Audit Paper Trail: Best Practices for Financial Documentation

This course provides a comprehensive guide to establishing and maintaining a solid audit paper trail. You will learn essential documentation techniques to support financial records, including income, expenses, and asset management. The course covers key topics such as understanding audit triggers, which explains who gets audited and why, and income documentation, which details the types and best practices for accurate reporting. You will also learn about record retention, including how long to keep financial records and documents, as well as efficient filing systems to help organize documents for quick access and compliance. Additionally, the course covers expense management, focusing on how to properly document business and office expenses, including those related to sub-contractors and fixed assets. It will also explore best practices for tracking income and expenses related to rental properties. The course will teach you how to develop internal procedures for a robust audit trail to ensure accuracy and accountability. By the end of this course, participants will have the skills to create and maintain a reliable audit trail, ensuring compliance and reducing audit risk. Course Requirement: Students must activate their My Northshore account prior to the first class.

SHRM Essentials of Human Resources Management

THIS CLASS WILL BE OFFERED FALL 20225

Knowledge of HR essentials can make you a better manager, protect your company from needless litigation, and help advance your career. In cooperation with the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), this course covers real-life HR issues including employment law, selecting qualified employees, compensation, the employee performance process, and much more. SHRM Essentials of Human Resources program provides a foundational overview of HR practices and behaviors. Through real-world applications and scenarios, you will be introduced to fundamental HR topics to help you effectively approach the challenging situations that you face in the workplace. Developed by SHRM, the world’s largest HR association and leading advocate for HR professionals, the SHRM Essentials of Human Resources course helps you discover the key value HR brings to the workplace. Whether you’re a student, new to HR, or in a small business environment, our course will help you develop the critical HR competencies and learn how to apply them on the job. Earn a Certificate of Completion from SHRM and earn 1.5 CEUs. Cost of class includes required digital course materials.