS requires all plans that must be audited to attach those financial statements to its Form 5500 tax filing.

The The number one reason for lawsuits against employer-sponsored retirement plans is breach of fiduciary responsibility.

Among the first things you will request are plan-related documents. As a best practice, these documents should be easily accessible, organized, and current.

Plan auditors are in a perfect position to detect gaps in plan oversight; however, most audit procedures don’t include simple steps that would identify those breaches.

In this online CPE course, participants will take away a fresh perspective on how they can add value to retirement plan audits by learning about the essential documents of plan governance and retention best practices. How essential documents can be incorporated into audit procedures and the recommendations they should be making to clients. By focusing on plan governance, auditors can make performance improvement observations that will help plan sponsors understand the prudent process they are required to follow and improve the quality of the retirement plan they offer employees.

In this Retirement plan governance best practices CPE/CE webinar following key topics are covered:

What is a fiduciary file?
Financial documents of fiduciary file
Operational documents of fiduciary file
How fiduciary file can be used for audit procedures
Detailed Instructions about form 5500

This online CPE course provides a more detailed review of the essential documents for retirement plans and how to incorporate them into audit procedures.

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Learning Objectives

To list the essential documents of retirement plan administration.
To evaluate how to incorporate the essential documents into audit procedures.
To describe key improvement observations related to essential documents.

Recommended For

This CPE course is recommended for CPAs, CIAs, Internal as well as external auditors involved in audit of retirement plans.

Who Should Attend?

Accountant
Accounting and audit managers/practitioners
Accounting Firm
Auditors
Certified Management Accountant
Certified Public Accountant
CPA (Industry)
CPA - Mid Size Firm
CPA - Small Firm
Young CPA

Course Qualification

Webinar Qualifies For

1 CPE Credit for Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL)
1 CPE Credit for Internal Audit Practitioner (IAP)
1 CPE Credit of Auditing for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US)
1 CPE Credit for Certified Management Accountants (CMA)
1 CPE Credit of Accounting & Auditing for Certified Internal Auditors (CIA)

Presenter

About Presenter

Kathleen Dulko, CPA (US), CPFA

President Ashford Investment Advisors

Kathleen Dulko started her financial services career as a CPA focusing on retirement plan, health care, and government audits. In 2010, she earned the position of Corporate Controller for a tax-supported healthcare system, where she was a member of the Retirement Plan and Investment Committees, overseeing more than $1 billion in assets. Ms. Dulko joined Ashford Investment Advisors in 2017 where she serves as a 3(38) Investment Manager to her retirement plan clients. Connect on LinkedIn for regular updates on Plan Governance!

About Company

Ashford Investment Advisors

ashfordinvestmentadvisors.com/

Ashford Investment Advisors is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) based in Daytona Beach, Florida. We are proud to offer our services as a 3(38) Investment Manager. Our unique service model combines the plan governance components of a named fiduciary with the risk transfer benefit of a 3(38) Investment Manager. Visit our website at AshfordPlanReview.com to sign up for our monthly newsletter and learn more about PlanAssure, our exclusive 12-point plan governance process.

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