TRAINING COURSE OVERVIEW
This Consultancy Skills for Auditors training course is crafted to empower auditors in honing consulting skills that elevate the value of internal audits. Participants will acquire the expertise to engage in consultancy endeavors, leveraging internal audit knowledge on risk management, controls, and governance processes to enrich the overall audit opinion.
Through highly interactive sessions, this course integrates assurance and consulting skills, equipping attendees to master crucial consulting competencies and tailor consulting outcomes to enhance both audit environments and organizational operations.
Learning is facilitated through group exercises, case studies, and tailored activities relevant to participants' organizational contexts.
Key features of this training course include:
- Exploration of challenges faced by auditors and organizations in supporting management
- Acquisition of essential skills to balance the roles of internal auditor and consultant effectively
- Guidance on best practices in the consultancy role of internal audit
- Development of knowledge and skills to deliver tangible benefits for the organization
TRAINING COURSE OBJECTIVES
This training course will cover the important skills that will help you to become an effective consultant and will provide auditors with an understanding of the necessary consulting skills to enhance internal audit function.
At the end of this training course, you will be able to:
- Understand the consultant responsibilities & services and how to be creative and to demonstrate how it can add value.
- Discover skills to provide consultancy services as well as assurance services and learn how to use core skills to both an auditor and a consultant
- Enhance skills in internal auditing and risk management, governance and compliance (GRC Model)
- Learn how to develop a gap analysis in identifying where you already have a strong skills base and where you might need to strengthen them
- Use some of the tools and techniques commonly used by consultants in these areas
- Identify and practice facilitation skills and issues in your own environment
DESIGNED FOR
This training course is open to all and will be useful to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit the following individuals:
- Auditors / Auditing Managers
- Accounting Executives / Managers
- Financial Reporting Managers
- Financial Executives / Managers / Controllers
- Budgeting Officers / Executives / Managers
- Business / Investment Analysts & Managers
- Regulatory Compliance Officers
- Commercial Analysts, Executives & Managers
LEARNING METHODS
This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The training methodology includes case studies, group discussion, group work and interactive exercises and videos, pre & post course assessments will also be given to enhance learning outcomes for participants and to measure the effectiveness of this training. The instructor will also facilitate learning by encouraging the delegates to test and critically appraise any theories and concepts on the training course.