To effectively perform real-time assessment on these aspects, many companies use the latest technological applications. Fraud detection systems use real-time transaction risk scoring algorithms to identify questionable purchases or payments. These systems consider transaction details, user profiles, behavioral biometrics, geolocation, IP/device metadata, account information, and more.
The advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning are also aspects that have advanced our ability to perform real-time risk assessments. We discuss these concepts and how they are used. This course focuses on step one and two when performing a real-time fraud risk assessment. Those steps include:
Step One - Planning
Step Two - Identifying Risk
Future courses will cover the remaining steps in the process.
Who Should Attend
Executives; Board; Accountants; Compliance and legal professionals; Internal and external auditors
Topics Covered
- Planning a fraud risk assessment
- Identifying risk for a fraud risk assessment
Learning Objectives
- Explore and evaluate Fraud trends for 2023 and beyond
- Discover and define a Fraud Risk Assessment
- Identify components of a Fraud Risk Assessment
- Discover and define a real-time Fraud Risk Assessment
- Explore and examine methods for Step one and two of the Risk Assessment - Planning and Identify Risks
- Recognize and review of remaining steps to be detailed in another segment of this series
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Group: Internet-based
NASBA Field of Study
Auditing (2 hours)
Program Prerequisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
Instructor
Lynn Fountain
Lynn Fountain has over 38 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies. In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees. The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.
Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own consulting and training practice. She is a highly sought-after trainer and international speaker. In addition, Ms. Fountain has assisted numerous companies with enterprise risk management frameworks, internal audit processes and financial accounting. She also serves as a discussion leader for the AICPA for numerous classes finance, accounting and risk management topics.
Ms. Fountain is the author of three separate technical books. Her first book released in 2015 by the Institute of Internal Auditors Foundation is entitled “Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations”. Her second book “Leading the Internal Audit Function” was released in October 2015 by Taylor & Francis Publications. This book serves as the initial launch for a series of leading practice internal audit and information technology publications. Her third book “Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma” was released in December 2016.
Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials.