Internal Audit and Controls Training - Live Webinars, Recordings & CDs

This training program will define and discuss the bowtie risk assessment method used to analyze and establish causal relationships in high risk scenarios. Named after the shape of the diagram created, bowties provide an excellent visual representation of the potential causes and consequences of a risk scenario and help ensure that all relevant information is identified and properly assessed.

This training program will facilitate participants’ understanding of fraud risks, detecting fraud indicators, gathering evidence to substantiate suspicions of actual wrongdoing and eliminating control weaknesses in all pertinent business functions.

This webinar will explain concept of ACH, how it works, rationale for choosing it and how it differs from US domestic ACH. It will also discuss what International Payments Framework Association (IPFA) is and how does it address International ACH issues. Instructor will cover the relevance of Customer benefits and value proposition regarding ACH and why it should be preferred over wire transfers.

This AML training will provide you the tools to identify the differences between money laundering and terrorist financing and how to protect your financial institute against potential criminal activity. It will also highlight the complexities of modern day proactive compliance departments.

This webinar will address the red flags that may indicate money laundering and fraud in non-bank financial institutions. It will also provide guidelines for conducting enhanced due diligence (EDD).

This training program will offer attendees an understanding of record schedule defensibility and best practices to take steps toward improvements. The IRS states entities need to be fully informed of the code relating to Record Retention and Destruction to determine what records are necessary to stay in compliance or face fines. According to IRS and state statistics of the entities audited over the past three years, 82% could not supply adequate records to pass an audit - resulting in substantial fines for non-compliance.

This training program may well change the way in which you prepare or analyze the very next time extension request you have to deal with. It will discuss rules concerning time extension requests, arguments about waiver and apportionment of liquidated damages, concurrent delay issues and who has to prove concurrent delay, and more.

This webinar will explain the concept of Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), including EDD time tables and checklist. Attendees will learn how to conduct Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) that will satisfy the auditors.

Attend this webinar to learn the strategies for conducting an internal audit and discover whether or not you have been subject to fraud plus help you to prevent internal fraud in the future. It will provide best practices for payroll departments to avoid external audits.

The ability to construct and present a winning argument by those without direct control over business processes or organizations is the key requirement to excel in today’s risk and auditing environment. This webinar will provide participants with tools and strategies that will improve the quality of your argument thereby improving your chances for providing positive, substantial and effective advice.

This unique and interactive workshop will analyze real time case studies from all components of the procure to pay (P2P) process that include: procurement, T&E, P-Card, AP, and disbursements. Attendees will have an opportunity to discuss what went wrong and will determine the key internal controls that were missing. The instructor will highlight the three critical corporate controls, the standards of internal control for P2P, and the top twenty controls for AP.

This webinar highlights the importance of management’s role in instilling proper internal controls within their processes. In this session, instructor will explore methods to educate management on their individual responsibilities for control processes and the variance between a control malfunction and control design issues. Participants will be provided with tools to help management better understand their role in internal control and effectively execute their obligations. The session will also review the impending COSO changes and examine how they may impact your organization.

While there are innumerable ways to detect, prevent and investigate embezzlement, it is not always easy to organize a consistently effective anti-embezzlement strategy. This webinar will guide you through the common and not-so-common forms of embezzlement—with uniquely instructional case studies. It will emphasize the red flags of each and go on to highlight best practices in embezzlement risk mitigation.

This webinar will break down the Board’s role in effective cybersecurity oversight, the 12 questions a board member should be knowing to answer, key principles of oversight, tips and resources for board.

This webinar will review current requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act, why to comply, how to comply, reporting techniques and current positions by the IRS and FinCEN.

This training program will enumerate the IIA Standards and the auditor’s responsibility to abide by the standards. The program will also look at management’s expectations of internal audit and detail skills required for internal audit management. It will provide real-world examples and challenges facing today’s internal audit.

This webinar will discuss how to implement and monitor risk policy. The instructor will explain the challenges and opportunities involved in developing and implementing an effective risk appetite statement, which is supported by risk limits, and the determination of actual exposure against those limits and risk tolerance.

This webinar will provide the principles for writing an effective audit report. The audit report represents the end result of weeks of reviews, analyses, interviews and discussions. It is used to provide information to management on the areas you reviewed. And, more importantly, the report brings issues to their attention that needs to be addressed. How well you communicate that information is critical to getting the results you are seeking.

This training will provide the attendees simple but powerful tools and tips to conduct credible and thorough internal investigations. Attendees will learn how to perform effective witness interviews.

This training on detecting and preventing vendor fraud will help the attendees to identify the different types of vendor-related fraud schemes and implement best practice anti-fraud control strategies.