The State Auditor’s Office sponsors CPE-eligible financial trainings periodically throughout the year. These trainings are geared toward financial officers and are offered free of charge to Vermont state employees, school officials, and local officials.
The next training will be held on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. The topics are Accounting Industry Trends, 2025 Updates/Common Single Audit Findings & Standard Practices and Fraud Prevention and Detection. Please click here for more information and to register.
If you would like to be added to the list for announcements and registration information, please send an email to auditor@vermont.gov.
Past Trainings - Agendas and Materials
| Date |
Topics |
| May 8, 2025 |
Project Management, Internal Controls |
| April 10, 2025 |
Consultative Engagements, Developing Audit Objectives, and Advanced IT Audit Techniques and Procedures |
| November 12, 2024 |
Ethics and Independence, Planning for Employee Turnover and Succession, and Holding Yourself Accountable |
| October 10, 2024 |
Ratings Agencies, State of the States 2024 and Government Accounting 2024 |
| September 12, 2024 |
Vermont False Claims Act, Clean Energy Credits for Tax-Exempt Organizations, and Automation & AI |
| June 13, 2024 |
FFATA and Single Audit |
| May 9, 2024 |
Grant Management, VT Bulletin 3.5 (Purchasing & Contracting), and GASB |
| March 12, 2024 |
SOC Requirements, Impact of Ethics and Fraud, and Economic Trends/Pensions |
| November 14, 2023 |
Ethical Challenges, Multi-generational Workforce, and Strategic Thinking |
| October 12, 2023 |
Personal Development, GASB and Audit Training |
| August 10, 2023 |
Performance Auditing and Behavioral Ethics |
| June 8, 2023 |
ARPA Wrap-Up, Subrecipient Monitoring, and Project Management |
| May 11, 2023 |
Audit Documentation, Advanced IT Audit, and Fraud Risk |
| April 13, 2023 |
Procurement, Leadership, and Forensic Analytics |
| March 14, 2023 |
Risk Assessment and Internal Controls |
| September 15, 2022 |
State of the States, State Budget Construction, GASB Updates and ARPA Treasury Reporting |
| August 12, 2022 |
System and Organization Control (SOC) Reports, Behavioral Ethics |
| May 13, 2022 |
Productivity and Time Management, Contentious Communication |
| April 14, 2022 |
IT Controls and Audit Procedures, Fraud Prevention and Detection |
| March 10, 2022 |
GASB 87 Leases, Single Audit Update, ARPA |
| February 8, 2022 |
Risk Assessment & Control Analysis, Quick Response Audits, Reimagining Your Workforce |
| November 10, 2021 |
OMB Updates, Public Records, Ethics |
| August 5, 2021 |
Cybersecurity, Vendor Fraud, IT Cost Savings |
| June 8, 2021 |
GASB Updates and Governmental Financial Statements |
| May 13, 2021 |
Developing Adaptable Employees, Effective Risk Assessments, Organizational Accountability |
| April 6, 2021 |
Single Audit, Meetings that Work, Leadership |
| November 12, 2020 |
CARES Act Update, Perspectives on Federal Audits, Risks of Occupational Fraud |
| October 8, 2020 |
Forecasting in a Pandemic, State Budgeting, Performance Measurement, Analysis in Excel |
| September 10, 2020 |
Ethics, Federal OMB Updates (Grants and Agreements) Agenda only |
| August 13, 2020 |
CARES Funding Updates, Maintaining Internal Controls During COVID, and Audit Implications from COVID (Agenda only) |
| June 23 & 25, 2020 |
Single Audit 2020 Updates, Cybersecurity in State and Local Government, and more (Agenda only) |
| September 5, 2019 |
Financial Reporting for the Public, Ethics for Accountants, more |
| May 30,2019 |
Internal Controls, Conflict in the Workplace, Report Writing, Contract Auditing, more |
| April 18, 2019 |
Single Audit for the Non-Auditor, Internal Controls, Writing in Plain Language, more |
| April 25, 2018 |
Introduction to CLA, the ACFR, and the Single Audit |
| August 30, 2018 |
Audit Findings and Effective Responses, IT Security, Managing a Multigenerational Workforce |
