TRAINING COURSE OVERVIEW
In today's ever-evolving business landscape, the role of a robust and professional Internal Audit function has never been more critical. The function is now tasked with providing heightened levels of assurance, necessitating a departure from its traditional focus.
This course is designed to empower your Internal Audit function to undergo a transformation into a modern, proactive, and future-oriented business partner. It aims to instill a philosophy centered on adding value, fostering positive change, and enhancing organizational operations.
Key components of this training course include:
- Shifting the focus of the audit process towards value-added services
- Techniques for auditing third-party activities, such as outsourced services and joint ventures
- Strategies for building a world-class audit team
- Principles of continuous auditing to ensure ongoing effectiveness
- Methods for auditing Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives
TRAINING COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Benchmark your IA function against worldwide best practice
- Make the transition from a good function to a great one
- Deliver measurable added value
- Deal with the challenges of consultancy
- Audit Corporate Governance with confidence
- Deliver stakeholder assurance more effectively
- Engage more positively with senior management
DESIGNED FOR
This training course is targeted at senior assurance professionals – and is centred on the key challenges faced by a modern internal audit function – and the desire to add significantly greater value to the business
The event represents a superb opportunity to meet your peers from both your sector and others and develop new approaches to the difficult challenges facing Internal Audit today
- Heads of Audit
- Audit managers or those about to be appointed to this level
- Audit supervisors
- Managers of other assurance functions such as Compliance or Quality Assurance
- Senior Management
LEARNING METHODS
This exciting training course will utilise a variety of proven learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes various exercises and case studies to provide practical application of the tools and techniques. A wide range of key topics will be discussed – and tips and proven techniques will be shared to enable the process to be challenged and the service optimised – so that senior management’s expectations are exceeded.