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Who should attend
This course was recorded in December 2023 and is suitable for accountants,
auditors, and other business professionals, both from small and mid-sized
practices and in business, from across the island of Ireland.
Course overview
While the exact content of this webinar will be agreed closer to its airing,
some of the likely issues to be covered will include:
- Audit Planning, including how recent key changes to ISA 315 (Risk of
Material Misstatement) will impact your work in this area, as well as your
Controls Testing,
- Audit Quality Management under ISQM, your next steps as we approach the
first anniversary of implementation of these requirements,
- Going Concern requirements under ISA 570,
- Auditing Accounting Estimates under ISA 540 and increased level of
uncertainties,
- The new and increased Audit Risks that you face at this time, such as
fraud and how ISA 240 changes impacts your work,
- Enhanced Audit Completion Procedures/documentation, including the Letter
of Representation,
- Group Audits, the improvements that can be made and recent changes under
ISA 600,
- Typical areas for improvement in the audit of SMEs, as identified by both
the Institute Professional Standards and Practice Consulting teams; and
- Reporting to Regulatory bodies should the need arise (e.g., Anti-Money
Laundering or Company Law issues).
How best to employ the 2023 Institute Procedures for Quality Audit (PQAs), as
well as our ISQM Resource Pack, will also be referenced during this session,
with useful examples included.
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Appreciate the key auditing issues for micro, small and medium sized
companies that have arisen over the last 12 months and how to address these.
- How best to employ the Institute PQAs and ISQM Resource Pack in your
audits/practice.
Speaker Bios
Conal Kennedy - Conal is Head of Practice Consulting in
Chartered Accountants Ireland. He and his team provide advice and support to
practices throughout Ireland, and publish a range of practice toolkits covering
audit, accounting and compliance. Over a 16 year period in Practice Consulting,
Conal has coached and advised many practices through major change events such as
mergers, acquisitions and retirements. He has also advised on practice
development and marketing.
Jeremy Twomey-Jeremy in his role as Practice Consulting Manager works
to support our member practitioners across our service areas, with a particular
focus on compliance support, training and our associated advisory services.
Jeremy is a Fellow of the Institute, having trained with Ernst & Young; he
has held senior management positions across both financial and professional
services, as well as the public sector.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or
requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523
3930
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