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Emerging Risks & Resilience in Accounting and Finance Part 1

Navigate the complexities of modern accounting and finance, learning to build resilient organizations amidst evolving risks like AI, cybersecurity, and global economic shifts.

Created byLynn Fountain
BeginnerUpdated Dec 3, 2025
Emerging Risks & Resilience in Accounting and Finance Part 1

What You'll Learn

check_circleAnalyze current organizational resilience strategies.
check_circleIdentify emerging risks in a changing landscape.
check_circleEvaluate macroeconomic uncertainty impacts on organizations.
check_circleDiscern IT and data governance best practices.
check_circleAssess humanization vs. dehumanization of workforce trends.

About This Course

This seminar focuses on the foundational risks shaping today’s business environment. Participants will explore organizational resilience, macroeconomic uncertainty, workforce trends, and emerging technology risks such as IT governance, data governance, and artificial intelligence.

  • Analyze key themes from Gartner’s risk reports and their impact on resilience.
  • Evaluate macroeconomic uncertainty and workforce dynamics.
  • Identify technology-driven risks, including IT and data governance.

Key learning outcomes include:

  • Exploring the multi-faceted concept of **organizational resilience** and its paramount importance in today's volatile environment.
  • Deconstructing the **elevated macro-environmental uncertainty** covering geopolitical, economic, supply chain, and talent risks.
  • Analyzing the evolving nature of the workforce, from **humanization versus dehumanization**, to understanding talent resilience, corporate responsibility, and the impact of diverse work arrangements.
  • Mastering the essentials of **IT governance**, including strategic alignment, risk management, value delivery, performance measurement, and resource management in the context of rapidly advancing digital technologies.
  • Grasping the nuances of **data governance**, addressing challenges such as sensitive data collection, over-retention, migration complexities, and the heightened need for privacy and regulatory compliance.

Who Should Attend:

  • ·         Auditors
  • ·         Accountants
  • ·         Finance professionals
  • ·         Risk management specialists
  • ·         Business leaders responsible for governance and compliance

Your Instructor

Lynn Fountain
Lynn Fountain
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Lynn Fountain has over 45 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 24 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Ms. Fountain has held two Chief Audit Executive positions for international companies. In 2011, as the Chief Audit Executive for an international construction/ engineering firm, she was involved in the active investigation of a joint venture fraud. The investigation included work with the FBI and ultimately led to indictment of the perpetrators and recovery of $13M. Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own training and consulting business and is a regular trainer for the AICPA. Ms. Fountain is the author of three separate technical books. “Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations” was published by the Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation. -“Leading The Internal Audit Function” and -“Ethics and The Internal Auditor Political Dilemma” were published by Taylor & Francis In addition Ms. Fountain was a contributing author to the certification program exam for the National Association of Accountants. She also has certificate programs on various on-line platforms. Ms. Fountain has performed as an adjunct instructor for the School of Business for Grantham University and developed the first internal audit curriculum for the School of Business at the University of Kansas. Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CGMA, CRMA credentials and CPA certificate (non-active).

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