New
entrants, particularly suited to people joining from inside your organisation
Maximum Number:
12
Time commitment /cost:
1
day / £375 (discounts for multiple bookings and/or booking Audit Reports
that make things happen)
Course documentation:
Binder
with narrative text, slides, examples, case studies and exercises
Without
some fundamental training in internal auditing, even the most enthusiastic new
recruits may falter. This highly interactive course is designed to ease the
transition from other disciplines into internal audit. It emphasises the need
for objectivity, orderly working practices and good documentation to underpin
internal audit work. It assumes knowledge of working in an organisation and
aims to build upon personal strengths such as curiosity and desire to make a
difference.
Objectives By the end of the day delegates should be able to:
Explain the role of internal audit in their organisation
and its relationship to the management of risk
Understand the purpose of internal audit processes such as
planning, fieldwork, reporting and gaining management commitment to action
Conduct competent interviews for information
Obtain audit evidence and document their work to a
consistent standard
Feel more confident that they can influence audit clients
and add value to their organisation
Outline of the Day
Introduction
and objectives
Introducing the course leaders and the participants.
Setting objectives and expectations
Exercise: how internal audit fits into participants'
organisations
Testing
and evaluating controls
Types of audit testing
Evaluating controls - case study
Risk
management and internal audit processes
How internal audit fits into the management of risk
The relevance of Institute of Internal Auditing
Standards
Planning an audit - interactive exercise
Conducting fieldwork: client processes and audit
programmes
Audit reporting - interactive exercise
Documentinginternal
audit work
Basic requirements
Adding value - interactive exercise
Interviewing
for information
Gaining entry with the client - interactive exercise
Planning the interview - case study
Balancing listening and questioning - interactive
exercise
Making
recommendations that lead to action
The barriers to change
Getting to agreed actions - interactive exercise
Reflection
Point and Conclusion
Pulling together the learning
Translating it into an action plan with SMART goals to put
in practice back at work.
