Booking Information
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Please be aware that you will have access to this
course for 180 days from the date of purchase.
Online courses cannot be booked on behalf of someone else. Access will only
be granted to the person completing the online order.
Who should attend
This course was recorded on 10 October 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
The key auditing related issues that will be covered
during this session 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, the lessons learned
since implementation of these requirements in December 2022 and how to now
refine your QM system,How to achieve the right balance between Controls &
Substantive Testing,Going Concern requirements under ISA 570,Group Audits, the challenges you face, and the
improvements that can be made to your audit work. The revised ISA 600 will
also be discussed,Incomplete Audit Evidence & the new ISA
505,Sustainability Assurance – what is coming?Impacts of upcoming changes to FRS 102 & 105, as well
as Company Size, Threshold & Audit Exemption Rule Changes on your
audits,Other points to consider, such as the key points to
remember when undertaking a first-year audit and how the Ethical Standards
impact on your audits,Typical areas for improvement in the audit of SMEs, as
identified by both the Institute Professional Standards and Practice
Consulting teams;Reporting to Regulatory bodies should the need arise
(e.g., Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud or Company Law issues).How best to employ the 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
Appreciate the key auditing issues for micro, small and
medium sized companies that have arisen over recent 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 17 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
This course is also available for in-house training. If you're interested, please contact our team
here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3989
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