Dec. 16 - Rider University Accounting Department Offers Professional Seminars
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Rider University’s accounting department will offer of a series of non-credit professional development seminars on business analysis and equity valuation and fraud detection and prevention in January and February. These seminars will fulfill professional licensure requirements.
The first seminar, Business Analysis and Equity Valuation with eVal, will be held on Fridays, January 7 and 14, and will be taught by Dr. Larry Prober, associate professor of accounting. Both seminars will run from
This seminar will provide the framework for understanding the key components o making credit decisions and valuing equities. It offers a foundation for acquiring information, performing industry and strategic analysis, evaluating the quality of information in accounting reports, forecasting, and modeling credit ratings and equity valuations. Student will use eVal, a sophisticated valuation software program in the examination of data and the ultimate valuation of a firm.
The department will also offer four seminars on fraud detection and prevention. These seminars, all on Saturdays from
The Fraud Detection and Prevention seminar provides the fundamentals of fraud detection and prevention. Discussion topics include: defining fraud theory, understanding why people commit fraud, forensic audit techniques, financial statement fraud and asset misappropriation.
The Fraud Investigation seminar equips participants with basic and intermediate fraud examination skills needed to succeed in the profession.
Forensic Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager covers the fundamentals of why and how fraud occurs within an organization. The seminar provides basic knowledge of investigative techniques for those who possess minimal investigative experience.
The fourth seminar, Fraudulent Financial Reporting, addresses recent legislation on financial reporting and fraud, financial statement fraud versus earnings management, understanding the “red flags” of financial statement fraud, forensic audit techniques designed to detect financial statement fraud, and investigating fraudulent reporting.
Paul E. Zikmund, director of forensic audit for Tyco International, will instruct the four seminars. He is responsible for managing reports of fraud and financial abuse and conducting forensic audits within Tyco International. He served a similar role as the director of fraud investigative services for The Dow Chemical Company.
All seminars will be held in Computer Classroom 109 of Sweigart Hall, the
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