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Internal Auditing - Tools and Techniques


Event Date: Thursday 05 February 2009 to Friday 06 February 2009

Location: York

Venue: York Marriot Hotel (Click here for details)


Event Details

The purpose of this course is to assist new entrants to internal audit to gain a comprehensive introduction to internal audit. It will help explain the tools and techniques used by internal auditors to assess whether risk and control processes are adequate.

 

 

 


Who should attend

  • new entrants to internal audit who do not necessarily anticipate remaining in internal audit as their chosen career path
  • those seeking an initial taster of the work of internal audit
  • specialists who join or are seconded to the internal audit team to assist with specific projects or assignments that also require other technical expertise, for example engineering, health and safety or IT professionals.

This course will be suitable for those who have already had exposure to business and organisational practices through work experience.

How will this course benefit you?

After completion you will be able to:

  • appreciate the work of the internal audit function and allow you to begin to operate at an initial level of understanding
  • communicate with the internal audit team and clients, using language and technical terms, as appropriate, to the situation and requirements
  • contribute to the effective delivery of an audit assignment through appreciation of the planning, delivery and follow through of assignments
  • demonstrate an understanding of the value internal audit can add to business


Course programme

You will be expected to participate fully throughout this course, which will cover the following topics:

  • purpose and role of internal audit
  • professional framework for internal audit
  • risk based audit planning
  • planning an audit engagement
  • documenting information
  • audit testing
  • audit evidence
  • audit documentation
  • reporting
  • follow up


Pre-work

Before the course, you are asked to familiarise yourself with the issues discussed in the complementary study text. During the course, time will be spent working in groups to consider topics such as:

  • how to create an annual internal audit plan from scratch from a case study, considering an assessment of risk and an assessment of the organisations control environment
  • the link between internal audit, the annual internal audit assurance statement and the organisations statement of internal control
  • organisational objectives and why internal audit need to know what the objectives of the organisation are


Presented by
This course has been designed and developed by the IIA and will be presented by specialist trainers.

Note
This course is non residential.

Contact
Email Training
Tel: 020 7498 0101


Event Pricing
Member Price: £890.00 + VAT at 15% = £1,023.50
Non-member Price: £990.00 + VAT at 15% = £1,138.50



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