Training & seminars

Professional seminars
These two-day seminars are designed for auditors and other risk professionals. They can be held as stand-alone courses or offered in conjunction with similar risk services courses.

Courses include:

• Internal Auditing Techniques
• Covers the basic tools used by internal auditors. Topics include International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, types of audits, audit evidence gathering techniques, control testing, and audit issues.
• Skills for Auditors in Charge
• Covers the skills auditors use when leading internal audits. Topics include planning an audit, achieving an audit budget, reviewing audit work papers, managing client relationships, writing audit reports, wrapping up the audit and supervising auditors.
• COSO Internal Control and ERM
• Covers the theory and practice of identifying internal controls. Based on COSO’s Internal Control – Integrated Framework and its Enterprise Risk Management – Integrated Framework.
• Assessing Business Risk for Auditors
• Covers the major approaches to performing risk-based audits and provides an introduction to enterprise risk management / assessment, risk frameworks, and common risk-based audit mistakes.
• Evaluating IT Controls Using COBIT
• Provides an introduction to auditing information technology controls. Based on the Control Objectives for IT (COBIT) framework published by ISACA and the IT Governance Institute.

Presentations
At Watkins Meegan, we offer seminars, webinars and presentations for partners, senior management and department executives, as well as finance and IT staff.

Topics include:

• COSO for Smaller Organizations
• Provides details about the Committee on Sponsoring Organization’s (COSO) system of internal controls over financial reporting and a cost-benefit analysis of why it is recommended for smaller public companies.
• Risks and Controls – Navigating the Maze
• Addresses the fundamentals of developing a strong internal controls program
• Sarbanes-Oxley: An Introduction
• Provides a general overview of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with a focus on the requirements of Sections 302 and 404.
• Sarbanes-Oxley and Information Technology
• Identifies and outlines the ways in which the Sarbanes-Oxley Act affects an organization’s information technology function.
• Corporate Governance 
• Provides definitions, references and best practices in corporate governance.
• Segregation of Duties - Overcoming the One Head, Many Hats Dilemma
• Teaches methods of achieving effective controls without adding costs.
• Effective Records Management
• Provides a starting point for records management to minimize legal risk, share knowledge and improve efficiencies
• Internal Controls Are Everybody’s Business
• Focuses on teaching businesses that risk management and internal controls should extend beyond the finance group and into the broader organization.