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Peer Review Insights: How to be Better Prepared & Spot Common Audit Deficiencies

PEER REVIEW INSIGHTS: HOW TO BE BETTER PREPARED & SPOT COMMON AUDIT DEFICIENCIES

Cost Free
Presentation Length 1.0 hour

Recorded DateNovember 30, 2020
CPE:Not available
(archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)
Subject AreaAuditing
Course LevelBasic
Course Description

Regardless of when your next peer review is happening, every engagement needs to meet the standards. Is your firm executing audit steps using methodology, technology, and forms at the highest level to ensure every engagement passes?

Join Shawn O’Brien, CPA and Alison Parker, CPA of Thomson Reuters along with guest Bryna Campbell, CPA, CGMA as they discuss peer reviews of audit engagements.

This webinar will discuss the current peer review environment, including the areas of focus of peer reviewers, and how to utilize cloud-based audit software from Thomson Reuters to facilitate compliance.

The presenters will also share real-world examples of peer review comments received by firms and discuss what firms can do to remediate them now and avoid them in the future.

Learning Objectives:


  • List the topics that are the areas of focus of peer reviewers

  • Identify ways to avoid such comments on your next peer review

  • Define best practices and share ideas with other members of your audit teams

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Shawn O’Brien, CPA, is a senior consultant for Thomson Reuters / AuditWatch. He specializes in providing audit efficiency and quality, and core-level training for accounting firms.

Shawn was previously an Audit Senior Manager at Deloitte in Pittsburgh where he specialized in construction contractors, health care, not for profits, and middle market manufacturers. He also taught numerous local and national seminars for Deloitte.

Shawn graduated from Duquesne University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration majoring in accounting. He began his career at E&Y. He is a member of the AICPA.

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Bryna Campbell, CPA, CGMA is a principal with Gross Mendelsohn & Associates. With more than 30 years of experience providing audit, accounting, tax, and consulting services, she helps nonprofits and businesses find new ways to work more efficiently.

Bryna’s favorite part of being a CPA is that every day is different. Bryna enjoys being a source of guidance for her clients, especially executives who may not have a sounding board inside their organization to talk through their toughest challenges. Bryna loves getting to peek behind the curtain to see how an organization operates. Getting to know her clients personally allows her to understand the struggles they face and identify areas where processes can be streamlined.

Bryna graduated from Rider College with a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, majoring in accounting. She is a member of the Maryland Association of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs.

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Alison Parker, CPA, is a executive editor of PPC products for the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters. She is a contributing author of PPC’s Guide to PCAOB Audits, PPC’s Guide to Audits of Nonpublic Companies, PPC’s Practice Aids for Audits of 403(b) Plans, and PPC’s Practice Aids for Audits of Form 11-K Benefit Plans, as well as a coauthor of PPC’s Practice Aids for Audits Performed under International Standards and The PPC Accounting and Auditing Update newsletter. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, she was a senior audit manager for Whitley Penn LLP. Ms. Parker has also worked as an accounting manager in the pharmaceutical industry and as an audit manager for KPMG LLP. Her extensive experience includes providing a wide range of accounting, auditing, and consulting services to public, private, and nonprofit clients.

About Our Presenter

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Thomson Reuters® provides the profession’s most integrated, comprehensive tax and accounting software, research, training, and more. With proven brands like CS Professional Suite®, Onvio®, and Checkpoint®, you get the intelligence, technology, and human expertise you need no matter where you’re doing business. For more information, visit tax.tr.com.