Internal Audit
Quality Assurance

In today's global landscape, organizations are increasingly grappling with new challenges arising from shifts in environmental, operational, legislative, and financial realms. This heightened complexity has underscored the critical role of internal audit in promoting good governance, effective management, and ensuring the quality of its own operations. Internal audit functions as a vital mechanism for meeting business requirements and enhancing credibility with stakeholders. Internal auditors must uphold adherence to the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, assessing both the compliance of activities and their efficacy in delivering assurance and consulting services to the organization’s board of directors, senior executives, and other stakeholders.

This Internal Audit Quality Assurance training course is meticulously crafted to equip participants with the skills to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of internal audit activities. It focuses on implementing a Quality Assurance and Improvement Program that aligns with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, identifying opportunities for enhancement and ensuring robust compliance.

This training course will feature:

• The international Standards that make up the International Professional Practices Framework
• The building of an effective Quality Assurance and Improvement Program
• The best practices guidance in the consultancy role of internal audit
• The external assessment requirement that an internal audit activity must have conducted
• Knowledge and Skills Development to ensure tangible benefits for your organization

This training course covers the internal audit quality assurance and provides auditors with an understanding of the necessary knowledge and skills to enhance internal audit function.

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Provide an overview regarding standards which require quality assurance focus
• Identify how to establish a Quality Assurance and Improvement Program
• Enhance use of ‘Conformance with International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing’
• Provide guidance on using the Manual programs to conduct a self-assessment with independent external validation
• Determine the efficiency of your internal audit function
• Identify and practice facilitation skills and issues in your own environment

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Auditors / Auditing Managers
• Accounting Executives / Managers
• Financial Reporting Managers
• Financial Executives / Managers / Controllers
• Budgeting Officers / Executives / Managers
• Business / Investment Analysts & Managers
• Regulatory Compliance Officers