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Thursday, April 9, 2026 Live Webcast

Audit Skills for Beginners (X4-6962261)

2:00 PM - 5:38 PM EDT
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4 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

Learn the basic skills new staff need to hit the ground running and efficiently complete assigned tasks, including what new auditors are expected to know and do, including the nature, timing, and extent of common audit procedures. Focus on why certain procedures are performed and perform typical procedures.

DESIGNED FOR

Anyone who performs audits

BENEFITS

  • Describe the importance of maintaining professional skepticism
  • Explain critical elements of high-quality audit documentation
  • List the characteristics of a proper risk assessment process linked to the detailed audit plan
  • Describe how to satisfy the minimum requirements for evaluating the design and implementation of internal controls relevant to the audit

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Professional skepticism – Creating a mindset for finding fraud and error
  • Audit documentation basics – Creating workpapers that pass review
  • The audit risk model – Understanding the foundational principles
  • Internal control fundamentals - Satisfying the requirements for evaluating the design and implementation of internal control over financial reporting

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Jennifer Louis

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA

President

Emergent Solutions Group

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organization success. In 2003, she founded Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, where she focuses her energy on designing and delivering high-quality, practical, and engaging accounting and auditing training. She was most recently Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education, and prior to that served as Executive Vice President/Director of Training Services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly-respected training and audit process consulting firm. Before joining AuditWatch, Jennifer was the Financial/Operational Audit Manager at AARP. At the start of her professional career, Jennifer was an Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she frequently served as a local and national instructor. Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA-Accounting. Besides loving life on the lake with her husband in Charlotte, NC, she enjoys hiking with her little dog Frodo Beggins, and savoring any precious moments spent with her two young adult boys

PRICING

$129.00 - Member

$159.00 - Nonmember

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