Self-Study
Improving the Auditor and Auditee Relationship
Build stronger relationships with auditees, improve communication of findings, and gain acceptance of recommendations, particularly in government auditing.
$58.00 – $78.00
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Secure Transaction CPE Credits
2 Credits: Auditing (Governmental)
Course Level
Basic
Format
Self-Study
Course Description
Improving the Auditor and Auditee Relationship is a valuable resource for auditors seeking to enhance their professional relationships with auditees, especially in the governmental audit sector. This auditing CPE course features a comprehensive set of techniques and practices aimed at improving communication, starting from the initial auditor-auditee conference. Attendees will benefit from learning skills that facilitate better presentations, effective communication of findings, and strategies to gain acceptance of recommendations. Moreover, the audit CPE course provides insights into addressing auditee responses and ensuring timely written comments on audit findings. By adopting these methods, auditors can expect to foster more cooperative relationships with auditees, leading to smoother audit processes and more constructive outcomes.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Chapter 1
- Identify techniques to improve auditor/auditee relations
Chapter 2
- Define practices that will improve auditor/auditeeconferences
Chapter 3
- Identify useful skills for presentations
Chapter 4
- Recognize techniques to better communicate findings with the auditee
- Identify methods to achieve acceptance of findings and recommendations
Chapter 5
- Identify the rationale and need for timely written comments to audit findings
Chapter 6
- Identify techniques to use in addressing the auditee’s response
Course Specifics
5216016
December 14, 2023
There are no prerequisites.
None
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Compliance Information
CFP Notice: Not all courses that qualify for CFP® credit are registered by Western CPE. If a course does not have a CFP registration number in the compliance section, the continuing education will need to be individually reported with the CFP Board. For more information on the reporting process, required documentation, processing fee, etc., contact the CFP Board. CFP Professionals must take each course in it’s entirety, the CFP Board DOES NOT accept partial credits for courses.
Meet The Experts
Until his retirement in October 1996, Sefton Boyars was the Department of Education’s Regional Inspector General for Audit in Regions IX and X. During his 35-year career, Sefton worked for a variety of federal and local government audit agencies. He is a member of the California CPA Society and was a long-time chair of his chapter’s combined committee on Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards and Government Accounting and Auditing. Sefton Boyars is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Government Financial Manager, a Certified Fraud Specialist, and a Certified Internal Auditor. He is a past chair of the Western Intergovernmental Audit …
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Bill has 30 years of federal audit and contract monitoring and administration experience. He served as the U.S. Department of Education’s Regional Inspector General for Audit for Regions VII, VIII, and X. Mr. Allen also served as Region IX’s Assistant Regional Inspector General for Audit. In these capacities, he managed the planning, performing, and reporting for performance and compliance audits of public and private (nonprofit and for-profit) educational and health-related organizations. He also negotiated reimbursement contracts, and overhead expense for Medicare Providers and Intermediary organizations [Insurance organizations]. He has led a peer review …
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