Basics of Auditing A Complete Study
What you'll learn
- Understand Meaning of Audit
- Understand Principal aspects of Audit
- Understand Benefits of Auditing
Requirements
- Basics of Accounting
- Basics of Financial Statements
Description
Are you an Accounting or Finance Professional?
Are you an Accounting or Finance Student planning a career in either of the fields?
Are you a Professional Course Student planning career as Auditor?
Then this course is for you.
Welcome to Basics of Auditing A Complete Study
The basic purpose of Auditing is to confirm the authenticity of Books of Accounts prepared by an accountant.
So, the auditing begins, where the function of an accountant ends.Auditing is done to determine the true and fair picture of accounts examining the books of accounts with supporting documents.
Auditing provides lots of benefits like Verification of Books of Accounts, Independent Opinion, Moral Check, Protection of the Rights and Interests of Share holders, Reliance by Outsiders, Ensures compliance with level requirements & Strengthens Internal Control.
Hence, by taking this course, you will learn
i) Evolution, Meaning, Features, Objectives, Principal aspects, Benefits and Limitations of Auditing
ii) Audit Process
iii) Audit Engagement Terms
iv) Audit Planning
v) Audit Sampling
vi) Audit Working Papers
vii) Auditors Independence
viii) External Confirmation
ix) Verification of Assets
x) Verification of Liabilities
xi) Special Audits covering Educational Institutions, Hospital, Cinema Halls, Charitable Institutions, Club, Hotels, Local Bodies, etc.)
This course is structured in Self paced learning style.
You may find accounting terminologies used in this course. Hence, you should have Basic knowledge of Accounting.
Advanced auditing tools and concepts will be launched as separate courses in the due course.
Who this course is for:
- Accounting / Finance Professionals
- Accounting / Finance Students
- CA / CMA / CS / CFA / CPA / CIMA Students
Instructor
I am a Chartered Accountant with tonnes of passion for teaching.
I teach Financial Management & Strategic Financial Management for Chartered Accountancy, Cost and Management Accountancy and Company Secretary students in Ernakulam, India. I also hold Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration in Finance from Symbiosis, Pune and Bachelors in Commerce, from Loyola College, Chennai.
I worked in State Bank of India as Assistant Vice President - Credit for a period of four years after which i started my Chartered Accountancy Practice. During the stint in State Bank of India, I worked on credit proposals of Mid Corporate Units and gained good experience in Financial Analysis, Risk Assessment, Viability Study, Evaluating business models, Project Finance, Working Capital Management, etc.
I conduct work shops for Entrepreneurs, Chartered Accountancy / Cost and Management Accountancy Students on the topics like Project Finance, Credit Risk Assessment, Entrepreneurship Development, Finance for Non Finance Executives, etc.
I love teaching and i want fundamentals of accounting and finance to reach students and so i am here.