Guidelines for Performing Fraud Risk Assessment and Guidance on How to Conduct an Internal Fraud Investigation

This webinar will explain key components of a fraud risk assessment and management program. Attendees will learn best practices for conducting an internal fraud investigation.

Why Should You Attend:

With an increased awareness of fraud and the ongoing cost to organizations, an entity wide fraud risk assessment is imperative to all organizations. Performing a fraud risk assessment is doable, and can provide internal audit and its organization peace of mind for having gone through the process. Once it is completed, it only requires an annual review for additions of possible new fraud schemes and results from internal audit anti-fraud projects conducted during the year.

Internal fraud investigations can cause a lot of stress for an auditor, but simply following a set of guidelines can help to assure that the proper sequence of events occurs during the investigation process. It can sometimes determine the success or failure of an internal investigation.

This webinar will discuss the guidelines for performing a fraud risk assessment. It will explain the various steps for conducting an internal investigation.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Key components of a fraud risk assessment and management program
• The template for a fraud risk assessment and examples of typical fraud schemes
• How the template ties with Sarbanes Oxley Controls
• Brainstorming your industry and the unique types of frauds that can occur
• Confidential investigation guidelines
• The proper steps to conduct an internal investigation
• Commonly asked questions of a respondent

Who Will Benefit:

• Internal Audit Personnel involved in fraud related activities
• Internal Audit Management interested in performing a fraud risk assessment
• Internal Investigators
• Risk/Compliance Officer
• CEOs and Senior Management Officials of small to mid-size firm
• Staff with roles and responsibilities in compliance departments
• Staff with roles and responsibilities in risk assessment departments