Fraud Auditing for Auditors

This workshop will help you develop and sharpen your existing skills and teach you the techniques necessary for effective fraud detection. During the four-day workshop, you will explore the challenges that auditors traditionally face in identifying fraud and learn the fundamentals of auditing for fraud, with an emphasis on understanding the common schemes, detection techniques and methods of preventing occupational fraud.

CONTENT

Creating an environment for dealing with fraud

- Fraud-related challenges in today’s environment

- Dealing with management

- Establishing fraud policy and response

- Fraud prevention

Detecting fraud in Routine Audits

- How fraud surfaces

- Symptoms of fraud occurrence

- Understanding ‘red flags’

- Building fraud considerations into the audit program

Fraud and Technology

- The impact of fraud on current technology

- Computers and examples

- Fraud detection using data mining techniques

Fraud Exposures and Audit Investigation

- Purchasing

- Fraudulent financial reporting

- Construction and contraction

Investigation for Internal Auditors

- Elements of a complete investigation

- Investigate tools, techniques and strategies

  Suggestion for identifying the perpetrator

FOR WHOM: Corporate Internal Auditors, IT Managers and other Managers/Officials who perform related functions in Public and Private Sectors.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.