Finance Training Suite on IFRS, Foreign Corrupt Practices, FCPA, P2P Metrics and Travel Claim Fraud

This suite of finance training course will provide you with  guidance and training as a means to help you enhance your knowledge, understanding, and competencies in the areas of your core competencies.

Led by well experiences speakers the course covers information on IFRS effect on SOX Control, IFRS vs GAAP and its adoption, FCPA, P2P Metrics and Travel Claim Fraud.

 How It Works:

Each webinar CD has a series of modules. Our speakers have delivered the modules using PowerPoint slides.

This training is convenient to attend individually or in groups. You don't have to travel from your office. This means you can afford to have your whole team attend. As the webinar recording CDs are licensed to be used multiple times in a location, you can schedule the training as many times for as many groups/batches as you wish. Your team members will learn the material together; everybody will get the same information.

Webinar Topics included in this package:

Webinars included in the Package:

Module 1 : How IFRS Will Change SOX Controls (Duration: 60 minutes)

This sox webinar will help you understand how to remain compliant with Sox while implementing IFRS processes.

Learning Objectives:

• Brief IFRS overview.
• Applying the four key principles of IFRS.
• How disclosure requirements will change.
• The new rules for assigning values to assets.
• How recording revenue will change.
• How IFRS will affect SOX compliance.
• Brief IFRS overview.
• Applying the four key principles of IFRS.
• Questions & Answers.

Instructor Profile:

Mike Morley, is a Certified Public Accountant who holds the top credit designations in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Mike is a recognized authority in the field of finance with more than 25 years experience.

An entertaining and informative speaker and trainer, Mike is the author of:

• “IFRS Simplified”, which provides a jump start for accountants and finance executives who want to quickly and easily get up to date on IFRS.
• “Sarbanes-Oxley Simplified,” which is an easy-to-read explanation of the requirements of the U.S. legislation that makes CEO's & CFO's personally responsible for the accuracy of their company's financial statements.
• “Financial Statement Analysis Simplified” which translates the accounting language of financial statements into clear, easy-to-understand terms that anyone who needs to make well-informed financial decisions quickly will appreciate.

Module 2 : IFRS/GAAP - What is the difference?, how to adopt IFRS (Duration: 60 minutes)

What in the world is the difference between U.S. GAAP and IFRS? This webinar will provide the answers. The discussion will incorporate IFRS adoption including the implementation timeline, basic differences between the two standards as well as adoption challenges.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Current status of IFRS - timeline for U.S. adoption.
• Convergence & Current FASB/IASB projects.
• Major differences between GAAP and IFRS.
• CFO/Company Risks.
• Adoption challenges.
• Transition considerations.

Instructor Profile:

Anne M. Marchetti, Anne M. Marchetti has 25 of years of finance and accounting experience in both private industry and public accounting. She is a Sarbanes-Oxley subject matter expert focused on the design, implementation, analysis and optimization of internal control systems and corporate governance and risk management programs. As a thought leader in this area, she developed a compliance methodology in conjunction with a delivery framework and has spoken at numerous conferences as well as published several articles on this particular subject. Ms. Marchetti has worked globally with both public and private entities in most industries as well as organizations of all sizes. She regularly interacts with Big Four, middle market and local external audit firms as a liason on behalf of these organizations.

Ms. Marchetti served as the Global Service Line Director – Governance and Risk Management Practice at Parson Consulting. As the Practice Director she worked with numerous clients on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance initiatives and frequently collaborated as well as presented to Board’s of Directors in regard to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Corporate Governance and Enterprise Risk Management. Ms. Marchetti leverages this experience with a unique blend of technical skills which include management of ERP software implementations from a technology, process and accounting perspective. She has designed training programs for Board of Directors and Audit Committees as well as end users and consultants on various business software applications, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, ERM in addition to IFRS and has conducted over 200 formal training seminars.

Module 3 : Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Webinar (Duration: 60 minutes)

In this Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) webinar training understand the prohibited and exempted actions as per FCAP act, how to find the non compliance issues and how to implement FCPA compliance policies and procedures in your organization.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Prohibited actions and penalties under the FCPA.
• You can be held liable for the actions of foreign subsidiaries, suppliers, or rogue employees.
• Actions that are exempt from FCPA prosecution by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Lessons learned from recent FCPA cases.
• Writing, implementing and assessing FCPA compliance policies and procedures.
• Red flags that could indicate non-compliance.
• Advice for training staff, both within and outside the U.S.
• Internal investigations—when to conduct one, who should conduct it, and what to do if you find evidence of non-compliance.
• Issues that can arise during employee interviews and collection of electronic records.

Instructor Profile:

Jon Groetzinger, is a Visiting Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. He teaches courses in International Business Transactions, International Trade and Development, Business Associations and Doing Business in the U.S.

Before becoming a full-time faculty member, Professor Groetzinger had almost 30 years of international business practice experience, including representing one of the country’s largest corporations before a U.S. Congressional subcommittee against allegations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.

In addition to his practice with outside law firms, he served more than a dozen years as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of American Greetings, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

He has also been CEO of both domestic and international businesses. He has chaired national and regional General Counsel associations and appeared on TV and been quoted on international corporate matters in Forbes, USA Today, China Post, Times of India, ABC, CBS and NBC News, among other media.

Module 4 : Procure to Pay (P2P) Metrics and Dashboards (Duration: 60 minutes)

This session will provide a roadmap for the implementation of key metrics that can be used in formulating a P2P Dashboard. Attendees will learn how to actually use metrics and trends to develop areas for business process improvement.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• The Power of Dashboards and Metrics
• The Balanced Scorecard
• Identifying Objectives for the Procure to Pay (P2P)Process
• Dividing the P2P into Measurable Functions
• Defining Metrics for P2P Dashboard (The Four Foundational Groups)
• Cost Saving and Value
• Transactional Quality
• Customer Service
• Controllership
• Using Metrics as a Benchmarking Tool
• Using Metrics to Identify Cost Savings
• Establishing Service Level Agreements
• Implementation Guidance
• Recap

Instructor Profile:

Chris Doxey, PCAPP, CCSA, CICA is an independent consultant providing Internal Controls and Business Process Best Practice Solutions. She has held senior management positions in accounts payable, procurement, internal auditing, internal controls, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, payroll, logistics, financial systems strategy, and financial integration at Digital, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, MCI, APEX Analytix, and Business Strategy, Inc. She was recruited to assist MCI (formally WorldCom) recover from their internal control challenges. She has a bachelor's degree in English, a bachelor's in accounting, a master's in business administration, and a graduate certificate in project management. Chris has written numerous articles and published two handbooks: AP Leadership Skills and Implementing a Controls Self Assessment Program for Your Account Payable Process. Chris presents at several conferences and provides a multitude of webinars each year.

Module 5 : Introduction to Travel Claim Fraud (Duration: 90 minutes)

This 90-minute webinar will highlight actual examples of travel fraud that happen in organizations and focus on internal controls that you can have in place to prevent fraud related to travel and subsistence claims.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• What is Fraud?
• Legal and regulatory background.
• Actual examples of travel fraud.
• Internal controls against expense fraud.
• Development and contents of an ideal travel policy.
• Travel Claim Case study.

Instructor Profile:

Paul Gostelow, is an experienced Financial Manager with a proven track record of success within manufacturing, B2B, IT, telecommunications, entertainment, commercial and not for profit market sectors. He has a Legal Degree from the University of Birmingham, UK and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He worked for many years for members of the “Big Four”, mainly in Eastern Europe and Italy. Since 2004 he has run his own consultancy practice specializing in:

• Interim financial management
• Implementation of s302 and s404 Sarbanes-Oxley compliance in Europe for quoted Companies
• Internal audit projects
• Fraud risk assessments and remediation

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