Forensic Analytics ON DEMAND
Available Until
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Member Price $58.00
Non-Member Price $67.00
Overview
Errors and fraudulent transactions can be remarkably difficult to spot. In the Forensic Analytics course, we provide a number of tools for teasing out these problem transactions from the masses of data in which they are normally hidden. Techniques covered include Benford’s Law, outlier analysis, round numbers analysis, growth spurt analysis, policy threshold analysis, and time-series analysis. The auditing CPE course also gives extensive coverage to the process of importing data into Excel, so that these analyses can be conducted.
Highlights
Forensic analytics. Forensic analytics steps. Excel data importing and scrubbing. Excel forensic analysis techniques. Supplier-specific analytics.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
Auditors, CPAs, CEOs, and other accounting professionals.
Objectives
Specify how data can be imported into Excel and scrubbed for analysis purposes. Specify how Benford’s Law can be used to identify suspect transactions. Identify the uses to which data analysis techniques can be put for forensic analysis.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Steven Bragg, Western CPE
Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 70 business books. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast.
Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and an auditor with Deloitte & Touche. He holds an MBA from Babson College, a Master of Finance from Bentley College, and a BA from the University of Maine (summa cum laude).
Non-Member Price $67.00
Member Price $58.00