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  • Accounting: What the World's Best Forensic Accountants and Auditors Know About Forensic Accounting and Auditing - That You Don't

  • By: Greg Shields
  • Narrated by: Michael Reaves, Sam Slydell
  • Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (22 ratings)

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Accounting: What the World's Best Forensic Accountants and Auditors Know About Forensic Accounting and Auditing - That You Don't

By: Greg Shields
Narrated by: Michael Reaves, Sam Slydell
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If you want to become the Sherlock Holmes of the accounting world, then check out this audiobook....

Two comprehensive manuscripts in one audiobook:

  • Forensic Accounting: What the World's Best Forensic Accountants Know - That You Don't
  • Auditing: The Ultimate Guide to Performing Internal and External Audits

Financial officers, auditors, police officers, and other detectives all rely on forensic accountants. You may wonder, what type of person becomes a forensic accountant? The first part of this audiobook will detail not only what it takes to be one, but also how to be good at it.

In part one of this audiobook, you will:

  • Learn about different types of fraud and how it is detected
  • Probably learn more about fraud than you did in school
  • Discover how to review financial statements and inventories through the eyes of a detective
  • Learn how to minimize the risk for businesses or the individuals involved
  • Gain knowledge about other areas of fraud, such as stocks, securities, and investments
  • Get real-life examples of cases and situations so you can learn all the necessary and valuable lessons contained in the audiobook
  • And much, much more

Part two of this audiobook will cover topics such as:

  • What is auditing?
  • Types of audits, balance sheets, and assertions
  • Life as an auditor - differences in audits and ethics
  • Auditing business functions and assets
  • Auditing human resources, inventory management, internal controls
  • Assessing audit risk and filing a report

So, if you want to learn about forensic accounting and auditing, listen to this audiobook now!

©2018 Greg Shields (P)2018 Greg Shields
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Great for those who are starting a new business.

If you are already familiar with basic accounting and auditing then, I stress this to you and try to make yourself a pro in this field. You need to understand how the numbers go together and what they mean in a small business or you will end up like the other 80% that fail. This book helps you learn those numbers.

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Fantastic descriptions.

This is indeed an easy to listen and understand especially to those ones who have never taken accounting classes. From the start and till the end, it will teach you the way of forensic audits.

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Great resource.

This audible is a great resource! It covers the basics in easy to understand fashion. Then the author will take you to the top of forensic world.

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Disappointing But Servicable

I came into this expecting a book like Howard M. Schilit's book Financial Shenanigans and got more or less the Forensic Accounting for Idiots book. Or well it is hard to tell because the book tries, in vain given its length, to cover all sorts of forensic accounting topics. The first part of the book seems to be targeted at those planning to study to become and accountant and seems to lack focus. The rest of the book seems to be on point, but never really stays on a subject long enough for an in depth, educated, and helpful understanding of the subject matter. It is too shallow for those who understand the subject and even too shallow I feel for those who wish to educate themselves in certain areas. The audio performance is pretty lackluster as well. It sort of grows on you as the book goes along, but I can't help feeling the delivery comes off as clinical and the narrator is bored by the subject of the book.

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Good book for Accountants. Great service.

As an accountant, very pleased with it. For years I have been struggling with this topic. But not now after listening to this fabulous book. As I have done this I have had to understand more and more about accounting in order to deal with my bankers, my financial advisors and my CPA.

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Great book for forensic lovers.

Great book for forensic lovers and there are excellent details about the topic. Easy listening for 5 hours and 55 minutes with great information that I could use on a daily basic. Love it

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I am disappointed.

I'm a quick study on math-type things (as a former MBA student), and I was hoping for things to be explained so I could understand them and use them. Instead, this is more of a prescriptive approach, I just able to understand the points but if a person nothing knows about forensic will not be able to follow you. Keep it a bit simple. (Its my perception, not necessary you should agree with it.)

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Good introduction to Forensic principles

I found this book to be a decently written on the topic, understandable review of basic Forensic principles. It's written for those with a limited background in Forensic accounting; if you've studied accounting for a while it's a quick review, but probably won't teach you much.

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Positive recommendations for everyone.

Especially valuable are the sections on Forensic Accountants and Auditor, since reading and understanding them make a world of difference in being able to make sense of annual reports, retirement benefits, and basically any other stock-related correspondence.

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The topic of my life.

For years I have been struggling with this topic. A friend of mine suggested me this book to understand the forensic. The book was written in a manner that was so easy to use and understand in my daily life, that by the time I finished listening to it (and I couldn't put it down-an accounting book?), I felt so much more confident in dealing with my financial people. Good job.

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