Overview   

With a new year starting, many hope for a fresh start to the year.  Everyone of us sits with a blank page to draft goals and targets for the year.  Unfortunately the past year has thrown many of us in a state of flux, especially those of us in management and leadership positions.   

This session is aimed at highlighting the core requirements that directors need to ensure are met, as well as to assist them with identifying areas that require their focus and attention going forward into another challenging year. 

Join Caryn Maitland CA(SA) on 21 January 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for a full discussion on directors' duties and responsibilities and what they should focus on during this time of crisis.   

Learning objectives  

  By the end of this event the attendee should: 

• Understand how to create a healthy corporate culture;   

• Know the Companies Act requirements regarding directors' responsibilities; 

• Understand directors' responsibility to sound internal controls;  

• Understand the need for directors to assess going concern and potential business rescue challenges; and 

• Know management's responsibility to assess fraud. 

Content 

  The webinar will cover the following topics:  

• Creating a healthy corporate culture. 

  • Leadership.  

  • Ethics. 

  • Managing remote working environment. 

• Companies Act requirements and responsibilities of directors. 

• Directors' responsibility to internal controls. 

• Going concern and potential business rescue challenges. 

• Management's assessment of fraud. 

• Looking forward to the year ahead. 

Obtaining your CPD certificate 

This webinar qualifies for 2 CPD hours with your professional body including: ACCA, SAICA, AAT, SAIPA, SAIBA, IAC, CIS, ICBA, LSSA, FPI, and the IBA. The SAAA CPD policy is compliant with IFAC IES7 and is recognised by all relevant professional bodies. 

All attendees are issued with a CPD certificate available in an online profile. 

About the presenter 

Caryn Maitland CA(SA) 

Caryn Maitland is a Chartered Accountant (SA). She has been a member of IRBA as a registered auditor and accountant since 2002 and is also a registered member of SAICA. 

Caryn has lectured Auditing and Accounting at various institutions and has conducted independent workshops and seminars for professional accountants since 2006 on various topics.  

Caryn has presented on the national tour for the annual Legislation Update with ProBeta Training (Pty) Ltd in 2014 and 2015, as well as on the FASSET national tour for the Tax Administration Act in 2014.  She is also involved with the annual SAICA SMP Technical tour. 

Who should attend? 

  The following persons will benefit from attending this webinar: 

• Professional Accountants including: RA(SA), CA(SA), PA(SA) and BAP(SA); 

• Company directors; and  

• Company senior management.   

Price               

• R 475.00 - Online admission - Individual. 

• R 950.00 - Online admission - Company. 

• R 0.00 - Paid-up CPD subscribers. 

Steps to register for the event:  

If you already have a profile, login and register for the webinar. 

If you don’t have a profile, create a free profile then login and register for the webinar. 

Click here to create a free profile (There is no charge to create a profile and gain access to our free Monthly Practice Management Series). 

Click here to find out about the Technical Resource Centre & CPD Subscription options.  

Additional material 

  By attending this webinar you will be provided with: 

• Summarised slide presentation. 

• Reference documents and/or course material where available. 

• You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to me the presenter after the webinar.