Accounts Payable/ Accounts Receivables Regulatory Compliance Training - Live Webinars, Recordings & CDs

The Nacha Operating Rules and Guidelines require that all participating depository financial institutions (ODFI & RDFI), Third Party Senders (TPS) and Third-Party Service Providers (TPSP) that provide ACH services to the RDFI or ODFI, conduct an annual ACH audit by December 31 of each year (Nacha Operating Rules, Article 1).

The Nacha Operating Rules are always changing. With an Operations Bulletin (issued March 2023) regarding updates to the WSUD and details on a RFC (Request for Comment) plus an RFI (Request or Information) – this is a must attend session!

This training program will help find answers to many struggles with Stop Payments and Unauthorized Entries. These are still the number one issues in the exception processing of ACH transactions on a daily basis. This 90-minute session will definitely help clear things up on processing unauthorized, authorization revoked and stop payments!

Learn the best practices for eliminating 1099 error notices from the IRS. Discover the power of the TIN Matching system. Discover the smoothest way to register to use the two step verification process introduced 12/10/17. Learn how to handle the CP-2100 notices from Uncle Sam and avoid the fines & penalties for failure to timely comply with the B-Notice requirements. Understand the difference between and 1st and 2nd B-Notice and the related differences in required vendor responses. Be sure you institute and stop Backup Withholding when required. Join us for a content-rich 2-hours and you will gain the tools to make you the most effective information return manager your company has ever seen.

This webinar will discuss common deficiencies that are discovered in compilation and review engagements, as a result of peer review. It will explain the difference between minor deficiencies and major deficiencies. Instructor will discuss how to avoid these common mistakes and what the most common deficiencies are.

This webinar training will explore multiple models of both business and personal (business owner) cash flow analyses. Various cash flow projections and sensitivity analyses will also be explored. The webinar will conclude with commercial real estate (CRE) cash flow analysis and other related real estate investment cash flow models.

This training program will detail how to create a bullet-proof AP operation that is setup to detect and proactively prevent fraud from occurring. During this session, the webinar presenter will discuss real cases of AP fraud and the controls that organizations later realized needed to be added to their AP operation, unfortunately too late to prevent these costly incidents. In addition to discussing good controls, he will also discuss common controls that are ineffective, provide no value, or even leave AP departments with a false sense of security while they are in reality still very much exposed.

This training program will help attendees examine if their AP department matches world-class standards. Attendees will learn key success factors to an optimal Accounts payable operation. They will also gain in depth knowledge on the must-have technologies for any AP operation and learn how to design processes to fully leverage those capabilities. The webinar will also discuss balancing controls with efficiency and how to create a fraud-proof department. Attendees will learn about the most important metrics for any AP department and how to develop strategies to improve those metrics.

In this webinar training, you will learn how to create, maintain, and enforce a T&E policy for your organization. The Instructors will discuss the key components and best practices for policies.

This webinar training pays for itself in terms of your firm's potential savings and detection of fraud. The training is designed to both prevent and detect fraud. We first teach you how to establish an administrative environment where fraud is less likely to occur. We’ll then examine Excel tools that are used by CPAs and Internal Auditors to detect fraud.

This webinar will guide you through the critical steps in ensuring strong controls for the accounts payable (AP) function and provide practical 'how to' guidance for minimizing your organization’s exposure to AP fraudsters.

Key Performance Indicators and Metrics provide your AP or Procurement operation with vital information that you can use to measure success and drive process improvement. In this webinar we will discuss how to create a culture of continuous improvement within your operation using metrics.

Have you struggled with the question - “When do I use a Stop Pay form and when do I need a Written Statement of Unauthorized Debit (WSUD)?” This is YOUR session! The trainer in this session will provide examples of when to use which form and why plus tying this information back to what the NACHA Operating Rules state to ensure you are in compliance each time you help your account holder with their request. With the newly adopted Rules change for 2020 with “unauthorized returns” what Return Reason code do I use and why? Return Reason Code R10 or R11 and what is the difference when using these to return Entries as unauthorized? Key points illustrated during this virtual workshop will assist your customer service and front-line staff as well as your operations staff.

Attend this webinar to learn how to evaluate the trade compliance risk for your worldwide subsidiaries and how to ensure that your worldwide subsidiaries are adequately managing their trade compliance risk.

This training program will discuss how purchasing cards (P Cards) provide a means for streamlining the procure-to-pay process, allowing organizations to procure goods and services in a timely manner, reduce transaction costs, track expenses, take advantage of supplier discounts, reduce or redirect staff in the purchasing and/or accounts payable departments, reduce or eliminate petty cash, and more. It will also illustrate how a P-Card program can create additional fraud risk and requires robust policies, procedures, and internal controls.

Details on the recently approved amendments to the existing ACH security framework and how they affect the TPSP, TPA and Originators. The implementation will take place over a 2-phased process, starting with the largest Originators and TPSP/TPS and ending with large Originators and TPSP/TPS based on volume of ACH transactions. Challenges that may be encountered will be discussed as Originators and TPSP/TPS prepare for this addition to the existing ACH security framework. Included will be the ODFI’s responsibility to ensure the Originator and TPSP/TPS follow this new Rule.

This Internal Controls for Accounts Payable webinar will provide you with the tools you need to establish and maintain strong internal controls in the A/P department that meet Sarbanes-Oxley standards.

This webinar will explain how to perform anti-fraud audits in the purchasing/accounts payable cycle. It will discuss the use of Audit Control Language (ACL) and how this tool and other tools like it (IDEA) are helpful in the analysis of accounts payable and purchasing data.

In this 60-minute session, the trainer will cover all the recently approved changes and details for returning an unauthorized transaction, including when to use a R10 or an R11 Return Reason Code. Examples used throughout the session will outline these changes, describe their effect on you as a participant in the ACH network, whether you are an RDFI or an ODFI.

This training program will answer questions related to IFRS financial statements and compare them to GAAP based statements using numbers from examples that come from every-day life. The course will also analyze the four key principles of IFRS and the cash flow statement, and discuss using financial statement notes to decode the numbers.