Instructor
Douglas Warren
Instructor
Douglas E. Warren, CPA, CFF, CFE
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Douglas E. Warren is Senior Partner and CEO of Warren Jackson CPA’s PLLC. Mr. Warren has over 42 years of experience in forensic accounting, fraud investigations and taxation. Mr. Warren is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant, Certified in Financial Forensics and Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.
Mr. Warren currently serves as Past Chair of the CPA Examination Review Board. Mr. Warren has served on the AICPA Board of Examiners and 4 terms as a member of Tennessee State Board of Accountancy. He serves on various non-profit and corporate boards including Peoples Bank of East Tennessee, PetroBeam, Inc., Samaritan Hands and Chair of Sweetwater Hospital. He is currently President of the Tennessee Society of CPAs.
Mr. Warren was the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Discussion Leader awarded by the AICPA and a founding member of the Center for Public Trust. Mr. Warren speaks nationally on the topics of forensic accounting, fraud investigations, ethics and taxation. He has conducted fraud and ethical training for Campbell Soup, Black & Decker, Radio Shack, United States Postal Inspectors, Penske and other national entities.
What do you think of when you hear the word “fraud?” Are you concerned for your
clients or your organization? Through a comprehensive learning approach using
examples and informative case studies, you will learn about real-world
government and not-for-profit fraud, including cyber fraud, and your
responsibilities when dealing with fraud. Since recognizing fraudulent or deceptive
practice is not always easy, this course will highlight frauds headlining today’s
news and sharpen your forensic skills with techniques to help you identify behavior
tendencies which may lead to fraudulent activity.
• Determine how interim fraudulent reporting may impact planned
reliance on internal controls and any related audit procedures.
• Identify the auditor’s responsibility with respect to fraud in a financial
statement audit.
• Identify how personnel policies and procedures can be circumvented
and lead to possible fraud or abuse.
• Apply potential ways to follow up on noted indications of fraud, abuse,
and weaknesses in internal control.
• Determine how management override of internal controls can lead to
possible fraud.
• Misappropriation of assets and benefits
• Cyber fraud
• Personnel fraud
• Grant expense allocations
• Management override
• Pledges and contributions
• Procurement cards
• External financial reporting
• Overtime fraud
Knowledge of government and
not-for-profit sectors
Auditors and accounting and
financial professionals of
governmental and not-for-profit
entities