Improving Auditor - Auditee Relationships ON DEMAND
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1.0 Credits
Member Price $98.00
Non-Member Price $113.00
Overview
Auditors, especially in governmental audits, often face an uphill battle in establishing harmonious relationships with their auditees. The inherent nature of audits can lead to strained interactions, as auditees may feel scrutinized or targeted. This tension not only makes the audit process challenging but can also impede the effectiveness of the audit itself. Wouldn’t it be transformative if auditors could turn these traditionally adversarial relationships into cooperative and productive ones? This auditing CPE webinar course presents a solution to this pervasive problem. It offers a comprehensive set of techniques aimed at nurturing positive auditor-auditee relationships, right from the initial entrance conference. By applying the methods taught in this audit CPE course, auditors will learn to foster a welcoming environment where auditees are more inclined to assist, thereby facilitating smoother audits and more enjoyable experiences for all parties involved. The audit CPE webinar course covers effective communication strategies, practical skills for presentations, and approaches to better convey findings, ensuring auditors can not only achieve but also maintain constructive relationships with their auditees.
Highlights
Improve auditor and auditee relationship. Useful presentation skills. Auditee communication. Audit findings and response techniques.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, governmental auditors, and other auditing professionals.
Objectives
Identify techniques to improve auditor/auditee relations. Define practices that will improve auditor/auditee conferences. Identify useful skills for presentations. Recognize techniques to better communicate findings with the auditee. Identify methods to achieve acceptance of findings and recommendations. Identify the rationale and the need for timely written comments to audit findings and techniques to address the auditee’s response.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Sefton Boyars, Sefton Boyars CPA
Until his retirement in October 1996, Mr. Boyars had functioned as the Department of Education’s Regional Inspector General for Audit in Regions IX and X for sixteen years. During his 35-year career, Mr. Boyars worked for a variety of governmental audit agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service; the Department of Defense; Health, Education and Welfare; the U.S. Department of Education and a California county. Mr. Boyars is active in his profession. He is a member of the California CPA Society and currently serves as the Chair of his chapter’s Government Accounting and Auditing Committee and is a member of the State Government Accounting and Auditing Committee. He also sits on the Qualifications Committee of the California State Board of Accountancy. He is a past Chair of the Western Intergovernmental Audit Forum and often served as chair or co-chair of its subcommittees and roundtables. Mr. Boyars is a past President of the San Francisco chapter of the Association of Government Accountants. He continues his active participation in his local Chapter. Mr. Boyars is an experienced trainer and has taught for many organizations, including the U.S. Department of Education, Management Concepts, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the California State Controller, the California Association of State Auditors, the Los Angeles City Controller and the Association of Government Accountants. He received AGA’s National Education and Training Award for 1998.
Non-Member Price $113.00
Member Price $98.00