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Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Live

Successful Strategies for Fraud Prevention and Detection (E1612123)

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Registration: 8:00 AM EST

NJCPA Education Center

425 Eagle Rock Avenue,
Roseland , NJ 07068

8 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

The focus of this course is reducing the overall risk of fraud. To that end, instruction will cover the factors that play a role in turning honest employees into fraudsters. Discussion will touch on integrity and ethics, as well as how the reactions of people in certain situations may impact the prevalence of fraud.

DESIGNED FOR

CPAs in public practice and industry who wish to educate clients or colleagues on how to better prevent fraud from occurring at the source - would-be fraudsters.

BENEFITS

  • Recognize the prevalence of fraud
  • Understand the ways an organization may unintentionally cause fraud
  • Identify the costs of fraud
  • Comprehend how the new COSO framework for internal control focuses on fraud
  • Grasp the importance of an internal control environment
  • Recognize potential signs of fraudulent behavior
  • Understand how people may respond differently to certain factors
  • See that there are many layers involved in fraud defense
  • Anticipate a new environment ripe for fraudulent claims and reports

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The price of fraud – ACFE’s Report to the Nations and ancillary costs
  • The current economy - microeconomics; analyses
  • COSO’s internal control framework – Principle #1 – integrity/ethics; Principle #8 – fraud risk assessment
  • Power of morale Shrink the fraud triangle and employee motivation
  • Deviant workplace behavior
  • Historic schemes
  • Why good folks go bad - interesting findings and red flags
  • Combating fraud with controls
  • Controls used by fraud victim organizations and suggestions for better implementation
  • Fraud’s new frontier
  • Corporate social, environmental, governance, and equity/inclusion reports and audits

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Jay Giannantonio

Jay Giannantonio, CPA, MS, CIA

Executive Education, Inc.

Jay Giannantonio is an advisory principal/senior manager at a global consulting firm, specializing in project management over ERP and finance transformation projects for global firms. He is a frequent speaker at accounting, financial management, and CFO process improvement seminars and conferences. In 2016, 2017, and 2018, he received the Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader Award due to his consistently high evaluations for knowledge and presentation skills. Giannantonio was the vice president of internal audit for a national commercial construction equipment leasing and retailer in 2005 and 2006. He was the director of CFO advisory services for E&Y from 2007 until he started his own firm in 2011. He began a position at a national EPM consultancy in 2019. He began his career with Coopers and Lybrand (now PwC) in audit and accounting practice, and then he spent nine years in corporate financial management at Verizon/Bell Atlantic. Giannantonio spent over eight years as a director in the World Class Finance Advisory and internal audit practices at KPMG. He also has been an associate adjunct professor at Widener University in the Master of Business Administration program. Giannantonio earned his Master of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an accounting concentration from Drexel University.

PRICING

$399.00 - Nonmember

$299.00 - Member

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COURSE DEVELOPER

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