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Thursday, March 1, 2012
8:30 a.m.–12:00 noon
Adelphi University
Ruth S. Harley University Center, Room 203
Directions to Adelphi's Garden City Campus
Don't Get Burned is a training seminar offered by the New York State Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) which seeks to educate not-for-profit staff and board members on how to prevent and detect fraud within their organizations. This session:
- Is taught by forensic auditors who have worked with investigators to identify fraud, and who have worked with law enforcement to prosecute fraud successfully.
- Includes case studies of actual fraud in the not-for-profit sector as experienced first-hand by the course instructors.
- Provides a risk assessment model to help identify the most cost-effective detective and preventive controls to use in addressing fraud.
- Features various takeaway tools for immediate use, such as a fraud risk assessment tool, the “Red Flags for Fraud” handbook, an internal control self-assessment survey, a fraud detection checklist, and model versions of an ethics policy and code of conduct.
- Includes interactive participation and question-and-answer opportunities with expert forensic auditors.
- Offers CPEs for eligible accountants.
- Can be customized to different lengths, up to a half-day.
Who Should Attend
- Not-for-Profit Executive Directors and Program Directors
- Board Members
- Accountants, Bookkeepers and other Finance Staff
- Human Resources Staff
Fraud Statistics
- Fraud costs the Not-for-Profit sector an estimated $70.5 billion annually in the United States.
- The most costly abuses occur at organizations with 100 or fewer staff.
- Fraud involves asset misappropriation, fraudulent financial statements, bribery and corruption.
- On average, an organization experiencing fraud loses 5 percent of revenue.
Registration
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Attendees must register for this training seminar by February 27, 2012. Space may be limited.
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What Past Attendees Have Said:
"The New York State Community Action Association (NYSCAA) was pleased to have Mr. Jerry Barber from the Office of the State Comptroller and his staff addressing Community Action Finance and Human Resources professionals from across the state at NYSCAA’s annual conference. Mr. Barber and his staff did a tremendous job of discussing fraud and internal control systems, utilizing case studies. The presentations were timely, relevant, and practical, providing participants with practices and procedures they can bring back to their office to implement."
Jacqueline Orr, Program Director
New York State Community Action Association
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Contact
For additional information, please contact:
Diane Wunderlich
Program Coordinator
The Long Island Center for Nonprofit Leadership
Adelphi University
One South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
p - 516.877.4415
f - 516.877.4352
e - dwunderlich@adelphi.edu
Joseph Galante
Not-For-Profit Liaison
Office of the State Comptroller
p - 212.681.4475
e - jgalante@osc.state.ny.us
w - osc.state.ny.us
You can report allegations of fraud, corruption or abuse of taxpayer money by calling a toll-free hotline at 888.672.4555
CPEs available for eligible accountants
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