Identify common small-business control deficiencies and issues, and hear about five key risk areas for small businesses. Deconstruct fraud schemes. Outline internal control procedures for cash, purchasing, payables, payroll, inventory, and fixed assets. Enhance the security of information systems and sensitive data. Highlights
Internal control fundamentals: Definitions, concepts, activities, and why they are needed
Concentration of ownership
Segregation of duties
General controls: Purpose and examples
Tools to prevent and detect occupational fraud
Alternative control procedures
Leading small-business accounting software programs: QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, Sage 50/Peachtree, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Sage 100
Registration
PICPA Member: $299 Nonmember: $399
More Information
Course No.
651901
Level:
Intermediate
Prerequisites:
Understanding of internal controls and accounting and administrative processes in smaller organizations
Speaker(s)
Thomas Stephens
K2 Enterprises
Thomas G. Stephens, Jr.,
CPA.CITP
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in
Accounting,AuburnUniversity
Master
of Science, Major in Finance (emphasis in Corporate Finance), GeorgiaStateUniversity
Twenty-five
Years of Public Accounting Experience, Five Years of Corporate Internal
Auditing Experience, Four Years of Corporate and Cost Accounting Experience
Nineteen
Years of Experience as a Continuing Professional Education Discussion
Leader
Member
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Georgia
Society of Certified Public Accountants; Past Member of the Institute of
Internal Auditors
To
Date, Has Presented Over 1,800 Continuing Education Sessions to Over 55,000
Participants