Methods in Audit Data Analytics: Analyzing AP, Creating the Future of Audit DA

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Methods in Audit Data Analytics: Analyzing AP, Creating the Future of Audit DA Overview
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WEBVTT (Music) Welcome to our course on methods in audit data analytics, analyzing AP, creating the future of audit DA. This course will guide you through the imperative role of data analytics in current internal auditing practices. You'll learn the importance of analyzing data efficiently to identify waste, abuse, and fraud, thus adding substantial value for audit clients. Beyond extracting information, the course underscores the necessity of good communication skills to echo these findings and their business consequences effectively. Specific topics covered in this course include identifying and normalizing accounts payable or AP data, creating AP data queries, visualizing AP data, and discussing future trends in the field. The course is particularly useful for compliance officers, audit managers and directors, financial, operational, and IT auditors, and key operational personnel. Successful completion of the course earns three CPE credits, so let's get started. (Music)

Overview

Data analytics have become an integral part of modern internal auditing, and auditors knowledgeable about data integrity, and techniques to analyze it, are in high demand. Proficiency examining data helps auditors identify waste, abuse, and fraud, and provides great opportunities to add value to audit clients. But extracting insights from the data is not enough, practitioners must also acquire effective communication skills to successfully convey their results and the business implications, which are essential to promote positive change.

Topics covered in this course include identification and normalization of Accounts Payable (AP) data, AP data queries, visualizing AP data, the future, and the distant future.

Who should attend:

Compliance Officers, Audit Managers and Directors, Financial, Operational, and IT Auditors, and key operational personnel.

Here are the topics we'll cover.

  1. Course Overview
  2. Analyzing AP Data
  3. Creating the Future of Audit Data Analytics

Learning Style

On Demand

Level

Intermediate

Includes

Assessment

Who this course is for

Compliance Officers, Audit Managers and Directors, Financial, Operational, and IT Auditors, and key operational personnel.

NASBA Certified CPE

3 credits

Field of Study

Auditing

Length of course

3h

Prerequisites

None

Advanced Preparation

None
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ACI Learning is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: https://www.nasbaregistry.org/