Description

We are glad to bring you a course to learn how to Manage and Internal Audit Function. This course is ideal for current and prospective Internal Audit Seniors, Managers, Directors and Chief Audit Executives – anyone who is currently managing an internal audit function or who one day wants to. The course will give you the knowledge and tools necessary to manage an internal audit function, from how to perform the strategic and operational management of an internal audit function, to how to plan based on risks, communicate performance, follow standards and ethical principles, establish organizational independence, staff the function and ensure quality. It is taught by Adrian Resag, an experienced and qualified Chief Audit Executive and Chartered Internal Auditor, who has decades of experience managing global internal audit functions. The course covers:Internal Audit Operational ManagementLearn how to manage the operations of an internal audit function and what policies and procedures to put in place. Risk-based Internal Audit PlanningBe able to strategically assess risks for internal audit planning purposes and create risk-based audit plans. Communicating Internal Audit PerformanceKnow how to communicate internal audit performance to Senior Management and the Board, for example by establishing KPIs on the internal audit function. The Nature of Internal Audit WorkKnow about the areas of internal audit work: governance, risk management and controls. Core Principles, Framework and Standards to FollowKnow the core principles, internal audit frameworks and standards to follow. Establishing Organizational IndependenceBe able to establish the reporting structures, measures for independence and functional and administrative reporting structures to establish organizational independence. Ethical PrinciplesEnsure your internal audit function follows ethical principles. Internal Audit StaffingKnow the different ways in which an internal audit function can be staffed. Quality Assurance and ImprovementKnow what to put in place for the Quality Assurance and Improvement Program.