Savvy accountants pay attention to fraud trends so they can implement preventive and/or detective controls. This course examines novel frauds to explore potential mitigation measures. Participants will see how selected frauds were accomplished so they can consider internal controls that could have foiled the fraudsters' nefarious efforts. We examine broad ethical considerations and specific provisions of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Along the way, we consider dramatic details of several fraud cases to illustrate practical applications that accountants can apply in their professional endeavors. 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...
- State the relationship between sustainable growth, core earnings, and company cash flow
- Recognize how time assessments and customer segmentation can be used to identify cash flow negative clients.
- Identify common behavioral biases which influence how a company spends money
- List behavioral biases that prevent companies from being streamlined
- State techniques that may be used to make cost cutting a part of the company's culture and business strategy
- Identify techniques that may be used to discern whether or not additional headcount is necessary
- Recognize vertical and horizontal financial statement analysis
- List contracting and negotiation techniques
- Recognize the business cycle and how cash flow management changes during each stage
Major Topics
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:
- Advantages of budgeting
- The role of budgeting
- Master budgeting
- Flexible budgeting
- Standards and variances
- Capital budgeting
