CPD Course Overview

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Why You Should Attend This CPD Course?

To prepare and equip Practising Accountants and Auditors serving Credit Union Clients for, what has evolved to be, an extremely challenging audit.

To bring together Credit Union Managers and Credit Union Auditors to promote discussion about the audit.

How can the Auditor help, how can the credit union prepare for the audit.

What Will Be Covered?

The Global View
Dr. Ray Kinsella, UCD

Recent Legislation and What it Means for the Credit Union and the Auditor
Bill Hobbs, Leadersense Business Consulting

Dealing with the Credit Union Audit
Denise O’Connell, Grant Thornton

That’s All Very Well, But What Happens in Real Life?
A Real Life Example of a Credit Union Audit
Credit Union Risk Management
Brian Hayes, HLB Nathans

Credit Union Manager Sessions
Understanding the Audit Report
Denise O’Connell, Grant Thornton

How  to Evaluate the Auditors’ Performance and Reduce the Audit Fee
Brian Hayes, HLB Nathans

Credit Union Auditor Sessions
Credit Union Compliance – Where to Next?
Brian Hayes, HLB Nathans

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Likely Impact on Credit Union Accounts
Denise O’Connell, Grant Thornton

What You Will Walk Away With?

• We provide attendees with technical guidance and solutions to make the audit more efficient, avoiding some of the common pitfalls while addressing the key risk  areas
• You will hear from fellow practising accountants who have built up expertise in the audit of Credit Union clients as they present case study examples
• We will look  at the sector as a whole and get  a view  of future developments and sector challenges from the experts

Who Should Attend?

All Partners, Managers and Seniors who are currently involved with Credit Union Audits, or who are looking to gain engagements in this area.

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CPD Course Facilitators

Brian Hayes - HLB Nathans
Brian is the firm’s specialist in Credit Unions, and has completed a number of specialist non-audit assignments in Credit Unions for boards, supervisory committees, and for the Financial Regulator.

Denise O’Connell - Grant Thornton
Denise is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. She  has extensive experience in the engineering, manufacturing and retail sectors. Denise has an in depth knowledge of Credit Union operations and is responsible for the management of all Credit Union audits within the firm. She  is also responsible for Internal Audit and Risk Management Services.

Bill Hobbs - LeaderSense Business Consulting
Bill formerly held the role of Chief Executive of the Credit Union Development Association. He is currently an independent financial analyst and an author on financial matters.

Dr Ray Kinsella - UCD
Ray is Professor of Banking and Finance in the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. He is Visiting Professor at the School of Banking, Accountancy and Finance at the University of Wales Bangor, is on the Faculty of the Management Institute of Paris, and is adjunct Professor at the University of Bryansk. He has published, researched and broadcast extensively in the fields of Banking.