This page contains a list of the CPE Courses and Risk Briefs available through KLplus. In order to access these courses you must be a KLplus Subscriber. For more information, please contact a KnowledgeLeader administrator or upgrade your subscription today.
The following 30 items are displayed in alphabetical order.
Anti-Fraud Programs and Controls (KLplus CPE Course)
This course is a compilation of five articles presented by Protiviti. These articles discuss various aspects of building and maintaining effective fraud monitoring and controls programs. Topics discussed in this course include: Anti-Fraud Programs and Controls: Combating Fraud and Misconduct Risk, Following Fundamentals Detects Fraud, Electronic Data Speaks, Getting Serious About Fraud Awareness Training, Build a Whistleblower Program Without Blowing the Budget
CONTENT AREA: Internal Audit
TOPICS: Fraud, Internal Audit, IT Controls, Training & Development, Whistleblower/Complaint Reporting
Business Continuity Basics: Introduction to Business Continuity Management (KLplus CPE Course)
The Introduction to Business Continuity Management Training is designed to provide an overview of definitions and terminology; the components of a BCM program; best practice BCM methodologies; key events that impact organizations; BCM certifications and resources; value add elements of a BCM program and approaches used to gain management buy-in.
CONTENT AREA: Business Continuity Management
TOPICS: Business Continuity Management, Best Practices
Corporate Responsibility – Preventing, Detecting and Deterring Fraud (KLplus CPE Course)
Fraud is a major problem affecting businesses around the world each year. While it may be impossible to totally eliminate fraud, much can be done to minimize the risk of, and opportunity for, fraudulent activity. To minimize risk, the root causes of fraud must be understood, including the possible pressure or crisis of need on the part of the fraudster, the opportunity to commit fraud, and the willingness to rationalize the act.
CONTENT AREA: Internal Audit
TOPICS: Fraud, Internal Audit, IT Controls, Training & Development
Cost Accounting Module 1: Cost Terms, Concepts and Classifications (KLplus CPE Course)
This course will provide the learner with a working knowledge of cost accounting and the areas it supports, while introducing the learner to the key benefits related to cost accounting. Moreover, we will discuss how these concepts can be applied to situations and decisions outside of the manufacturing realm.
CONTENT AREA: Cost Accounting
TOPICS: Training & Development, Accounting/Finance, Cost Management
Cost Accounting Module 2: Job Order Costing (KLplus CPE Course)
Job order costing is a method of accumulating and assigning costs. This course deepens the learner’s understanding of how to account for direct and indirect costs in a job (versus process) environment, assign the cumulative costs to jobs and the risks & controls related to job order costing.
CONTENT AREA: Cost Accounting
TOPICS: Training & Development, Accounting/Finance, Cost Management
Cost Accounting Module 3: Cost-Volume-Profit & Activity-Based Costing (KLplus CPE Course)
This module covers cost accounting concepts related to cost-volume-profit analysis, which is simply a study of the relationships between costs and volume and their effect on profit. This module also covers the concept of activity-based costing which is a cost accounting system that identifies the activities performed in a process, costs of those activities, and uses cost drivers to attach the cost of activities to products.
CONTENT AREA: Cost Accounting
TOPICS: Training & Development, Accounting/Finance, Cost Management
Cost Accounting Module 4: Standard Costing (KLplus CPE Course)
Standard Costing will discuss standard costs and how they are used by management to control operations. A standard cost is an estimated cost associated with a standard level of performance for manufacturing a product or performing a service. Standard costs are carefully predetermined amounts that are used for planning labor, material and overhead requirements.
CONTENT AREA: Cost Accounting
TOPICS: Training & Development, Accounting/Finance, Cost Management
Cost Accounting Module 5: Flexible Budgets and Overhead Analysis (KLplus CPE Course)
This basic-level online tutorial covers flexible budgets and overhead analysis and how they are used by management to control operations.
CONTENT AREA: Cost Accounting
TOPICS: Training & Development, Accounting/Finance, Cost Management
Cost Accounting Module 6: Relevant Costs for Decision Making (KLplus CPE Course)
This module covers the decision making process that businesses go through and the costs associated with those decisions; including decisions related to replacing equipment and assets, producing items internally versus outsourcing production, processing special or non-routine orders, and determining whether to sell items or process them further.
CONTENT AREA: Cost Accounting
TOPICS: Training & Development, Accounting/Finance, Cost Management
Documenting Processes and Internal Controls (KLplus CPE Course)
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires the documentation of transaction flows and processes affecting key financial reporting elements. This course focuses on the different approaches to documenting these processes and controls.
CONTENT AREA: Sarbanes-Oxley
TOPICS: Internal Controls, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404 - Internal Control Reporting, Training & Development, Financial Reporting, PCAOB