Analytical Procedures for Nonprofits WEBCAST
Overview
Strong analytical procedures are critical for evaluating the fair presentation of financial statements. In addition, financial statements are only as good as the information and trends that they produce for operational, strategic, or compliance purposes. This course will provide insights into how to determine the strength and efficiency of nonprofits in achieving objectives and knowledge to improve the analysis of the fair presentation of a nonprofit’s financial statements.
Highlights
How to leverage preliminary and substantive analytic procedures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of financial statement audits. The required elements of a substantive analytic procedures to address detection risk. Tips and traps of applying an analytic approach to satisfy audit objectives. Explaining the usefulness of analyzing diverse trends and ratios in a nonprofit environment to meet the needs of various financial statement users. Common ratios and trends to assess liquidity, operating efficiency, leverage, and more.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with the nonprofit industry.
Designed For
Anyone responsible for analyzing or interpreting nonprofit financial statements.
Objectives
Explain how properly designed and performed analytical procedures contribute to reducing audit risk. Describe the required elements of an analytical test that must be documented to satisfy professional standards. Describe the most common financial statement analytics used to interpret the financial results of a nonprofit. Common ratios and trends to assess liquidity, operating efficiency, leverage, and more .
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Jennifer Louis, Surgent McCoy CPE LLC
Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and presenting high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical accounting, auditing, and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organizational success. She is the principal author of audit and attest related courses for Surgent and a frequent speaker at Surgent live programs and seminars. Ms. Louis is also the president of Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, a company she founded in 2003, dedicated to developing and delivering a wide variety of accounting and auditing training services, including audit staff training, audit productivity improvement, and value-added auditing. Prior to that, she was executive vice president/director of training services at AuditWatch, Inc. Before joining AuditWatch, Ms. Louis was the financial/operational internal audit manager at AARP. While at AARP, she served as one of their specially trained facilitators available as a resource throughout the organization for designing and leading strategic meetings and training sessions. Ms. Louis was also an audit manager for Deloitte and Touche, LLP. During her years in that firm’s Washington, D.C. office, she served as an instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program. Ms. Louis graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA in accounting.
Non-Member Price $109.00
Member Price $79.00