Description

$395 (per person) includes an online webinar for 6 hours of CPE credit

Government auditors often face tight deadlines while completing complex projects demanding precision and focus. This interactive workshop equips auditors with practical tools and strategies to effectively manage time to meet deadlines with competing priorities. Attendees will learn how to prioritize time, organize everyday aspects of life, and become aware of practical ways to maintain balance throughout the audit cycle. Through practical exercises and guided discussions, auditors will leave with refreshed perspectives and a new clock set with actionable alarms to increase efficiency, reduce stress, and deliver higher-quality results on time. Whether you are managing a solo engagement or leading a team, you do not have to stay stuck in reactive mode. This class will teach you how to set your clock to increase productivity, improve your work life balance, and take control of each day. Each objective below identifies common causes of time overruns, best practices, and strategies when applied to mitigate them. Learning Objectives:

• Define the interdependent phases of an audit and their impact on meeting milestones and performance measures
• Compare the relationship between the four types of overall audit objectives and how they should be integrated into report writing during planning and fieldwork phases to avoid last-minute bottlenecks
• Identify best practices to avoid scope-creep and digging rabbit holes that compromise audit timeliness and stakeholder confidence with audit results
• Define time management key factors that align with planned audit scope and methodologies
• Identify common time management myths, challenges, and best practices
• Recognize your time management style to identify how you naturally make decisions and approach tasks and priorities to reduce rework
• Describe how organizing, decluttering, and self-discipline improve time management

Program Knowledge Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Auditing (Governmental) Formal Learning Program Type: Group Learning Format: Webinar Who Should Attend: Government auditors who seek to learn new skills Prerequisites: None Advance Preparation: None Recommended CPE Credit: 6 Hours Date: January 20-21, 2027 (Wednesday-Thursday) Time: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Central

Webinar Leader:

Frank W. Jones, CIA This powerful course features Frank W. Jones, CIA, a retired governmental auditor, manager, and trainer from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration with more than 35 years’ experience leading teams to execute complex audits of the Internal Revenue Service. Frank is an award-winning trainer for the Council of the Inspector General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) and routinely delivers engaging presentations at conferences for the audit community.   Questions? You can find our FAQ here and our policies here. To see a breakdown of how many polls and minutes of attendance are required for this webinar, see this page.