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Autire Academy

Stay Sharp on Auditing Employee Benefit Plans

CPE sessions for Autire clients, led by former EBP auditors.

1–2 Credits
CPE / CE Eligible* · NASBA compliant
60–120 Min
Per Session · Focused topics that fit your schedule
Live Q&A
Ask questions directly to Autire's team

Autire Technologies, LLC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org(opens in a new window).

Upcoming Sessions

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IREC & DI SPECIALIST TRAINING

Master Attribute Testing with Real Audit Data

IREC and DI steps are where most audit hours live and where most plan errors are found. This bi-weekly training series gives your team the hands-on practice to work through them faster, more accurately, and with fewer review resets.

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Stop guessing on failures

Every session uses real plan data, not hypotheticals. Your team learns to distinguish true failures from false failures using actual source files, so they stop flagging issues that aren't issues and start catching the ones that are.

Conclude with confidence

Each session walks through how to assess impact, assign reportable findings, make AJEs, and accumulate uncorrected misstatements correctly.

Build toward 30-hour audits

Attribute testing is where the most time gets lost. Teams that go through this program come out of it faster, more consistent, and producing cleaner work that requires fewer review cycles, which is how firms get to 30 hours or less per audit.


Schedule
Bi-weekly: Tuesdays 11 AM–12 PM CT & Thursdays 3–4 PM CT
CPE Credits
1 credit per session · Field of Study: Auditing
Level & Prerequisites
Intermediate · Requires basic understanding of auditing EBP in Autire

Pricing by firm

Up to 6 participants$1,000
7–12 participants$2,000
12+ participants$3,000

Your CPA firm must be an Autire client with a signed licensing agreement in place to participate. Read the full course notification (opens in a new window)

Past Sessions

Current clients can access past recordings via autire.ai(opens in a new window) Self Help.

Smarter Reconciliations in Autire: Multiple Service Providers, Standardized Automations, and Unified ReviewAugust 3, 2026 · 1 CPE Credit
Discover how to handle complex reconciliations with confidence across multiple service providers, spot issues that need follow-up, and take advantage of newly standardized automation — plus how this work flows into FREC-5 and FS-10 audit step procedures.
Autire's Advanced Audit IntelligenceJune 12, 2026 · 1 CPE Credit
Learn how Autire's new AI-powered Advanced Audit Intelligence reads your IREC and DI step results, identifies what failed and why, explains it in plain language, categorizes error types, and helps you communicate findings to clients — all without opening a spreadsheet.
Auditing Plan Definition of Compensation in AutireJune 11, 2026 · 1 CPE Credit
Covers how Autire addresses plan definition of compensation testing — the most data-intensive step in an Autire audit — including v2025 enhancements to deferral and paycheck testing, and how to use the DI-8 Analyze tool to identify, investigate, and resolve false failures.
Lessons Learned: Improving Audit Performance Season Over SeasonMay 13, 2026 · 1 CPE Credit
A practical review of last season's audit engagements using real data and common pain points — from scheduling and staffing to getting closer to the 30-hour target.
Autire Audits in Practice: Top 5 Questions AnsweredMay 11, 2026 · 1 CPE Credit
Addresses the five most frequently asked questions surrounding Autire's audit methodology, with clear guidance for navigating peer reviews and applying the methodology consistently.
Payroll, Pulled: Efficient Data Strategies for AuditorsMay 1, 2026 · 2 CPE Credits
Cut through the complexity of payroll data collection — from building a complete Master Payroll Report to leveraging Finch integration to eliminate manual report-pulling entirely.
Autire Authoring – Gearing Up for the SeasonFebruary 12, 2026 · 1 CPE Credit
Tailor Autire to align with your firm's unique preferences and processes. Covers configuring audit variables for materiality, preliminary analytics, and attribute testing, plus using Version Management Reporting to stay current while maintaining firm-specific settings. Presented by: Sonal Fernandez, Jennifer Moore.
Autire Auditing Essentials – v2025 Updates and EnhancementsFebruary 11, 2026 · 1 CPE Credit
Updates effective for plan years beginning January 1, 2025 — how those updates have been integrated into the system, and other enhancements to increase efficiencies in performing audits in Autire. Presented by: Sonal Fernandez, Jennifer Moore.
Navigating Autire's Audit MethodologyJuly 28, 2025 · 1 CPE Credit
A comprehensive overview of Autire's audit methodology, highlighting key distinctions from traditional audit approaches. Covers how the methodology is structured and documented within the system, and which components can be customized to suit firm-specific preferences. Presented by: Sonal Fernandez.
Mastering Disclosure Checklist and Document LibraryFebruary 27, 2025 · 1 CPE Credit
A detailed look at how to efficiently customize Disclosure Checklists and Document Templates based on firm preferences — from simple changes to complex template modifications. Presented by: Sonal Fernandez.
Navigating Risk AssessmentFebruary 25, 2025 · 1 CPE Credit
Covers the risk assessment authoring within Autire — navigating risk impact areas, tailoring them for firm-specific needs, and understanding how completing all risk assessment procedures generates the risk assessment at the plan level. Presented by: Sonal Fernandez.
Autire Efficiency Hacks: Boost Productivity and Slash Hours with Smart Tools and FeaturesJanuary 23, 2025 · 1 CPE Credit
Time-saving tips and tricks for each audit milestone, plus best practices for troubleshooting steps that aren't running properly and implementing shortcuts in Microsoft Excel. Presented by: Jennifer Moore.
Audit Quality 101: Safeguard Against Scrutiny from External Oversight with AutireJanuary 21, 2025 · 1 CPE Credit
How to meet and exceed GAAS and Department of Labor audit quality standards. Covers documentation requirements, performing and documenting audit step procedures for compliance, and using Autire's features to ensure consistent quality. Presented by: Sonal Fernandez, Sheryl Tschimpke (Pivot CPAs).
Secure 2.0: Navigating Employee Benefit Plan Audits for 2024December 19, 2024 · 1 CPE Credit
Key changes introduced by Secure 2.0 and their implications for auditing employee benefit plans — how mandatory and voluntary provisions affect audit procedures, and what's coming for 2025 and beyond. Presented by: Sonal Fernandez.

Who You'll Hear From

Jennifer Moore, CPA

Jennifer Moore, CPA

Chief Experience Officer

Jen is responsible for teaching advanced, data-driven auditing techniques to CPA firms throughout the U.S. As an EBP auditor herself, she has helped hundreds of firms transition to Autire's methodology and runs every CPE session from a practitioner's perspective, not just a vendor's.

Sonal Fernandez, CPA, QKA

Sonal Fernandez, CPA, QKA

Chief Compliance Officer

Sonal leads the compliance team responsible for ensuring Autire meets all AICPA auditing standards in order to perform a complete and accurate EBP audit. She has over 15 years experience auditing 401(k) retirement plans and is widely recognized as a subject matter expert regarding 401(k) audit compliance.

Kevin Elam, CPA

Kevin Elam, CPA

Client Success Manager

Kevin brings over 12 years of specialized EBP auditing experience to his role at Autire, where he helps accounting firms streamline their benefit plan audits. His deep industry knowledge helps participants gain practical insights and to enhance their auditing practices — not just theory.

Cori Pruner, CPA

Cori Pruner, CPA

Client Success Manager

Cori brings nearly a decade of experience auditing defined contribution plans and leading process improvement initiatives. Having taught both entry-level staff and partners, she guides CPAs through analyzing source data files, differentiating between true and false failures, and concluding on full population testing with precision.

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We build our CPE calendar around what firms are actually working through. If there's a methodology question, workflow challenge, or compliance topic your team needs covered, we want to hear it.

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See how live CPE training and on-demand sessions fit into your firm's EBP audit workflow — book a walkthrough with our team.

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