Topics covered:

Succession Planning - Speaker: Colm Divilly, Professional Education Seminars

In this session we will consider the various matters that need to be considered in developing a suitable succession plan for your firm. The session will be practical and focus on steps that the busy practitioner can take to plan for retirement.  Among the matters addressed are:

• Timeframe for succession planning.
• Succession planning for the sole practitioner.
• Succession planning in a multi partner firm.
• Common pitfalls to avoid.

Practice Management - Speaker: Colm Divilly, Professional Education Seminars

The focus of this session will be on practical steps a busy practitioner can take to bring about positive change within their firm. Among the matters addressed are:

• Productivity within the firm
• Credit control.
• Growing the fee base.
• Harnessing the power of technology to the benefit of your business.

FRS105 - All you need to know - Speaker: Maureen Kelly, Knowledge Manager, CPA Ireland

• Who can and can’t use FRS 105
• Format of the financial statements
• Focus on required Notes Disclosures
• Exemptions, Simplifications & Transition

Internal Audit for SMEs - Speaker: Tom Murray, Friel Stafford

Internal audit is a key component of modern corporate governance. This presentation seeks to provide useful guidance to financial directors and boards that wish to understand how effective an internal audit function can be in their SME business, particularly in respect of gaining assurance concerning the adequacy of an organisation’s risk management and internal control systems.
Tom Murray, CPA, will consider this by discussing

• How does Internal audit work effectively in the context of SME’s
• Evaluating the need for establishing an internal audit function when such a function does not yet exist
• The three lines of defence
• The models of an effective internal audit function in an SME
• The benefits of Internal Audit for SME’s
  - How to improve Internal Controls through Internal Audit
  - How to improve Corporate Governance through Internal Audit
  - How to aid risk management through Internal Audit including monitoring the relationship between the internal audit function and the organisation’s centralised risk monitoring function.

• Topical SME Internal Audit issues including
  - GDPR from an Internal Audit perspective
  - Brexit and other political uncertainties
  - Pace of Innovation
  - AI, Workforce Planning and HR risk

Key Event Details

Location: Clayton Silversprings Hotel, Cork
Time: 9am - 5pm
CPD Credit: 8 hours
Cost: €225 (non members: €275)

Make sure that you input your CPA member ID as the attendee when booking, as the CPD credit will not be automatically allocated to your account otherwise.