Instructor
Jennifer Elder
Instructor
Jennifer is a Visibility Strategist working on your team’s professional brand, communication and connection skills to immediately influence and impact your organization’s success. Transform your accounting and finance professionals to admired advisors.
After 15 years as a CFO in manufacturing, construction, and services, Jennifer understands the difference between information and influence. As a keynote speaker Jennifer is known for being energetic and enthusiastic. She has presented to over 15,000 people in 48 states and 6 countries. She makes the complicated simple, practical and profitable.
Jennifer is the co-author of “Faster Disaster Recovery” published in 2019 by John Wiley and Sons. CPA Practice Advisor named Jennifer one of the Top 25 Women in Accounting in 2018. She was also named “2015 Woman to Watch” by the AICPA and MACPA. Jennifer has been awarded Outstanding Facilitator by the AICPA multiple years.
Jennifer earned the designation of Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), making her one of the only 10 people worldwide who hold both the CPA and CSP designations. Jennifer is Certified Virtual Presenter through e-speakers.
The construction industry is one of the most unique when it comes to being in compliance with the various accounting and auditing standards. This course examines the core knowledge necessary to succeed and the key issues impacting construction accounting, auditing, and taxation. Find out what new developments may mean for you, your company, or your clients. In addition, this course explores the relationship between the contractor and the surety. With construction comprising such a large portion of the economy and always growing, it is more important than ever for you to be on top of the very latest in accounting, auditing, and tax changes for the construction industry.
• Recall ways to provide efficient, high
• quality audit services to construction clients.
• Identify key concepts related up-to-date GAAP accounting methods applicable to construction contractors.
• Identify new and key tax issues and how to apply them.
• Contract accounting
• Contractor financial statements
• Working with a surety
• Audit planning and procedures
• Long
• term contracts
• Tax accounting for construction contractors
• Taxation for small to large contractors
New staff to experienced staff with construction clients