Financial Forensic Experts

Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Reorganization • Business Valuation • Computer Forensic Analysis
Economic Damages • Family Law • Financial Statement Misrepresentation
Forensic Accounting • Fraud Prevention, Detection, and Response


The Foundations of Financial Forensics Workshop is the ideal training opportunity to be immersed in the fundamentals of financial forensics, and the theories, tools, and techniques that will enable you to grow your practice in this rapidly growing and lucrative area.

Chicago November 7–11, 2011 Phoenix November 28–December 2, 2011
Early registration incentives available!
See below for details. Call (800) 677-2009
for information and to register!
Ft. Lauderdale December 5–9, 2011 Salt Lake City January 23–27, 2012

The workshop was built upon the content specification outline underlying the AICPA’s Certified in Financial Forensics(CFF®)
body of knowledge. Although not a review course to achieve the NACVA's Certified Forensic Financial Analyst (CFFA)
or the AICPA's CFF®, each day of the workshop involves a thorough overview of the financial forensics specialty areas.

Attendees will benefit from and take away a rich bibliography of resources, materials, aids, guides, and web links
to direct CFFA and CFF® candidates to additional study and education to help prepare them to obtain either credential.

The intensive five-day, forty-hour workshop developed and taught by leading experts in their respective fields, will deliver an understanding of professional standards, the legal underpinnings of financial forensics, as well as a thorough overview of the following specialized areas of financial forensics practice:

  • Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Reorganization
  • Business Valuation
  • Computer Forensic Analysis
  • Economic Damages
  • Family Law
  • Financial Statement Misrepresentation
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Fraud Prevention, Detection, and Response

Day One: Professional Responsibilities, Practice Management, and Fundamental Forensic Knowledge
Learning Objectives:

  • Articulate the responsibilities of a CPA practicing in financial forensics
  • Apply the relevant legal principles to the application of financial forensics
  • Employ proven techniques of practice management applicable to the financial forensics practice

Day Two: Economic Damages Calculations
Learning Objectives

  • Build an effective and defensible lost profits and damages model in the context of litigation
  • Distinguish the differences in measurements for patent, copyright, and trademark damages
  • Relate the legal principles and parameters to the presentation of business damages

Day Three: Valuation and Family Law
Learning Objectives

  • Outline the fundamental principles underlying the valuation of business enterprises
  • Distinguish between appropriate valuation approaches for estate, gift, and transactional purposes and appropriate methodology for dispute resolution purposes
  • Apply valuation and forensic methodology to the resolution of financial issues in family law matters

Day Four: Financial Statement Misrepresentations and Fraud Prevention, Detection, and Response
Learning Objectives

  • Apply proven methodology for the detection of financial statement misrepresentation
  • Employ generally accepted approaches to the uncovering of fraudulent transactions
  • Define the principles and procedures which may be employed to prevent fraud in the business environment

Day Five: Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Reorganization and Computer Forensic Analysis
Learning Objectives

  • List and apply the principles which define a company as insolvent
  • Recognize and document fraudulent transfers
  • Outline the conditions that give rise to breaches in computer systems and the forensic techniques designed to detect and remedy them

Registration Incentives, Locations and Dates

Chicago November 7–11, 2011
15% discount if registered by 11/04

Phoenix November 28–December 2, 2011
15% discount if registered by 11/11
10% discount if registered between 11/12 and 11/25

Ft. Lauderdale December 5–9, 2011
15% discount if registered by 11/18
10% discount if registered between 11/19 and 12/02
Salt Lake City January 23–27, 2012
15% discount if registered by 12/23
10% discount if registered between 12/24 and 1/11/2012
For information and to register call Member Services at (800) 677-2009.
The first 50 registrants receive a free copy of The Little Book of Valuation including shipping and handling.

NACVA and IBA Members
$2,700 for the entire five-day workshop
Non-Members
$3,000 for the entire five-day workshop
Registration is also available on a per day basis. Call (800) 677-2009 for details.

Participants will receive a CD-ROM of web hyperlinked resources built upon the content specific outline underlying the AICPA’s Certified in Financial ForensicsSM (CFF®) body of knowledge. The CD-ROM of resources is designed to direct candidates for NACVA's CFFA℠ and the AICPA's CFF® to additional education, study, and exam preparation.


Disclaimer: CFF® is a registered trademark and Certified in Financial Forensics is a service mark of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) is not affiliated with the AICPA. The AICPA is not a co-sponsor, and has not endorsed the Foundations of Financial Forensics Workshop, or approved it as a preparatory course for the AICPA's CFF® credential.

Cancellation Policy: For more information regarding refund, complaint, and/or program cancellation policies, please call our Director of Member Services: (801) 486-0600.

Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credit
CPE Credits
40 hours for the entire five-day program
8 hours CPE per day
Fields of Study
2 hrs Accounting; 5 hrs Auditing; 1 hr Business Law; 4 hrs Computer Science; 1 hr Economics; 1 hr Finance;
1 hr Regulatory Ethics; 24 hrs Specialized Knowledge & Applications; 1 hr Tax


NASBA

The Consultants' Training Institute (CTI) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, through its website: www.learningmarket.org.

Delivery Method: Group-Live
Prerequisites: None
Program Level: Overview
Advanced Preparation: None
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