Internal Auditing - 2023 Review & 2024 Preview

Internal auditors for companies, not-for-profits, and governments are facing new risks and areas of concern. From changing accounting and internal auditing standards, inflation, rising interest rates, workforce issues, regulatory issues, crime issues, supply chain issues, IT security and financial risk issues. What should internal auditors be doing to identify these issues within their organization. What are some best practices to include in their internal audit programs?
This program will discuss trends and issues internal auditors faced in 2023 and are facing in 2024.
 

• Internal audit considerations
• Changes in internal auditing
• High risk areas for internal auditors
• New internal audit standards
• PCAOB areas of emphases
• Cybersecurity risks

• Changing accounting standards
• Changing internal auditing standards
• Risk of inflation
• Risk of rising interest rates
• Workforce issues
• Changing regulatory issues
• Fraud and crime risks
• Supply chain issues, 
• IT security 
• Financial risk issues

We will be discussing changes to the international internal auditing standards that were released on January 9, 2024, and that go into effect on January 9, 2025

This course is appropriate for CPAs, CMAs, CIAs, CGMAs, CFEs, MAFFs, internal auditors, external auditors, managers, audit committee members, and CFOs 

Robert Minniti is the President and Owner of Minniti CPA, LLC. Dr. Minniti is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Forensic Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Valuation Analyst, Certified in Financial Forensics, Master Analyst in Financial Forensics, Chartered Global Management Accountant, and is a licensed private investigator in the state of Arizona. Robert received his doctoral degree in business administration from Walden University, received his MBA degree and Graduate Certificate in Accounting from DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management, and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix.

 Dr. Minniti teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in forensic accounting at Northwestern University and the University of Phoenix. He designed graduate and undergraduate courses for Grand Canyon University, North-western University, and Anthem College. He is a writer and public speaker. He has experience in forensic accounting, fraud examinations, financial audits, internal audits, compliance audits, real estate valuations, business valuations, internal control development, business continuation planning, risk management, financial forecasting, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance work.

He is also an instructor teaching continuing professional education classes for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Compliance Online, CPE Link/CCH, accounting, Global Compliance Panel, Clear Law Institute, CPE Solutions, Canopy CPE, The Institute of Management Accountants, the National Association of Valuators and Analysts, and various state CPA Societies.