ASK KSA Consulting Inc. – Quality, Experience and Practical

Coaching your firm through CSQM 1 implementation and the design of your system of quality management.

Delivering practical, informative and engaging professional development courses.

Helping you with all technical aspects of being in public practice.

ASK KSA helps practitioners meet the requirements of being in public practice by offering sensible advice and practical solutions that allows YOU to focus on what is important.

Helping you save time and achieve peace of mind.

PRACTICAL

We understand the challenges of being in public practice. The profession continues to transform, and standards are ever changing. It can be a difficult for practitioners to keep up all of the with requirements. We help small- to mid-sized practitioners (SMPs) meet standards, without sacrificing quality. We ensure SMPs are efficient, performing the right amount of work, and effective, performing the right work. We help SMPs conduct quality engagements using a practical approach.

EXPERIENCED

When a firm faces an issue, we are here to help. With over 30 years of public practice experience, there are very few complex matters we have not encountered and resolved. We use our knowledge and expertise to advise practitioners on all types of matters. We help SMPs in all aspects of running their firm to ensure they can focus on what is important, their clients. It can be hard to find practical CPD courses but we solved this by delivering practical verifiable CPD courses for CPAs in public practice.

CUSTOMIZED APPROACH

We understand each firm is unique and rarely is one situation the same as the next. We listen to the challenges faced by our clients and customize our approach accordingly. We have an established and proven approach however, we tailor our methodology to the specific circumstances. We tailor verifiable CPD courses to deliver informative and practical professional development courses. We work together with you to determine the best course of action to arrive at a practical solution.

CSQM 1 Workshop & SQM Toolkit Database

Fast-track your CSQM 1 implementation, with a proven system. A complete “done with you” System to get your Firm 100% ready for the CSQM 1 Standard changes. You’ll get done what would have taken your team 100+ working hours to accomplish.

What workshop participants have to say...

I was happy for the assistance and would have had no idea where to even start on my own. We now have a SQM designed and ready to be implemented! It was well worth the cost in the many hours it saved, and I am clear on what is needed moving forward.

Dean Jenkyns

Jenkyns Smith Chartered Professional Accountants LLP

This excellent workshop was an absolute time saver and allows me to continue concentrating on my work without stressing about getting it completed.

Todd Thornton

Thornton & Co.

I knew I was going to have trouble reading and interpreting the Standards and designing appropriate responses for implementation, but I was a little hesitant to pay for this workshop. I’m glad I did because it provided me with necessary understanding and implementation tools, and the cost was alleviated by opportunity cost analysis.

Ryan Rawluk

Rawluk & Robert Chartered Professional Accountants

We will 100% be in attendance for the next workshops Kirsten puts on as her assistance and guidance through the material is a relief for the average busy accountant. 

Joshua Schappert

FPLS Accounting Group

We purchased the available Canadian tools but very quickly hit a brick wall when it came to developing risks and bringing it all together. Having been in sessions before with Kirsten before, I knew she could help and save me hundreds of hours. I am now signed up for a workshop.

Dylan Peace

Jensen Stromberg Chartered Professional Accountants

Kirsten has become a valued resource to our firm. We have benefited from Kirsten's extensive experience as a public accountant through her training courses. We found her courses to be intensely practical, and we came away with some great resources to help us implement the standard efficiently and effectively in our firm.

Adam Kilfoyle

Heartland Chartered Professional Accountants LLP

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In the Press...

IFAC | Preparing for the New Quality Management Standards: ISQM 1 Quality Objectives and Quality Risks

This is a critical time for professional accountants in public practice. Many standards are evolving, with none perhaps more important than the suite of new and revised quality management standards recently approved by the IAASB.

IFAC | Preparing for the New Quality Management Standards: ISQM 1 Risk Responses

In part two of a three-part series, Kirsten explores the design and implementation of risk responses

IFAC | Preparing for the New Quality Management Standards: ISQM 1 System Evaluation and Monitoring

In this, the last of a three-part series on the new quality management standards, we cover the evaluation of the system of quality management. We began the series addressing establishing quality objectives and identifying and assessing risks.