Frauditing - Internal Controls to Prevent and Detect Corporate Fraud- In-Person
Internal Controls to Prevent and Detect Corporate Fraud
Fraud doesn’t start with a “bad actor.” It starts with weak controls, poor oversight, and management blind spots. This in-person course shows you how to design, test, and monitor anti-fraud internal controls that actually work—without turning the business into molasses.
Why “Frauditing” matters
Most fraud programs fail for one reason: they focus on fraud theory instead of control execution. This course is built for auditors and control owners who need to:
Prevent fraud through control design (not wishful thinking)
Detect fraud using monitoring and data-driven red flags
Prove controls work through testing that stands up to review
Who Should Attend
Designed for:
Internal auditors, external auditors, and SOX teams
Compliance, risk, and ethics professionals
Controllers, finance leaders, and process owners
Investigations and forensic accounting personnel
Audit committee support staff and governance professionals
What You’ll Learn
By the end, participants will be able to:
Build a fraud risk assessment tied to real processes and incentives
Map common fraud schemes to preventive vs. detective controls
Design segregation of duties that works in the real world
Write control language that is testable and enforceable
Identify control “fakes” (approvals that don’t approve, reviews that don’t review)
Create monitoring routines for anomalies, overrides, and exceptions
Evaluate management’s anti-fraud program for coverage and effectiveness
Participants leave with:
A repeatable fraud-control mapping method
A checklist of high-failure controls and how to fix them
Testing steps for approvals, reconciliations, monitoring, and access controls
A monitoring playbook for exceptions, overrides, and master data changes
Register now to advance your fraud prevention expertise, strengthen your internal controls, and earn 4 CPE credits on your path to professional excellence!
Details on Event Presentation
Being offered on Tuesdays from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
We can schedule private courses on internal audit on your timetable for two or more attendees.
NASBA Program Disclosure
Program Level of Understanding: Basic
Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Delivery Format: On-site Training (Group-Live); Seminar (Group-Live)
NASBA Field(s) of Study: Auditing
CPE Credits: 4, based on 50 minutes of instruction per hour
CPE Event Highlights
The seminar reviews the following:
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The primary categories of corporate fraud risk and where organizations are most exposed
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Where controls failed to prevent and detect fraud from actual case studies
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Proven best practices for designing and executing effective fraud prevention and detection programs
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How to perform and interpret a fraud risk assessment that drives real controls and oversight
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The tangible value of a strong fraud prevention and detection program—including risk reduction, compliance, and financial protection
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Learning Objectives
Attendees will learn how to:
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Understand how a fraud risk assessment is conducted
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Learn how to identify fraud risks
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Review best practices in fraud prevention and detection programs
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Learn how to evaluate and document internal controls mitigating fraud risk
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Key Issues on the Agenda
Section 1 — Fraud Happens Where Controls Break
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How corporate fraud actually gets executed
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The difference between policy compliance and control effectiveness
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Where controls fail: override, collusion, poor evidence, weak accountability
Section 2 — Fraud Risk Assessment That Drives Controls
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Turning fraud brainstorming into a usable risk model
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Incentives/pressure points by function (revenue, P2P, payroll, treasury, reporting)
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Translating fraud risks into control requirements
Section 3 — Preventive Controls That Matter
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Segregation of duties: practical design patterns that don’t cripple operations
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Access controls, workflow approvals, vendor setup controls, master data governance
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Controls for overrides, manual entries, journal entry risk
Section 4 — Detective Controls + Monitoring That Catches Reality
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Exception reporting that actually gets used
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Red flags: what to track, thresholds, escalation paths
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Continuous monitoring concepts (what to automate vs. what to sample)
Section 5 — Testing Anti-Fraud Controls (Audit-Defensible)
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Evidence standards: what counts, what doesn’t
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How to test “review” controls so they aren’t rubber stamps
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Documenting results so it survives QA and external scrutiny
Section 6 — Case Examples + Implementation Tools
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Short case scenarios: P2P fraud, expense fraud, revenue manipulation, vendor kickbacks
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Control mapping worksheet (risk → control → evidence → test steps)
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Practical next steps for your organization
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