COSO 2013: ICFR Assessments

This event qualifies for 8 CEUs

This event qualifies for 8 CPEs

This event qualifies for 8 CLPs

As the leading provider of Audit, Compliance and COSO 2013 CPE training, Corporate Compliance Seminars has reviewed the best practices currently available in the SOX Compliance community. We have focused this CPE seminar on the What - When - Where - Why - How to Test. We cover how to assess the effectiveness of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting all the way down to the individual business process controls.

This eight-hour CPE course will provide an understanding of approaches for the assessment of controls within various layers of ICFR under COSO 2013:

Entity Level Governance Controls
Tone at the Top Controls
Management Controls within Business Processes
The Second Line of Defense: Risk Management, Compliance, Financial Analysis, Quality, Inspection
Internal Audit
External Audit
Regulatory

It will help look for ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of a system of internal controls and audits of controls. This seminar will start the process of positioning an organization to assess its compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Sections 302 and 404.

Our instructors are experts in risk management, auditing, corporate accounting, executive management, information technology and CPA firm operations. Our goal is to provide expert advice on COSO ERM, COSO, FDICIA, COBIT, NIST, ITIL, CMMI, FCPA, PCAOB standards, AICPA standards and cyber risk management.

Speaker and Presenter Information

John C. Blackshire, Jr., CPA is the CEO of The Accountware Group, Inc. (TAG) of Austin, TX. He has over 30 years of business management, internal control, software development and auditing experience. TAG helps companies improve their business processes, implement financial systems, and comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

During John's career, he has conducted internal control audits, designed business operations, implemented automated financial systems, and created quality control methodologies. He has written numerous articles, system user guides, presented continuing education seminars, and published booklets on best practices in accounting, finance and information technology management.

John started his professional career at KPMG as a financial auditor. His clients included insurance companies, banks, manufacturing firms and non-profits. A number of his clients were public companies. He spend several years in the financial software business designing, supporting and selling financial systems.

John received his undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of South Carolina. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and helped plan their International Conference, and is a member of the international business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi and the honor’s accounting fraternity Beta Alpha Psi. John and David Marshall have been presenting informative and entertaining seminars on internal control, corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance since 2003.

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