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This week’s blog provides an overview of a recently issued PCAOB Spotlight that can help firms with evaluating audit evidence. While the report is issued by the PCAOB, many of the insights also apply to private companies.
The PCAOB has issued a Spotlight - Root Cause Analysis – An EffectivePractice To Drive Audit Quality which provides details on how root cause analysis has been effectively used by firms to improve quality. The spotlight provides ideas for firms looking to implement...
The IAASB has issued their 2024-2027 Strategy & Work Plan titled Elevating Trust in Audit & Assurance. The document lays out the strategic priorities of the IAASB over the next three years with an update on projects and goals.
GAO issued their Improper Payments: Information on Agencies’ Fiscal Year 2023 Estimates report (GAO-24-106927) on March 26, 2024 which provides details on the $236 billion in improper payments in FY 2023 which was concentrated in 5 programs. We’ll review the key findings from this report.
The ACFE has issued their 2024 Report to the Nations. It provides an overview of fraud schemes as well as an update on the avatar of a fraudster.
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Melisa F. Galasso is the founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC. A CPA with nearly 20 years of experience in the accounting profession, Melisa designs and facilitates courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing topics, including not-for-profit and governmental accounting.
Her passion is providing high-quality CPE that is meaningful, creates efficiencies and improves quality, and positively impacts ROI. She also supports essential professional development, audit level training, and train the trainer efforts.
Melisa is a Certified Speaking Professional, a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD), and has earned the Association for Talent Development Master Trainer™ designation. Her passion for instructional design and adult learning techniques is one of the differentiators that set her apart from other CPE providers.
She also serves on the FASB’s Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC), AICPA Council, and the AICPA’s Women’s Initiative Executive Committee (WIEC). She also serves as a Subject Matter Expert for the Center for Plain English Accounting. She previously served on the AICPA’s Technical Issues Committee (TIC), the VSCPA’s Board of Directors, and is a past Chair of the NCACPA’s A&A committee. In addition, Melisa is the author of Money Matters for Nonprofits: How Board Members Can Harness the Power of Financial Statements by Understanding Basic Accounting which is available on Amazon or anywhere you purchase books online.
Melisa received a Top 50 Women in Accounting Award in 2021 by Ignition, is a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award recipient, and was honored as a “40 under 40” by CPA Practice Advisor in 2017, 2018, and 2019. She was also named the 2019 Rising Star by her regional NAWBO chapter, received the Don Farmer award for achievement in technical content instruction, and earned several other awards for public speaking and technical training.
