Audit of Groups
Category: Audit | Date: 01/06/2023 11:30 | Duration: 1 Hour | Tag: WEBIE2334 | Type: Webinar | Speaker: Lindsay Webber
Course Details
In this session Lindsay Webber will consider the role of the group auditor in the audit of a group of companies. We will consider the need for group audit instructions sent to component auditors, the audit documentation required on component auditors and their work, what to do when foreign components are not audited as well as upcoming changes to the standards.
This session will cover:
- ISA 600 Special Considerations - Audits of Group Financial Statements (the currently applicable standard)
- File structure for the consolidation
- More complex situations in groups – foreign subsidiaries, golden shares, etc.
- Updates to ISA 600 coming down the line
By attending this session you will be better equipped to execute the role of group auditor.
This session will be of interest to auditors and will be presented at an advanced level.
CPD Course Speaker
OmniPro Strategic Solutions
Lindsay Webber
As a head of Strategic Solutions at OmniPro, Lindsay’s focus is on helping practices achieve on-going best practice compliance, providing in-house training and technical assistance in audit and financial reporting.
Lindsay is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Accountants Ireland. She trained with KPMG in Johannesburg and specialised in external audit of financial services companies. She then spent six years lecturing audit and financial reporting to under-grad and post-grad students at Rhodes University in South Africa before moving to Ireland and returning to practice in a small, and then a medium sized firm where she was an audit manager. She is passionate about combining her academic and practice backgrounds to provide technical information in a useful and practical way.
Outside of her accounting qualifications Lindsay holds a PGDiploma in Higher Education from Rhodes University, an MBA from Trinity College Dublin and a Diploma in Forensic Accounting from Chartered Accountants Ireland.
Lindsay is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Accountants Ireland. She trained with KPMG in Johannesburg and specialised in external audit of financial services companies. She then spent six years lecturing audit and financial reporting to under-grad and post-grad students at Rhodes University in South Africa before moving to Ireland and returning to practice in a small, and then a medium sized firm where she was an audit manager. She is passionate about combining her academic and practice backgrounds to provide technical information in a useful and practical way.
Outside of her accounting qualifications Lindsay holds a PGDiploma in Higher Education from Rhodes University, an MBA from Trinity College Dublin and a Diploma in Forensic Accounting from Chartered Accountants Ireland.