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Fair Value Estimates from the Auditor’s Perspective
Valuation Services
Webcast

Fair Value Estimates from the Auditor’s Perspective

Learn how auditors assess the reasonableness of fair value estimates.

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Format

Webcast

NASBA Field of Study

Specialized Knowledge

Level

Overview

CPE Credits

1.5

Instructor

Jesika Barnes, Frederik Bort, Ellliot Graf

Availability

3 months

Product Number

WC4837966

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Product Details

Understand the audit process to improve valuation engagement scope of work

In this insightful session, seasoned professionals from the KPMG Department of Professional Practice will provide a comprehensive overview of the critical requirements your clients and their auditors face when relying on the fair value estimates you provide.

This will empower you to identify effective ways to facilitate the audit review process for your clients, ultimately helping you develop a more refined budget and scope of work.

By understanding these requirements, you can enhance your valuation practice and deliver more supportable fair value estimates to your client.

Key Topics

  • External audit review process
  • Client review process
  • Establishing a valuation scope of work and budget

Learning Outcomes

  • Recognize the steps needed by your clients to rely on your valuation report to support their financial reporting requirements.
  • Recall steps the audit team needs to complete when performing substantive and control testing related to fair value estimate.
  • Estimate an engagement scope of work that facilitates the audit review process, and help your clients meet their financial reporting requirements.
  • Identify ways to work with your clients and their external auditors to minimize the risk of issues in the audit review process.

Who Will Benefit

Valuation professionals that work on financial reporting engagements

More Details
NASBA Field of Study
Specialized Knowledge
Level
Overview
Prerequisites
none
Access
This is a digital product. With full paid access the content will be available to you for 3 months after purchase date.
Duration
1.5 hrs
Pricing
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Speakers
Jesika Barnes
Managing Director in the Audit Group of KPMG’s Department of Professional Practice. Jesika specializes in development, maintenance, and support of the Firm’s audit methodology for the Estimates and Specialists topics. Jesika has over 19 years of experience in auditing, including 15 years providing financial statement integrated audit services to publicly traded and privately held clients in the managed care, health insurance, banking & finance, and consumer and industrial markets industries.
Frederik Bort
Frederik is a Managing Director with KPMG’s New York Professional Practice Group (National Office – Economic and Valuation Services). He has more than 15 years of experience in valuation and transaction related matters for public and private clients. Focused expertise in business combinations, fair value measurement and other valuation topics for both US GAAP and IFRS.
Ellliot Graf
Elliot Graf is a Managing Director in the Economic and Valuation Services Practice of KPMGLLP. He has significant experience in providing financial advisory and valuation services to middle market and large, multi- national clients throughout the US. These clients have been in the healthcare, technology, life science, consumer and industrial markets, and financial services industries. Elliot is a Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA),holds a Certified in Entity and Intangible Valuations(CEIV)credential, and holds a MSF from St.Louis University and a BBA from the University of Missouri at St.Louis.
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