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Streamlining the Audit Process, New Techniques

Course Category Audit

September 01, 2023

6:00 a.m.

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On-Site

This course will be delivered on-site in Marshall Islands.

Registration is open to insular government professionals.

Course Description

From electronic workpapers and innovative writing and report formats, auditors are using new techniques and processes throughout the audit cycle. This session will consider, in workshop format, new techniques and processes in audit tools ranging from workpapers to graphics and from report design to clear writing. Bring your best practices, ideas, and questions for this interactive workshop on techniques to streamline the audit process from design to fieldwork to reporting.

What You Will Learn

This session will build on the earlier basic auditing session by revisiting many of the techniques that could make the auditors job easier and more productive. Techniques related to data extraction and analysis, interviewing, electronic audit evidence, risk assessment and many others will be discussed.

Who Should Attend

APIPA conference sessions are intended for island government accountability professionals. Audit, budget, finance, accounting, and related management and staff members will find interest and value in this presentation.

Health & Safety Protocols

For all on-site training in the insular areas, the Graduate School USA's Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI) works closely with local training hosts to ensure that participants, instructors, and training support staff enjoy a safe learning experience. Please note the following:

Full details of PITI-VITI's health and safety guidelines are available here.
Local health and safety guidelines for the government of Marshall Islands, which will be hosting this training, is available at http://rmihealth.org/.
Please contact PITI-VITI Admin at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

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September 01, 2023

6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

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CPEs - 4 Credit Hours

On-Site, Marshall Islands

International Conference Center, Marshall Islands

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Instructor

Christopher Pembrook

Oklahoma City, OK

Chris Pembrook, MBA, CGAP, CPA, CRFAC is a Shareholder at Crawford & Associates, P.C., in Oklahoma City. Prior to joining the firm, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Oklahoma Police Pension & Retirement System and the Deputy Director of the Local Government & Special Services Division of the Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector’s Office. He is currently serving as a committee member of the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel and the Oklahoma Society of CPA's Government Accounting & Auditing Committee. He also was selected to serve on the joint COSO-ACFE Task Force for the development of the group’s Fraud Risk Management Guide.

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