Essential Soft Skills for Business Professionals

This ACI Learning course offers an overview of the duties of a forensic auditor. By providing practical tools, it will help you identify standards of performance, determine whether cases can be accepted, and show how to perform engagements. In it, you will review evidence types, approaches to gathering and evaluation, and interview techniques. By the end, you will understand the report writing and case presentation processes, as well as testifying as an expert witness in a court case. Course Type: Video. Worth 14 Technical CPE Credits (CPA/NASBA).

This course provides a thorough coverage of how to read and analyze financial statements as well as how the analysis can be organized to identify and assess a company’s value drivers. It begins with videos covering the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows and the statement of shareholders’ equity. It then moves into the real world, focusing on Home Depot, its key performance measures, leading to a complete ratio analysis. Home Depot’s performance is then compared to that of Lowe’s Home Improvement in terms of the basic ratios, more much more importantly using an ROE - based model that highlights the companies’ value drivers. Course Type: Video. Worth 4 Technical CPE Credits (CPA/NASBA).

In an increasingly web-driven society, the need for cyber security has never been higher. After all, the mere click of a button can mean years of dealing with fraud, theft and a host of other negative consequences. Cyber Security takes a look at some of the common methods of technological abuse and demonstrates techniques for staying safe online. Course Type: Business Simulation. Worth 2 PDCs (SHRM) and 2 CEUs (HRCI).

Bitcoin and Ethereum represent only two of thousands of different emerging cryptocurrency options which are designed to facilitate seamless trading between different global entities. And as financial professionals, CPAs in particular stand to benefit from a knowledge of the trade. However, because there are multiple ethical and audit considerations to take into account with the new “gold standard” cryptocurrencies, the subject isn’t straightforward or easy to dive into. That’s where this course can help. An entertaining, relatable exercise to establish baseline knowledge of an important market, Ethical & Audit Considerations of Cryptocurrency is the perfect option for financial professionals looking to expand their knowledge. Course Type: Video. Worth 2 Ethics (Technical) CPE Credits (CPA/NASBA).