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Fraud Lens for Accountants—AP and AR Invoices

Master fraud detection to spot red flags, implement robust controls in P2P and O2C invoice processes, incl. AI/RPA technologies. Safeguard your organization from costly transactional fraud.

Created byPeter Ilas, FCCAworkspace_premium
All LevelsUpdated Jul 3, 2025
Fraud Lens for Accountants—AP and AR Invoices

What You'll Learn

check_circleIdentify and explain common fraud schemes in procure-to-pay (P2P) and order-to-cash (O2C) cycles
check_circleRecognize key red flags in AP and AR invoices that may indicate fraudulent activity
check_circleImplement effective preventive controls in P2P and O2C processes
check_circleDesign and execute detective controls to identify fraud quickly after it occurs
check_circleLeverage technology solutions, including automation and AI to strengthen fraud prevention
check_circleApply ethical decision-making frameworks when facing questionable transactions

About This Course

This comprehensive course, "Fraud Lens for Accountants—AP and AR Invoices," is essential for finance professionals seeking to fortify their organization's defenses against financial wrongdoing. Uncover the alarming statistics: organizations lose approximately 5% of their revenue to fraud annually, with the vast majority occurring in the routine, high-volume Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) processes.

This practical course equips you with essential skills to spot red flags, implement effective controls, and protect your organization's assets throughout the procure-to-pay (P2P) and order-to-cash (O2C) cycles. You'll master how to detect and prevent common fraud schemes in Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) processes, areas particularly vulnerable to both internal and external threats.

Through real-world scenarios and practical applications, you'll learn:

  • P2P Fraud Prevention: Identify fictitious vendors, invoice manipulation, payment diversion, and other schemes threatening your purchasing and payables processes
  • O2C Fraud Detection: Recognize lapping schemes, skimming, fraudulent write-offs, and other techniques used to manipulate sales and receivables
  • Control Implementation: Design and implement powerful preventive and detective controls tailored for AP/AR functions
  • Technology Applications: Leverage RPA (Robotic Process Automation) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) to strengthen fraud prevention capabilities

The course includes three valuable downloadable tools you can immediately apply in your daily work:

  • P2P Red-Flag Cards: Quick reference guide for identifying the seven most common fraud indicators in AP
  • O2C Red-Flag Cards: Seven warning signs of potential fraud in AR transactions
  • Rapid Dilemma Tree for Daily Transactions: Four-question framework for making sound ethical decisions when facing questionable scenarios

Whether you're a CPA, accounting manager, controller, internal auditor, or finance professional, this course will enhance your ability to safeguard your organization's financial integrity throughout the P2P and O2C cycles. Join us to develop your "fraud lens" and become a stronger defender against fraud attempts in your daily accounting operations.

Your Instructor

Peter Ilas, FCCA
Peter Ilas, FCCA

Practical AI for Accounting & Finance | Build Your Own Tools | Fraud Prevention, E-Invoicing & Ethics | 30 Years of Experience

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My courses focus on practical applications of AI in accounting and finance, alongside fraud prevention, e-invoicing and financial reporting ethics. – AI Finance: Build and customise reconciliation tools and fraud dashboards using plain-language prompts (“vibe coding”), without prior programming experience. Learn to validate results, protect sensitive data and create repeatable workflows. – Fraud prevention and internal controls: Recognise red flags in invoices, payments, payroll and other transactions, and apply preventive controls and structured investigation methods. – E-invoicing: Understand global requirements, electronic invoice formats and opportunities to automate accounts payable and receivable. – Financial reporting ethics: Work through accounting judgments, estimates and ethical dilemmas using practical cases and decision-making tools. My teaching draws on 30 years of experience in accounting, finance leadership, internal and external audit, and transformation, including roles at Big4 firms, DELL, SSE and TOMRA. I am a Fellow of ACCA (FCCA) and the founder of E-LITE Consulting and RSAgile.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

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