SU-19-ADMS-4590-Course-Outline - Course Outline

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Course outline covering a structured training schedule across multiple sessions with clearly defined themes. Topics progress from professional judgment, research skills, and written communication to professional accountability, ethics cases, and debates in the profession. Subsequent parts focus on the auditor’s role, including audit work evaluation, assurance planning, materiality, and risk assessment. Later sessions address advisory work, evaluating finance proposals, business valuation and tax implications, and integrating finance with strategy, risk management, and governance, including a midterm exam and case-based preparation.

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Pages15

Reading Time38 min

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Schedule and session overview

Part I Public Practice Skill Set

Part II Role of an Auditor

Part III Role of an advisor

Assessments

| Section | Day | Time | Location | Instructor | Start Date | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A | Tuesday | 7pm-10pm | | Narmin Multani
[narminmultani@hotmail.com](narminmultani@hotmail.com) | April 30, 2019 | | B | Thursday | 7pm-10pm | | Mark Kohler
[mkohler@yorku.ca](mkohler@yorku.ca) | May 2, 2019 | | | | | | | | | Topic coverage | Case discussion | Homework for next week | Technical Coverage | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Part I Public Practice Skill Set | | | | | Session 1 April 30 (Tues) and May 2 (Thurs) | | | | | Developing Professional Judgment | | Read and Prepare IAP for Eden Ridge Technology | | | • Performing an integrative analysis-what does that
mean? | | | Financial Reporting: Identify Management Bias, Revenue Recognition, Accounting Change, Asset Write-offs | | • The CPA Way | | | | | • Reconciling and dealing with uncertainty | | | | | • Dealing with time pressure (Incase simulations and real life) | | | | | | | | | | Fine-tuning Your Research Skills | | | | | • CPA Canada Handbook | | | | | -Accounting | Kieso Vol. 2 IC16-2 Saltworks | | Financial Reporting: Natural Resources, Derivatives, Restoration Obligations | | -Assurance | Anonymous Caller (Beasley et al.) | | IFRS 15, Code of Conduct, Fraud (CAS 240) | | • Professional Engagement Manual | | | | | | | | | | Written Communication | | | | | • KPMG communication module | | | Documentation-CAQ Professional Judgment | | • Develop a well-researched and concise professional memo | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Session 2 May 7 (Tues) and May 9 (Thurs) | | | | | Being a Professional Accountant-what does it mean? | Ethics case: KPMG
Ethics Cases | Assignment \#2: Applying accounting standards Kieso Vol. 2 IC 23-1 Penron Inc. | Financial Reporting: Related Party Transactions, Guarantee, Asset Writedowns | | • CPA Ontario Rules of Professional Conduct-not just for Public
Accountants | 2008 SOA Practice Exam 1-2 modified Eden Ridge Technology | | Financial Reporting: Revenue recognition-multiple deliverables, preferred shares, goodwill, Site restoration obligation, contingent gain-impact on debt covenants | | • IFAC accountants in industry guidelines | | | | | • The tension between commercialism and
professionalism | | | | | The ethics of information | | | | | Recent Issues and Debates in the Profession | | | | | • Ethics of Tax Planning | Case-Brewing up Controversy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Current and Emerging standards | | | | | | | • Are you up to date with the current and soon to be effective financial reporting and assurance standards? | | Read and Prepare IAP for Hamm Industries | | | | | | | | | Part II Role of an Auditor | | | Read and Prepare IAP for Holla Appliances | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Session 3 | May 14 (Tues) and May 16 (Thurs) | Hamm Industry | | | | | Evaluating completed audit work re: revenue, fixed assets, ethical issues, quality control | | | Financial Reporting: financial instruments, revenue recognition, leases etc. | | | | | | | | Session 4 | May 21 (Tues) and May 23 (Thurs) | Holla Appliances | Read and Prepare IAP for Yorktown Art Gallery | | | | | | A Guide to Financial Statements of Not-for-profit Organizations: | Assurance: Planning, Materiality, and Risk Assessment, Internal Control Weakness | | | Materiality, risk, accounting issues with audit implications, management integrity, controls | | Question for Directors to Ask | Financial Reporting:
Revenue Recognition | | | | | Corporate Governance Tools to Prevent Fraud in the NFP Sector | | | | | | | | | Session 5 | May 28 (Tues) and May 30 (Thurs) | | | Financial Reporting: NFPGAAP | | Issues With Not For Profits | | | | | | | Providing accounting and corporate governance advice | Yorktown Art Gallery | Read an

FAQs

What are the main learning themes in Part I Public Practice Skill Set?

Part I focuses on developing professional judgment, fine-tuning research skills, and improving written communication, supported by prepared readings and case discussions.

What assurance and audit topics are emphasized in Part II Role of an Auditor?

Part II covers evaluating completed audit work, planning and materiality, risk assessment, internal control weaknesses, and reporting implications for not-for-profit organizations.

How does Part III Role of an advisor build on finance and governance topics?

Part III emphasizes evaluating finance proposals, business valuation and tax implications, and integrating finance with strategy, risk management, and governance through case-based assignments.

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