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Forensic Accounting - 5 Steps to Successful Performance ON DEMAND

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1.0 Credits

Member Price $29.00

Non-Member Price $33.00

Overview

This course offers a comprehensive overview of forensic accounting, covering the standards guiding these professionals, the essential qualifications, and the experience necessary for success in this field. Additionally, this course also outlines a basic five-step process designed to facilitate thorough and meticulously documented engagements, supplemented with examples of the techniques employed by forensic accountants.

Highlights

Objectives of forensic accounting. Engagement planning. Evidence gathering. Analysis and examination. Bradford’s law analysis. Reporting and documentation. Litigation support and follow-up.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs, CFPs, CEOs, and other accounting professionals.

Objectives

Recognize the key objectives of forensic accounting. Identify techniques that forensic accountants use to perform engagements. Recognize the standards which forensic accountants should follow. Identify the importance of maintaining a clear audit trail in a forensic engagement.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Kelen Camehl, Western CPE

Kelen is a recognized author and reviewer of CPE courses and has authored over 85 courses (225+ CPE credit hours) covering a range of accounting, auditing, financial reporting, regulatory, and ethics topics. His courses are available for purchase from many online CPE providers including the AICPA. Kelen has also remained involved in CPA exam content development for nearly 10 years and has authored more than a thousand multiple choice questions for various sections of the CPA exam. He also serves as an Editorial Advisor for the AICPA’s “Journal of Accountancy”.

Kelen has over 15 years of progressive finance and accounting experience. He currently serves as an Accounting Policy Consultant with HP, Inc. in Dallas, TX. Most recently he was located in Budapest, Hungary on a three-year international assignment and served in the company’s Houston, TX location prior to this assignment. Prior to HP, he served in multiple accounting roles in the oil & gas industry with ConocoPhillips including technical accounting policy, SOX compliance, and internal audit. He also gained public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working with various clients in the energy, electric, power, gas, and utility sectors.

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Non-Member Price $33.00

Member Price $29.00