Grading Your Auditors - Are You Getting the Most Value?
August 14, 2025
Webinar
2 CPE
Instructor
Jennifer Louis
Grading Your Auditors - Are You Getting the Most Value?
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Instructor
Jennifer
Louis
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Jennifer Louis
Bio
Jennifer F. Louis, CPA
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.
An audit is an investment in reliable financial reporting and compliance, and an increased return on those dollars can be achieved by hiring the right auditors. This course will provide key factors for you to consider when evaluating whether you are getting the most quality and insight from your auditors, to enable them to perform the most value-added audit possible in the given circumstances
while retaining the trust of a CPA. 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...
Recall the most common cybersecurity threats and protections
Analyze methods to protect data
Utilize resources available for designing and implementing a cybersecurity risk management program
Major Topics
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:
Key changes to audit report elements intended to improve the understandability of the nature and results of financial statement audits
Enhanced required by-product communications with management and those charged with governance to promote more reliable financial statements
Clarifications related to obtaining sufficient and appropriate audit evidence, including significant unusual transactions, related parties, going concern uncertainty, and accounting estimates
New definitions and requirements related to identifying and evaluating risks of material misstatement
Other important matters contained in SAS Nos. 134-145
CPE Credits Available
2 CPE
2
Auditing
Things to Know About This Course
Course Level
Basic
Professional Area of Focus
A&A
Advanced Preparation
None
Intended Audience
Anyone who manages the external auditor relationship