Develop a Defensible, Evidence-Based Due Diligence Process
Due diligence is more than completing a checklist, ordering a background report, or confirming that a name does not appear on a sanctions list. It is a structured fact-finding process that helps decision-makers understand what they know, what they do not know, and what additional information must be obtained before accepting a risk.
Due Diligence for Auditors, Compliance Officers and Financial Professionals is an intensive, practical program designed to strengthen the way professionals plan, conduct, document, and communicate due diligence.
Led by international financial investigator and due-diligence authority L. Burke Files, the program teaches participants how to turn statements, representations, and assumptions into testable hypotheses. Participants will learn to locate relevant information, assess its reliability, identify inconsistencies, recognize potentially fatal flaws, and report the facts needed to support informed business decisions.
The program examines due diligence involving:
- Customers and counterparties
- Employees, executives, and professional credentials
- Suppliers, agents, and other third parties
- Investments, acquisitions, and business combinations
- Property, facilities, and physical operations
- Intellectual property and critical information
- Products, services, markets, and advertising claims
- Geographic, cultural, regulatory, and political risks
- Fraud, corruption, money laundering, sanctions, and organized crime
- Environmental obligations and potential liabilities
The International Due Diligence Organization defines due diligence as a situational investigation that applies a standard of care to create a comprehensive picture and support better-informed decisions. Its approach treats due diligence as an action and continuing process—not a static document or isolated event. Learn more about the IDDO approach.
IDDO Certification
This program supports the professional certification process offered by the International Due Diligence Organization. L. Burke Files will coordinate and process the applicable certification paperwork with IDDO.
Participants seeking certification must satisfy all applicable IDDO requirements, which may include membership, coursework, assessment, continuing education, annual renewal, and payment of certification-related fees. Attendance at the CCS program does not, by itself, guarantee that a professional credential will be awarded.
IDDO states that its individual certifications are maintained annually and require continuing education or an approved equivalent to remain in good standing. Review current IDDO certification information.
Who Should Attend?
This program is designed for:
- Internal and external auditors
- Fraud examiners and financial investigators
- Compliance and ethics professionals
- AML and financial crime professionals
- Corporate security and intelligence personnel
- Legal and regulatory professionals
- Bank and financial institution personnel
- Government investigators
- Procurement and third-party risk professionals
Benefits of Attending
After completing this program, participants should be better prepared to:
- Conduct due diligence as a disciplined and repeatable professional process.
- Distinguish due diligence from auditing, monitoring, screening, and regulatory box-checking.
- Apply an appropriate standard of care based on the risk and potential consequences.
- Challenge unsupported representations without making premature accusations.
- Recognize important facts that conventional databases and checklists may miss.
- Identify missing, unreliable, outdated, or contradictory information.
- Design more effective employee, customer, supplier, investment, and transaction reviews.
- Evaluate risks across the complete structure and operations of a business.
- Recognize financial crime, corruption, sanctions, and organized-crime warning signs.
- Determine when enhanced due diligence or outside expertise is required.
- Protect intellectual property and critical organizational information.
- Improve the quality and defensibility of due-diligence documentation.
- Communicate findings more clearly to executives, boards, audit committees, and clients.
- Help their organizations avoid preventable losses, regulatory problems, reputational damage, and unsuitable business relationships.
- Pursue the applicable professional certification offered by IDDO.
Strengthen your ability to investigate claims, recognize hidden risks, and support defensible business decisions. Register for Due Diligence for Auditors, Compliance Officers and Financial Professionals to learn directly from international due-diligence authority L. Burke Files, gain practical tools you can apply immediately, and pursue the applicable IDDO professional certification.
