Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 14 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 co-founded Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, a consortium of professionals serving organizations on a project or part-time basis, to create a division dedicated to 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, and instructor and consultant for the firm's Audit Productivity Improvement ProgramTM and various other training courses. She also co-authored 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. She is also a member of several prestigious professional associations.
Fraud Trends
Applying Real-life Lessons to Small
and Mid-Size Entities will focus on real-life and practical examples of fraud in smaller
and mid-size environments, including nonprofits. Fraud involves an intentional act to deceive, which may result in material misstatement in the financial statements due to fraudulent financial reporting or misappropriation of assets. Management's responsibility is to design, implement, maintain and monitor a system of internal control to prevent, or detect and correct, fraud. Note: This is a part of the suggested 16-hour Audit Skills Level 4 curriculum for experienced in-charges or seniors. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Learning Objectives
After attending this presentation, you will be able to...
Identify the cause and impact on real-life fraud cases
Determine what to be alert for in an audit to identify fraud potential
Major Topics
The major topics covered in this course include:
Fraud trends per the most recent Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Annual Report on Fraud and Abuse
Real-life examples of fraud in nonpublic entity and nonprofit environments.
Cyber-security risks of fraud
CPE Credits Available
2 CPE
2
Auditing
Things to Know About This Course
Course Level
Intermediate
Professional Area of Focus
A&A
Advanced Preparation
None
Intended Audience
Appropriate for professionals interested in understanding fraud trends and how to management risk
