Mastering Yellow Book and Single Audit Workpaper Documentation: Preparing High-Quality GAGAS Working Papers
Recording of a 110-minute CPE webinar with Q&A
This course will provide audit professionals with a thorough and solid foundation to prepare GAGAS Yellow Book-compliant audit workpapers for Single Audits under OMB Circular A-133 and successor guidance. The panel will discuss best practices for documenting the contents, sequence and format of audit documentation for engagements involving Federal Funds recipients, and other GAGAS audits. This is a hands-on, highly practical guide to efficiently preparing high-quality Yellow Book audit workpapers.
Outline
- Yellow Book documentation standards for workpapers
- Elements of review-efficient workpapers
- Summary memo and referencing methods
- Documenting audit tests
- Common deficiencies of audit workpapers
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other important questions:
- Risks and costs of poorly prepared workpapers
- Yellow Book Section 6.83 requirements for all workpapers
- Key elements of high-quality workpapers and summary memo
- Tools to facilitate workpaper best practices
Faculty
Jay Giannantonio, MS, CPA, CIA
Moderator
BNA Training & IT Solutions
Mr. Giannantonio is a management consultant with over 30 years of experience specializing in finance... | Read More
Mr. Giannantonio is a management consultant with over 30 years of experience specializing in finance transformation, internal audit, fraud, risk management, process improvement and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance issues. His professional experience includes long stays at PwC/Coopers & Lybrand, Verizon/Bell Atlantic and KPMG Consulting in a professional career that began in 1980. Most recently, he was Vice President – Internal Audit for a $1B commercial equipment rental and sales company.
CloseJohnny L. Brooks, CPA
Managing Director
Brooks & Associates
Mr. Brooks has extensive experience in all fields of financial management; audit, attestations, and internal control... | Read More
Mr. Brooks has extensive experience in all fields of financial management; audit, attestations, and internal control review services, especially within the public sector. He has served as an engagement partner, project manager, and subject matter expert on a multitude of engagements within the federal government. He has also served as the lead instructor in providing financial management training (over 20 courses) to over 35 Federal agencies and thousands of its employees and contractors. Previously, during his federal career, he served in very visible positions at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Office Personnel Management, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
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