| Introduction
ACL Services Ltd. is a global provider of Business Assurance solutions to financial executives and audit professionals. Combining market-leading software and professional services expertise, ACL gives organizations confidence in the reliability, accuracy, and integrity of the data underlying their increasingly complex business operations. ACL’s proven solutions enable financial decision-makers to assure compliance, reduce risk, minimize losses, and enhance profitability – all with a return on investment measured in weeks, not months. With ACL, organizations can trust their data and see results like never before.
ACL has invested heavily in developing top - flight training materials and ACL Certified Trainers to ensure we offer the highest quality of instruction to ACL users around the world. Auditors and other financial professionals will derive maximum value from their investment in ACL while adding significant benefits to their own organization when participating in an ACL training program or achieving ACL certification.ACL through Seth Services delivers introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses through both open enrollment and on-site classes. Open enrollment public classes are ideal for individuals wishing to attend ACL training—refer to the training schedule for dates and locations of open enrollment sessions.
Course Contents
Introductory
In these hands-on courses, participants will learn key ACL concepts and techniques and gather the building blocks necessary to access and analyze data using ACL. The sessions are geared towards new or novice users who would benefit from a structured overview. Select the industry specific course that is right for you.
Following are the Introductory Courses offered:
ACL 105 Foundations of ACL: Concepts and Practices
Devoted to key ACL data analysis concepts and functionality. With the aid of examples that illustrate the software's abilities, participants will learn how to access data, use commands, build expressions to detect exceptions, and report findings.
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ACL 111 Foundations of ACL: Concepts and Practices for Banking and Finance
Aimed specifically at ACL users from the banking and finance industry, class activities in this seminar will revolve around scenarios such as ATM and credit card transactions, deposits, loans, and mortgages.
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ACL 112 Foundations of ACL: Concepts and Practices for Healthcare
Aimed specifically at ACL users from the healthcare industry, class activities will revolve around scenarios such as Charge Master data, admissions and discharges, pharmacy inventory, and outpatient transactions.
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Intermediate
Aimed at experienced ACL users, intermediate courses teach participants how to combine various commands and expressions to increase productivity and produce more powerful results. Stronger focus is placed on skill building — how to plan and perform data analysis investigations within the context of your objectives.
Following are the Intermediate Courses offered :
ACL 201 Data Analysis Techniques: An ACL Workshop
A two-day workshop designed to provide participants with the necessary skills to successfully execute complex tasks using ACL. Using real-life scenarios, ACL Certified trainers relate how to implement projects with a plan using combinations of ACL commands, expressions, and variables. Each case study will take you through the phases of assembling a structured process:
- Identifying the project objectives in business and technical terms
- Determining the steps necessary to achieve objectives
- Gaining physical and logical access by identifying location and format of required data
- Ensuring that the data does not contain corrupt elements and that the table layout is correctly constructed
- Testing for control totals, bounds, completeness, uniqueness, data relationships, and reliability
- Scrutinizing the data to reveal exceptions
- Preparing the results for formal presentation
Prerequisite: Completion of an ACL 100-level course is strongly recommended or at least six months previous experience using ACL for data analysis.
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ACL 252 Using ACL to Detect Fraud
A two-day course designed to teach participants how to use ACL for fraud detection. In a hands-on learning environment, you will learn how to locate high-risk transactions and how to test data for possible indicators of fraud. You will also learn how to use the powerful data analysis techniques of Benford's Law to identify non-conforming transactions. The course covers tests in areas such as :
- Purchasing and payables
- Travel and entertainment expenses
- Procurement cards
Prerequisite: Completion of an ACL 100-level course is strongly recommended or at least six months previous experience using ACL for data analysis. Participants should also have a background in fraud detection.
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ACL 255 Using ACL to Test Internal Controls: Supporting SOX 404 Compliance
To meet the ongoing compliance requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other regulatory legislation, it is increasingly important to assess and assure the effectiveness of internal controls. This two-day course will introduce participants to the use of ACL data analytics in testing internal controls, in an interactive, hands-on environment. Participants will learn how to test key control points to identify gaps and weaknesses in their organization's internal control system.
Prerequisite: Completion of an ACL 100-level course is strongly recommended or at least six months previous experience using ACL for data analysis. Participants should also have knowledge of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (section 404 in particular) and the COSO framework.
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Advanced
Developed for more experienced ACL users who want to further refine their skills and increase their knowledge. The advanced course instructs participants on the more complex functionality of ACL. Participants may also be interested in achieving ACL Certification.
Following are the Advanced Courses offered:
ACL 301 Advanced ACL Concepts & Techniques: Functions
Functions add power to any investigation by allowing analysts to extract useful information through the creation of advanced filters and computed fields. This course is designed to familiarize participants with the most widely applicable functions in ACL. Learn how functions can be combined with each other to create powerful analytical tools that can be permanently stored for future reuse.
Prerequisite: Completion of an ACL 200-level course is strongly recommended or at least six months previous experience using ACL for data analysis.
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ACL 302 Advanced ACL Concepts & Techniques: Scripts
In this two-day course, participants will learn how to use scripts to automate repetitive ACL tasks, which save valuable time, and to preserve best practices, which prevents errors and results in better controls. ACL Certified Trainers will show you how to implement scripts into your daily routine, and they will guide you through activities that illustrate how to work with scripts efficiently and easily.
Prerequisite: Completion of an ACL 200-level course is strongly recommended or at least six months previous experience using ACL for data analysis.
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ACL 303 Advanced ACL Concepts & Techniques: Functions & Scripts
A three-day course designed to teach participants how to use functions and scripts to add power to their data analysis and do more in less time. Participants will learn how to use functions to create complex computed fields and advanced filters. They will also learn how to work with scripts. Scripts save valuable time by automating repetitive tasks. Scripts also preserve best practices, which prevents errors and results in better controls. ACL Certified Trainers will show you how to implement scripts into your daily routine, and they will guide you through activities that illustrate how to work with scripts and functions efficiently and easily.
Prerequisite: Completion of an ACL 200-level course is strongly recommended or at least six months previous experience using ACL for data analysis.
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METHODOLOGY
This is a highly participative training course. All the participants shall be provided with independent computer system with ACL Software, Books and Study Material. Entire training shall be on-hand with dummy data and cases created with vast experience of ACL Services Limited, Canada. Trainings shall be batches and personal attention to the participants shall be assured. We shall make sure that all the queries and requirements of the participants are meet upto there satisfaction.
MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTIONS
English (supported by Hindi wherever required)
CERTIFICATE
The above stated courses are ACL Certified Courses, where all the participants successfully completing the course shall be certified by ACL Services Limited.
 
Please Note : After registering for an ACL course, you may cancel or re - schedule your registration without penalty a minimum of twenty-one (21) days prior to the course start date. Within the 21-day period prior to the start of the course, there will be no refunds for cancellations nor will credit be extended for rescheduling to another course. | 
