Our Most Popular Courses

  • Accounting and Auditing Buffet - A unique way to satisfy you annual A&A Update needs. We give you a wide-ranging and diverse menu of topics to pick from to customize your annual training to best meet your interests needs. Or, we can suggest our most popular topics. Our goal is to make sure that you are getting real-life and practical examples of current and future changes in all aspects of accounting, financial reporting, auditing, and non-audit services - regardless of whether you work in public accounting or industry.

  • Audit Skills Training - A fully customizable solution for a comprehensive, progressive training program from new hires to managers. Over 50 technical and “soft-skill” topics are organized in a menu of 2-hour modules that you can choose from or we can suggest a program that meets your needs. Every program is grounded in the core principles are being consistently effective, efficient, and value-added in every assigned role or responsibility.

  • How to Get a Better Return on Audits - We help you avoid the most misapplied risk-based audit concepts. This includes teaching our “four basic food groups” in designing a financial statement audit plan to satisfy your risk appetite. We also address critical traits of a thinking auditor.

  • Practical Insights into Current Nonprofit Accounting and Auditing Issues - We answer the implementation questions that are on your mind related to the most recent changes in technical, professional, and ethical standards.

  • Avoiding Deficiencies in Yellow Book and Single Audits - All audits must be of high quality. Certain types of audits carry greater risk of noncompliance. We will provide you with the insights and tools to avoid peer review deficiencies.

  • Advanced Concepts in Nonaudit Engagements - Some CPAs only provide accounting services, preparing financial statements, or issue compilation or review reports. We can answer your real-life questions and give you tips to minimize quality control issues and professional liability risk.

SERVICES

  • Live course delivery. Whether you are a CPA firm, professional association, nonprofit, or business, we have a comprehensive catalog of relevant and timely topics to help you meet your continuing professional education needs. A hallmark of our offerings is that our trainings are highly rated for being both practical and engaging for audience members with a diverse level of background and experience.

  • Conference speaker. Give us a topic to write content for or we can suggest a session targeted to the needs of your unique audience.

  • Virtual training. We deliver both live webinars and pre-recorded content for on-demand offering. Our virtual offerings strive to provide the same valuable experience as our live offerings in a more convenient format. We offer content that ranges from 1-8 hours. Just ask! We deliver!

  • Expert analysis. We regularly write articles or engage in interviews to share up-to-date analysis of issues faced in accounting, auditing, financial reporting, nonprofit and governmental auditing.

  • Audit process consulting. We are often asked to review workpapers and provide advice on real-life dilemmas faced by public accountants. While ultimately audit conclusions are a matter of professional judgment, we are here to provide insights and suggestions on how to comply with technical, professional, and ethics requirements.

     


Contact us for a complete course catalog of all our offerings or to discuss your needs @ jlouis@emergentgroup.net