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Risk Based Auditing - Applying the Methodology 2 CPE


Course Duration: 2 Hours
Course Rating:
Course Enrollments: 588 Enrolled
Mode of Delivery: on_demand
Course Level: Advanced
Study Area: Auditing

Many organizations tout that they perform risk based auditing.  However, often their concept of the approach stops at defining the annual audit plan.  In today’s ever changing and global economy, true risk based internal auditing must be a dynamic and iterative process that continually evaluates the risks to the achievement of the organization’s objectives and then applies that assessment to the individual audit procedures.

This session will build off of the first webinar on Risk Based Auditing – Establishing a methodology.  We will delve into methods that take the methodology steps and apply them within individual audits.  We will also further discuss the concepts of risk tolerance and risk appetite and the impact to those measurements when applied at the individual audit level.

Prerequisites

No Advanced Preparation or Prerequisites are needed for this course. However, it is recommended to take the other courses in the series prior to completing this one.

Learning Objective
  • Identify an organization's maturity to prepare for risk based auditing.
  • Explore Implementation requirements for risk based auditing.
  • Identify Risk Management (RM) Characteristics to be utilized in risk based auditing.
  • Explore requirements for proper definition of risk impact and risk likelihood.
  • Explore how to conclude the assessment.

Last updated/reviewed: March 23, 2024

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sharoncking

Lots of new information on big datas role with fraud detection.

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mamoloko.mpai

Course was very effective, instructor was clear, engaging and gave real life examples of how to actually implement material in real life. Absolutely enjoyed the entire course!

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joshua.knight

Great information in this training. I really appreciated the examples and how Jennifer walked through each one. I also liked the jokes at the end of each section. Exam question 13 is oddly worded though. I had trouble understanding what it says.

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arvydas.tenenis

Ethical issues are sometimes downrated, what is not correct. Great presentation.

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mwen

I hope this could be a recording course. It took me a white to read this material. It may be easier if the instructor can show us how the formula works.

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terriftaylor

Great information about useful tools. Didn't know there were so many plugins available

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janet.hall_1

Great course and presentation! Instructor does an excellent job at explaining ratios and analysis so that it is easily followed.

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bianka.perras

Really useful webinar. I will try and put into actions some of the behaviors identified

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danielle_.bartholomew

When preparing for an Internal Control Certificate, it's essential to choose resources that align with the specific certification or credential you are pursuing and to dedicate sufficient time to study and practice. I would recommend this course.

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wboggan

I think the instructor does a great job explaining the information and providing good examples.

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nicholas.wilhelm

The excitement of the content combined with the enthusiasm and insight of Mr. Wasny make this course, along with those he presents on AI, the most inspiring and motivational I've experienced on this platform.

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stephenmvigil

The course is well organized and easy to understand!

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asalawu

Great course on ethical and regulatory considerations for remote employees. This will interest you!

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A wonderful summary of key concepts of AI and machine-learning. Excellent material.

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yolene.j

good course, a lot of good information provided verbally and not in slides.

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crystal.sittser

A great review of what communication really is. Highlights ideas that are not intuitively known.

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sonya.brander

Very thought provoking course with insightful observations

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ricardo.campolina_de_toledo

Great course with good examples of important aspects of the profession and certification.

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mopokugeren

easy to follow/understand and an excellent introductory course

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sophia.kasozi

Exam was helpful in understanding the importance of a top-down risk assessment. Thank you.

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sarah.peterson

This is an excellent course for those being introduced to the basics of accounting or someone seeking a refresher on the foundational concepts of accounting. The teacher is very effective and walks through many journal entry examples.

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valerie.wolbrueck

Great refresher and consideration of the changing risk environment.

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dena.dahlquist

Interesting class. The final exam comes more from the class than the handouts, would like to see all material in a hand out for reference after the class.

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corey.masters

This course was a good refresher. This course is ideal for people not as familiar with accounting. Thank you.

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veeraj.agrawal

An answer for an exam question is wrong. Like with part 1 the material on slides does not completely cover the exam questions.

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matthew.long

This was a great overview of the FAR section of the CPA exam, from what I can recall.

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kenneth.tobin

I really appreciate the CPE surrounding IT risks. Hoping to see more about OT risks in the future ... given IT/OT convergence (standards are: 62443, Purdue and cross-reference to NIST). I am an IT/OT Third Party Risk Manager, and my focus is Operations Tech (large manufacturing). Thank you!

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sriram.chenjeri

Good overview of 2023 fraud trends and beyond, how account takeover happens, including the detection and prevention strategies for account takeover.

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paul.morris

Excellent course on some basics of Strategic Management. Nice intro for newcomers in the workforce who have not grasped the importance of strategic placement in the market.

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michael.fairchild

Slides should be prepared in advance, no slide materials to retain and or review, and the exam questions were very poorly worded relative to answer choices.

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matthew.hallstrom

Good refresher on basic concepts of identifying controls and documenting them in flow charts and process narratives.

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ermendoza_12

This course provides some great information. The topics covered are very helpful as well.

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chariel

Yellow Book 2: Government Auditing Standards: Foundation Course Part 2 is good course.

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jglukhovsky

great refresher course. it really helped me understand the ethics and compliance framework at a high level.

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enas.al_zoubi

Very useful and meaningful course. Highly recommended to be taken by all professionals.

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mercedes.watkins

The course is very useful for those risk management professionals who need to rethink their organizational planning efforts.

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bertha.mujica

This was a great class that gave me some important tips that I hadnt previously considered. Very useful!

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merry.plocki

The program is well presented. I would prefer a video format to aid my learning style.

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georgios.baltos

Good overview and introduction in the terms of fraud, comprehensive slides

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brian.meister

This course is a good overview of professional ethics for MD CPAs

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patricia.neuendorf

provided good information in a platform to engage the parties taking the course. Provided helpful ideas and processes..

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alex.kishkovich

Great! Thank you for another useful and interesting course. Awesome summary.

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dorota.wiacek-trojanowska

Great. Perfect. As usual. I really like this trainer. Clearly presented.

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eduardo.perez

This course is a good refresher on general IT controls.

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naoko.kuge

It was very interesting course. It made me feel how important to build confidence and trust in an organization.

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thomas.borja

Learned a lot from this course as a new audit leader. Very informative!

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alice.downie

I enjoy this instructor. The course is informative and offers real world usefulness.

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cris.luchsinger

good historical perspective on how batch has transformed into on-line

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lynnette.kettlewell

Great presenter!!! Flowed well, positive upbeat presentation style, and helpful and practical information.

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vincent.crisco

This was a good course, i enjoyed this course. It was a good refresher.

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aciagne

Material and review/exam content was not crisp and clear. Review question & answers were not accurate. Exam questions and answers were confusing and subjective.

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waqar_ali.shah

A good course on ITGC. It has helped me refresh and reinforce my understanding of the topic

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matilda.fahnbulleh

This course was a bit difficult due to lack of previous knowledge and reading through the course materials instead of instructed lead. Overall, the course was very educational.

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christine.matthes

This is an excellent course from Lynn Fountain! The real-life scenarios and current event considerations bring life to the topic.

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emilie.mccutcheon

Helpful information about automating reports in Excel. Recommend.

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madalyn.adkins

"How should the control environment be viewed by organizations?" <--Based on the expected answer, this question is written extremely poorly & is misleading.

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yasmin.baird

Very well rounded ethics course. Would have appreciated 2.5 hours of CPE vs 2 hours of CPE since videos were 2.5 hours long.

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lynnfountain1

The course was adequate but suggest you relook at the questions. The use of not in the questions is very confusing even for the most experienced person. Also your question in the final exam on incentives is poorly worded

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vasily.chesalov

This is a high-level overview of how to organize data analytics efforts and sell these services to the business.

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jnaccarato

Very well structured and easy to understand. The course materials provided a great overview of the topic and very clear. The pace allowed for a proper understanding of the topic.

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richard.martinez

I dont think you needed to get political with your exam question. Especially since its opinion. It seemed a bit unethical.

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olusegun.aluko

A good course and easy to understand, organizations should focus on continous improvement.

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sylvia.ratliff

Very interesting study. Clearly stated and kept my interest

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Loved it! It was great to learn techniques to improve yourself.

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stevestein

Good content, organization, presentation, and summary.

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jwilson_1

Your courses have all been so wonderful, so informational, and so thorough--in short, greatly appreciated by me! Thank you for sharing your expertise, your wealth of knowledge, your inclusion of examples! I have greatly enjoyed reading and listening to all of your lectures thus far.

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richard.benning

This course gives some good tips on presentation preparation for those who do not normally present. I felt that the audience was geared more towards senior management than those working in the weeds. I would have liked to learn more about "How" on some of the tips. Know your audience can be one of the most infuriating steps to perform because of lack of access. Overall, a good intro course but get more perspectives before doing formal presentations.

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kathleen.neidich

Good review of various types of audit reports that can be issued. However, this course did not cover the dating of the report or the auditor's responsibilities for reporting of subsequent events.

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moore_.magana

Challenging and an excellent course, it expanded my knowledge.

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antoaneta.tasheva

Easy to follow. Relatable content. Clear presentation.

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adel.nazeer_ahmed

Good webinar to gain an understanding of the topics. Well structured and easy to follow.

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alexander.navarro

Chris's class was great! It provided several topics to think and reflect on.

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jpawliw

great course, easy to read and follow along the way the text is written

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k.oviedosoto

The course is too long for just 1 course, it should at least be sectioned. Audit planning itself has various sections, in this way it may be less tedious.

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nicole.anderson_1

The course was beneficial to learning about control deficiencies and how to properly assess them for a material weakness.

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stephen.rykwalder

Segregation of duties: one of my favorite topics in audit. This is definitely a much harder concept to implement in smaller companies where staff are limited.

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jonathan.cyr

Nothing new was really learned but it did reinforce concepts that are taken for granted too often. This was a great training for reminding me about the importance of making team members feel valued and appreciated.

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penny.conselman

This course provides a good understanding of fraudulent disbursements.

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norbert.forlemu_1

The presenter provides plenty of relevant insights on fraud evaluations in a very clear and concise manner

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marawan.rasmy

This course should be at least 1.5 CPE Credit since it is 1.5 hour long

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jewel.harris

The course objectives were met although the final exam questions did not pertain to the material covered.

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james.gately

This was a very confusing one. I finally passed when I answered one question which seemed again what the material and I understood. It was question six. I disagree that it should be answer A. A going concern is considered when a company has issues about going a year from the opinion letter date.

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julia.dooley

I found the course very interesting. I liked how the instructor explained how fraud connects to the role of the IA.

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dewayne.glenn

Straight forward course with good content. I liked that the course was easy to follow while it provided all of the information needed.

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alisa_gay

Very good class, informative materials and well presented

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joshua.bourquard

Great overall course. Enjoyed the examples of what auditors look for and how they manage risk and where they will be looking. Wish it was more in depth regarding the financials but great handle of the subject matter.

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huy.dinh

Fraudulent expense disbursements may happens at any kind of organization. This course will provides interest and necessary knowledge about the most common fraud type, also provides the techniques on how to identify it. Good course for everyone in professional organizations.

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ahmed.saeed

Great course of audit committee effectiveness in the aftermath of 2007

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micheal.oconnor

Good review course. This was a solid refresher for something I have been away from for some time.

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robert.godfrey

It was great to review and/or learn anew these important topics.

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mahmoud.eltaher

It was amazing refresher course on the revenue recognition principles and related guidelines and concepts.

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sergey.bulychev

Training audit tests on specific examples will always help you learn the material more accurately.

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jeffkirsch8

I enjoyed Joe Ori's summary of ASC 842. He was to the point and I really liked the financial impact slides as a result of implementing the new lease accounting rules.

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jholiday

This instructor courses are always very helpful and are well thought out. I always look for her courses on-line as I always learn something new and interesting from her classes.

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jburke

This was both relatable and informative. Definitely worth the time.

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sharon.thurber

I liked the overall review of the different controls. I would not have mind the course moving at a quicker pace.

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john.mcnabb

outdated with 2013 data - don't think FCPA enforcement has increased under Trump

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edmeire.oliveira

good review, nice to be back to this online trainings

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jeffrey.jones

Impressive course and great refresher. I especially like the pdf summaries that are provided as a point of reference.

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wa.gao

Very well presented. Easy to understand and follow.

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jessica.cordes

This course was a good introductory to blockchain technology.

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william.murphy

I learn better when I can read-along with the narration script; providing that would be helpful.

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jbeckman

This course helped me strengthen my understanding of IA fundamentals.

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karim.malek

Approaches to Ethical Intelligence was a great, easy to follow seminar. The five principles are very useful and applicable.

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agarcia

This review was concise and straight to the point. Highly recommend this course.

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gregor_timothy.marcaida_1

An important aspect that companies forget to look at because cyber attacks are seldomly experienced by them. Great refresher on how to react to cyber attacks

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mmonahan

2014 means data and SEC actions are a bit out of date

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carolyn.bowlby

I enjoyed this course. It opened my eyes to some thing that we as an internal audit team are not doing and I will suggest this training to my supervisor and coworkers.l

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frederic.lagace

Clear and easy to digest information. Helps understand how some people get stuff done and others don't. Stepp explains this by incorporating personal experiences.

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donna.degenhart

This course clearly identifies the different variations of delegating work in the organization, based on the individuals.

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molly.dawson

The course is designed well, and provides the user helpful information to improve their workflow.

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dbhatnag

This was one of the best courses I took - I really liked the fact that you could follow along with the instructor using the worksheets provided!

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brian.fleischer

Good course. I've already read Haidt's "The Righteous Mind" and read up on the Milgram experiment, but it was good to see those tied in to business ethics.

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numeriano_.de_la_cruz_jr

The course is great for refreshing the skills in Pivot Tables. It is very informative and detailed. The presenter discusses the topic in a step-by-step procedure making it very clear and easy to understand.

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gary.francoeur

Very insightful with some very useful sources of additional information that will come in handy.

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dung.luong

I like the examples given in this course, which are detailed, and very realistic.

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john.keating

The material is useful but the instructor is monotone,which makes it difficult to stay engaged.

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prosemond

This course was a refresher. It is very informative and covers all the key components of the Internal Audit function at a very detailed level. I think this course is crucial for people with 1-4 years of experience, but overall everyone needs to take this course.

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charles.elwis

After having been away from auditing for many years, this was an excellent refresher course.

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anna.newton

Very engaging. I enjoyed having the video and the slides, made it easier to pay attention!

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marci.earnest

Good overview of whistle-blowing and the statistics included in the pdf are good to see.

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jasmine.wissinger

This course was very helpful for a overview of risks and how to assess.

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courtney.nichols

This course does well at explaining keys to maintaining independence and objectivity as an auditor.

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k.harper

GOOD OVERVIEW FOR ANY ORGANIZATION AS THEY INTRODUCE IC MEASURES

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tyler.perry

Proper Documentation Methods for Internal Audit and Internal Controls Processes is a very good course designed to emphasize the importance of documentation in the world today. It introduces different methods for properly documenting information while providing pros/cons to each.

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nfedele

Nicely done. Succinct and straight to the point but also very informative. Thank you.

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patrick.monzingo

This course gave me a view of LinkedIn that I did not previously have. I should take more advantage of LinkedIn in the future.

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delliot35

GREAT synopsis for documenting internal controls. This course really refreshed some points that I am pursuing in my organization.

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paul.hong

I liked that the different types of attacks and real-life companies were used as examples of the threats out there.

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grant.brannum

Very informative and organized in an easy to follow method. Enjoyed the training.

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ibrahim.khalil

This course is very helpfull and effective. I think it is a good start.

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brooke.gilmore

Pretty standard ethics training. Though she tried to reinvent how ethics are discussed, no new information was shared.

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kirit.kapadia

Good insight in personalities and leadership. Excellent explanations of human behavior

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skiley

This is an interesting and complex topic. I would have liked to see a longer, more indepth session.

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luca.platini

Having recently joined the RAAS team this was a very good opportunity to get familiar with RAAS procedures and audit phases. Really appreciated

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cristina.palacios

Course provides very good information related to the difference between general controls and application controls.

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jan.laudenbach

Clear explanation of the structure of the template.

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saif.raslan

I believe it was a very good course and very informative. I would love to see more courses on risk management by Mr. Doug Webster

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dana.mcginnis

I strongly recommend this course to anyone with the hotline.

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louis.diaz

This course was exactly as stated, an overview of SOX. The basics were effectively communicated and easy to follow.

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jennifer.welch

Great information! Easy to understand and overall meaningful content....

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wendy.vicks

This course covered various leadership style, with pros and cons for adopting/applying each style. However, adding to the slides the pictures of leaders ( who may or may not have demonstrated certain leadership style) was a distraction and minimized the course effectiveness. For example, was Princess Diana an inspiration leader? Perhaps not! Was Dr. King a non-authoritarian leader? Absolutely not!!! This course is about organizational leadership. Therefore, perhaps the author should use corporate leaders (past and present) and specific corporate examples to depict each leadership type AND to make the course stronger.

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melissa.gruner

There are no slides for this series that are needed for documentation purposes.

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jeff.nelson

Program materials were relevant and contributed to the achievement of the learning objectives.

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carlinton.clarke

Lot of new information to absorb but was very informative .

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bryan.baker

This course provided a good overview of how to account for book-tax differences, as well as how to effectively navigate the Schedule M-1

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tbielas

I love how you used very clear and specific examples! Thank you Leslie!

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francis.enyame

Very informative and detailed. Highly recommended.

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sid.alvarez

Very well explained and detailed presentation about how to implement a RBIA.

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narendran.selvakumar

The instructor explains the concepts with relevant examples which makes it easy to understand and apply. The course is well structured and detailed to provide step by step procedure for creating RBIA approach.

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kjariwal

detailed course

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renato.santos

I really enjoyed learning about the different ways to collect, merge and validate data. I thought is was very interesting and useful to know that there is an excel add-in where you can get data from the Federal Reserve (Fred) as well as data from the U.S. Census, and Google Trends.

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tony.ramey

Short albeit good review of T&E expenses.

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abubacker.syed_abdul

Some more error rectification technique may be included in this course.

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saba.kazi

Excellent course for finance professionals.

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ana.walters

I really appreciate the examples, thanks!

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sakishan

What I liked the most is how Lynn explained the practical difficulties they faced when SOX was first implemented and explaining the learning curve they went through to understand the SOX legislation better. Excellent.

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ahmed_moctar.zibare

Perfect certification

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alyssa.phung

clear and concise.

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bryan.baki

Good overview of 606.

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daniel.vance

Clear and concise - great examples provided. A great course for any experienced auditor.

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april.jenkins

interesting info

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tracy.meehan

I really enjoyed course. I would like to be able to see the correct answer for exam questions wrong.

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robbinsj

I liked that I learned something

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robdavi2

Learning more about Risk Base Auditing. What surprised me, is how important RBA to a company. What to look for while i'm auditing.

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peter_choo

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tishoema

Very practical advice for a new manager

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melleny_owens

Flow of information

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andrew_20

Questions are vague

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hossam_elsherief

Excellent course

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scottfos

Common sense advice. Would prefer more business environment examples versus a lot of personal examples.

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svinjamu

informative

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anrogala

Clear, well structured course, very informative

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gautkuma

Informative. Focused contents on RBIA methodology.

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swatigiri2k6

Good concept

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wieastma_1

I enjoyed the course, but the background noise was somewhat distracting. (clock chiming)

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penny.lozano

Good description of the audit and report

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monkm

Great introduction to RBA.

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manjbu

Was very informative and help me being an Internal Auditor to assess and move ahead with RBA

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cshoop

I learned more than I thought I would.

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bill.grant

Test questions were not captured in the presentation materials.

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clarhuan

Easy to understand the course

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nelsonm1978

Did not like questions about Apple. Numbers not in front of me.

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dalysjmiller

A good overview of the characteristics that IA managers need to have to excel in the profession.

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cheryl.ferrara

Great tips!

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matt.rank

excellent refresher

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brian.bartholomew

Good refresher on SEC Reporting and structure of reports

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alexissmith194

Bullet points - not the entire conversation or presentation - Please!!!!

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wes.rowe

A common sense reminder.

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jocrozie

Nice overview and good use of statistics.

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vinivenu

The real life examples were good to give a background.

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