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Auditing Excel SpreadsheetsProduct Code : Excel2017-01

Auditing Excel Spreadsheets

An Introduction course for those that wish to audit spreadsheets using tools available within Excel and from Microsoft.

COURSE SUMMARY

Many companies around the globe rely on Spreadsheets to help produce financial information, forecasts, pricing, and costings, and to aid in the decisions made by management. Simply put, spreadsheets are used everywhere. But at what risk to the company or organization?

LEARN HOW TO MINIMISE SPREADSHEET RISK AND MASTER TECHNIQUES USED TO AUDIT SPREADSHEETS IN THIS COURSE

Auditing Excel Spreadsheets is not for everyone, but for those with a keen interest in Excel, Fraud, Auditing or Compliance then then course is for you.

CONTENTS AND OVERVIEW

We will first cover some theory on Spreadsheets Risks and discuss some controls that you can introduce to reduce these risks.

Following this will be more theory, this time covering a detailed overview of the types of Spreadsheet Fraud.

With the theory finished for the moment, we will jump into Excel and look at the following tools and techniques:

  1. GOTO Special: GOTO Special Function has been around for a long time in Excel and quickly allows you select cells in a worksheet based on set criteria. You will have a workbook to download so that you can practice and master this technique yourself
  2. Auditing Tools : We will quickly look at the Auditing Tools, which have also been available in Excel for some time
  3. Excel’s Inquire function: Introduced in MS Excel 2013, Excel Inquire is new. It enables you quickly identify and select areas of risk or interest in a workbook, map workbook relationships and compare two versions of a workbook. Using the workbook provided you can learn to quickly master this tool.

We will have a quick look at Microsoft Discovery and Risk Assessment Server which allows you search for all Excel files on your server, and rank them according to risk. Risk levels are based on Materiality and complexity criteria that you set.

 After this we will look at Spreadsheet protection and how this protection may be hacked, and before we wrap up, we will look some other considerations when auditing Excel Spreadsheets

Who Should Attend?

  • This course is suited to those with an interest in Excel, Fraud and Audit and is well suited for Accountants, Auditors, Internal Auditors, Business Analysts, Finance staff, Banking staff, Management and those involved with Compliance and Risk assessment
  • This course is meant for those involved in the Audit of Spreadsheets, and also those with interests in the areas of Excel and Fraud
  • This course is not a traditional functions and formulas based course but instead this course covers theory on Spreadsheet risks and controls along with Theory on Spreadsheet fraud. After the theory, we will then jump into Excel and have a look at the tools available to audit spreadsheets
  • This course is suited to those with an interest in Excel, Fraud and Audit and is well suited for Accountants, Auditors, Internal Auditors, Business Analysts, Finance staff, Banking staff, Management and those involved with Compliance and Risk assessment
  • This course is not for you if you are looking to learn advanced Excels formulas

 

What’s included?

Instruction by an expert

12 months access 24/7

Certificate of completion

How long will it take and how much does it cost?

Completion Time 2 Hours

€56
€ 56