Raising the Bar of Internal Audit

• Understand how to fulfill consultant responsibilities in line with IIA guidance whilst retaining independence and objectivity
• Assess your own skills set and consulting capabilities and identify where you might specialise
• Discover how to use core skills in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) to add greater value to your organisation’s business as an agent of change and improvement
• Learn and practice consultancy tools and techniques to help you plan and execute your work and to present your ideas logically and clearly
• Refresh and update your communication and interpersonal skills
• Identify and practice facilitation skills

CONTENT

• Understanding the background
• Quality management principles
• Exploring the external quality assessment options
• Determining the optimal focus and scope
• Securing the right team
• The external assessment process
• Being prepared
• Reporting results
• The requirement for periodic internal assessments
• Ongoing internal assessment
• Creating a cost-effective quality assurance and improvement process
• The role of the internal auditor as consultant
• Potential areas for the internal auditor as consultant
• Executing a consultancy project and using consultancy tools and techniques
• The importance of effective communication and interpersonal skills

FOR WHOM

Financial, Compliance, Operational, Information Technology and External Auditors, and other providers of assurance who wish to further develop and broaden their skills and perspective to add value to their business or organisation.

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.