Practice Excellence

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Professional accountants are expected to work with a high level of skill and diligence. This course looks at what is needed to develop and maintain this excellence, from the team you assemble, the challenges of maintaining high standards and the rewards of good CPD.

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours

120 days’ access

Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.

Practice Excellence

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours 120 days’ access
Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.

Practice Excellence

This course is not currently available. To find out more, please get in touch.

This course will enable you to

  • Develop and maintain high standards in your practice.
  • Recruit and retain a skilled and technically capable team.
  • Establish processes and procedures that enable you to deliver a consistently high quality of work to your clients.
  • Ensure the team remains up to date.
  • Develop the skills and competencies of the whole team.

About the course

Accountancy practices strive to achieve standards of excellence within a highly competitive and heavily regulated profession. This means that their accountants must carry out their work with a high level of skill and diligence, and be committed to attaining and maintaining this excellence.

This course looks at what it takes to run a high-quality practice, by assembling the best team, establishing standards of excellence in management and audit, and maintaining excellence, by making the most of CPD to stay current with the frequent changes in standards and develop the skills and competencies of the whole team.

Contents

Assembling a team

Recruiting high quality staff
Current problems
Other ways of recruiting
Necessary skills
Building a career
Becoming a partner
Dealing with poor quality work

Working to a high standard

Technically correct financial statements
Getting it right
Preparing accounts
Dealing with mistakes
A well done audit
Audit quality

Maintaining excellence

The importance of CPD
Keeping on top of it
CPD activities
Appropriate CPD
Recording your CPD

How it works

Author

Steve Collings

Steve Collings

Steve is Director at Leavitt Walmsley Associates, a firm of Certified Chartered Accountants. He is an internationally recognised speaker, writer and commentator on all matters to do with financial reporting and auditing. Steve is a prolific author, having written over 25 books and currently represents the North West of England on ACCA”s Practice Network Panel.