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AP: Strengthen and Improve Your Internal Controls to Minimize Loss

Course Description:

When’s the last time you reviewed your internal controls?  Do they go beyond the basics and protect your organization from unreported liabilities like fraud, unclaimed property and financial misstatements? 

Join CCM and renowned Accounts Payable expert, Pam Miller, to learn how to develop and improve existing internal controls for your organization. In just 75 minutes, you’ll find out how to ensure your AP department is a critical line of defense in protecting your business operations from SOX violations, costly errors and fraud. 

Plus, you’ll discover:

• How to identify the control risks inherent in your account payable function
• Strategies for fixing any holes where inadequate controls exist
• Best practices for identifying the best practices to prevent fraud and mis-payment
• Effective methods to document your controls consistent with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations

Ms. Miller will also provide you with the information you need to secure your day-to-day activities, including:

• Invoice Processing
• Check Issuance
• Voided Checks
• Escheatment
• Vendor Master File
• Travel & Entertainment Process
• Procurement Cards

You’ll also get the answers to your specific questions in the live Q&A session following the presentation.

Featured Faculty:

Pamela Miller, AP Director, BMHC

Pamela Miller is currently AP Director for BMHC and is located at the Administrative Service Center in Boise, Idaho. 

The BMHC AP Department was an early adopter of imaging and workflow, implementing their first system in 1995.  Since that time the AP Department has been quick to explore the possibilities offered to AP by new technologies. 

Pam received a BA in History from Barnard College of Columbia University cum laude.  She is a CAPP, was the first APM with distinction granted by IOMA, and has recently qualified for the new CPCP from the National Association of Purchasing Card Professionals.

Her path to AP started at Payless Cashways, a lumber and hardware retailer, where she became a location manager. She joined BMHC in 1990 as Inventory Information Systems Coordinator and was appointed AP Manager by the controller in 1996.  She was named AP Director in 2004.

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:

We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund every penny if you're not completely satisfied. No questions asked! It's 100% risk-free!

Pricing:

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Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:

Receive 1.5 CPE credits by attending the live Audio Conference! CCM is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org No prerequisite courses, advanced preparation or experience is required for admittance to this workshop. This intermediate level audio conference qualifies for 1.5 CPE Credits, delivery method Group-Live. Recordings of the program do not qualify for CPE credits. For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaint and refund, please contact our offices at 877-900-C4CM (2426).

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