AHI Staff Training: Beginning In-Charge

Overview

Improve your planning, review, audit and other engagement skills. Master techniques for effective communication with clients and colleagues in part three of this five-course series. Discover the secrets to planning and efficiently completing engagements, explore methods for assuming higher levels of responsibility, and develop your ability to assess risk and materiality. Learn how AI can be used on engagements to enhance efficiency and quality. Designed to offer audit staff members extensive training in crucial procedural, evaluative and supervisory areas. Per NASBA’s rules effective January 1, 2024, participants are required to be on camera and participate in the full and small group discussions to earn CPE credits for this Group Live – Virtual course. As such, please make sure you are set up properly with reliable internet (hard wired is best), a working camera, and a working microphone.

Highlights

• What is Expected of the In-Charge
• Plan Engagements
• Assess Risk and Materiality
• AI for Accountants
• Meet Client Needs
• Complete Engagements
• Review Assistants' Work
• Supervision

Prerequisites

2 to 3 years experience

Designed For

Beginning in-charge audit staff with 2-3 years experience

Objectives

Enable experienced staff to advance more quickly to higher levels of responsibility and become more profitable to their firms by helping them better plan and efficiently complete audits, supervise staff, review working papers and interact with partners and clients.

Preparation

None

Notice

This course includes interactive participation and engagement using Zoom’s features to preserve the same strengths of in-person training. Visual interaction between the instructor and all participants (plan to be "on screen" throughout the program), breakout rooms to ensure small group engagement and instructor interaction, screen share for small group presentations, and a fillable PDF for note-taking are included in this seminar.