Overview:
Many organizations have gone through extensive efforts to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and other internal control regulations to ensure accuracy in their financial statements. But financial statement controls cover only a small area of risk and often ignore the far greater risks resulting from weak operational and other financial controls. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to:
- Define acceptable levels of risk and the accountant’s role in risk management
- Identify fraud and other risk factors
- Strengthen controls, limit risk and prevent fraud
Objective:
This targeted webinar will provide you with a firm grasp of the common financial and operational risks that still confront companies and what you need to do, beyond insuring against them, to manage those risks.
Emphasis:
- Defining risk and quantifying acceptable levels of risk
- Determining the accountant’s responsibilities in risk management
- Utilizing financial statements, key performance indicators and common accounting tools to control risk
- Identifying ways to use key performance indicators to control risk