Format

This session will be delivered via Zoom on Thursday, 9 October from 9:30am to 1pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.

Who should attend

This course 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

While the exact content of this webinar will be agreed closer to its airing, some of the likely issues to be covered will include:

• The International Standards on Quality Management (ISQM) – what you need to do to ensure that your practice continues to adhere to these standards
• Group Audits and the impacts of the revised ISA 600, and how you can use our new dedicated Group Audits Toolkit for such assignments
• Audit Planning – the key impacts of ISA 315 (Risk of Material Misstatement) and the audit risks you face (for example fraud) on your audit
• Going Concern requirements under ISA 570
• Incomplete Audit Evidence & ISA 505
• Audit Completion – getting your documentation right
• 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 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; and
• Reporting to Regulatory bodies should the need arise (e.g., Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud or Company Law issues).

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Appreciate the key auditing issues for micro, small and medium sized companies that have arisen over the last 12 months and how to address these.
• How best to employ the Institute PQAs, Group Audits Toolkit and ISQM Resource Pack in your audits/practice

Speaker Bios

Conal Kennedy FCA - 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 18 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 FCA - 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