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Embracing IT For Internal Control Testing But Don't Forget the Basic Controls


Total Credits: 2 including 2 Accounting - Technical

Average Rating:
   17
Categories:
Accounting and Auditing |  Partner Produced
Speakers:
J. Stephen Nouss |  Keith Johnson, CPA
Course Levels:
Update
Duration:
2 Hours
Product Type:
Live Webcast Replay
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Description

Consistent with your company's "risk profile," all companies should incorporate a "solid internal control structure."  Today, best practices recognizes that COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations) of the Treadway Commission Integrated Framework, and implementing your internal controls around the 17 principles they define, will help ensure a good governance structure.  The Information Technology ("IT") Controls are an integral part of the 17 Principles and require special attention to ensure they are working effectively.  Both General Controls and Application Controls should be evaluated on a regular basis. 

 

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Review the importance of designing and testing a solid internal control structure
  • Discover best practices for implementing COSO framework
  • Gain insights into the IT controls 

Major Subjects
  • Internal Controls: “Business Objectives”
  • Internal Controls: “Value Proposition” Risks
  • COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework
  • COSO Framework Principles
  • Special Teams Focus
  • SEC Impact
  • Leveraging COSO
  • COSO in the Cyber Age

Course Materials

Speaker

J. Stephen Nouss's Profile

J. Stephen Nouss Related Seminars and Products

CGMA, CPA Chief Consulting Officer

Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants, LLP


Steve Nouss has more than 35 years of diverse business and public accounting experience with a global accounting firm and Partner for Consulting Services.  

Nouss has served in various management positions including two Fortune 500 Companies and as a CFO for a Public Company.  Experience includes the establishment of international operations adapting to unique business environments, initiating and directing change in the form of process improvements related to acquisitions and divestitures, directing a private  placement equity infusion & establishing a credit facility financing arrangement.  Specialty Areas include:

  • CFO/COO Services
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Internal Audit
  • Anti-Fraud Review  

An in-demand lecturer and speaker he is past President of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accounts (FICPA) and currently serves as Vice President on the Board of Directors for the University of Florida Athletic Association, Inc. with revenues in excess of $150 Million and Chairs the Audit Committee.


Keith Johnson, CPA Related Seminars and Products

President/CEO

Keith E. Johnson, CPA, PA


Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites Some knowledge of internal control systems
Advanced Preparation None
Designed For CPAs and CFOs responsible for the design and testing of internal control systems 
Original Recording Date 09/26/2018
Yellow Book No
Course Developer FICPA
Date Added to Catalog 02/22/2019

Additional Information

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Official Registry Statement

Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org


Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet Based
Course Registration Requirements Online Registration
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