The authors of AQPQ are providing consulting, training, and other professional services to numerous organizations that are engaged in audit and compliance policy development activities. The primary assurance model employed during these projects is the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework promulgated by COSO, a consortium of the five major accounting trade associations in the United States. Several secondary level models, such as the risk management paradigm developed by the Geneva based International Organization for Standardization (ISO), are employed as well.
The authors have developed and presented innovative experiential programs in these functions, including the capstone course in Leadership for the Masters of Science in Accounting program at Suffolk University in Boston, the Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Modeling, and Petroleum Project Economics programs at IHRDC in Boston, and various special programs, seminars, and courses for Cracow University of Economics, FiduciaryX.com, the Iraqi Oil Ministry, John Hancock Financial Services, Sacred Heart University, the University of Maastricht, and others.
In addition, we are engaged in a series of behavioral accounting research projects involving financial statement audit adjustment disputes between public accounting firms and global corporations, specifically addressing the impact of the American accounting profession’s transition from a GAAP based rules system to an IFRS based principles system. Our work was featured in the April 2009 issue of the New York State Society of CPAs’ flagship publication CPA Journal, in an article that incorporated the feedback of senior partners at Ernst & Young and Baker Tilly International.
