Internal Audit in Practice – Audit Report Writing Skills

Objectives and advantages

This workshop allows for a comprehensive overview and understanding of the reports writing process, needs and expectations of the key stakeholders and recipients of audit reports. It is essential to be creative and ensure “selling” the results of the challenging auditor’s work in a form of a concise, self-explanatory and value-added audit report.

This course is designed to help find a perfect match of auditors and recipients of audit reports. At the same time, it addresses a number of best practices, and key challenges related to the audit report writing process.

Course Methodology

The training will be 100% practical, intensive and interactive in the form of:

• Intensive lecture sessions,
• Workshops facilitated and supported by the trainer,
• Presentations submitted by the Participants,
• Feedback and challenges provided by trainer.

Participants are expected to be highly interactive and share their own experiences.

Online course delivery

Participants attending our online training programmes can expect the following features:

• ‘Classroom effect’ so that everyone knows who the other participants are and can communicate with them and tutor via chat;
• Possibility to communicate via audio with small groups or when the trainer allows;
• Sharing screens so that participants can work together in real time;
• ‘Breakout rooms’ enabled so that the class can be divided into groups;
• Downloadable materials all in one location, printable;
• Surveys, polls, MCQs and open questions during the training;
• Evaluation tests can be given during the online course;
• CPD certificates issued to participants.

All our trainers have many years of experience in online training delivery.

Find out more about how we deliver interactive online classrooms.

Programme

The workshop will cover the following:

• Strategic role of Internal Audit
• International IIA Standards for audit reports writing
• Internal audit policies and procedures – solutions and practices
• Conducting internal audit engagements – tools and techniques including Risk and Control Matrix
• Audit process – audit reports – plan, write, review & correct, distribute
• Audit reports – criteria, condition, cause, impact
• Communicate audit results – interactions with line managers, members of the management and supervisory boards, and audit committees
• Escalation process
• Administrative activities e.g. storage, access and follow-up process
• Quality Assurance Improvement Program
• Self-study and self-preparation on the case study to prepare final audit reports
• Submission of final audit reports by the groups with direct analysis and challenge
• Tutor summary – including lessons learnt, checklists, questions & answers

Contact

If you have any questions, including about organising tailored 'in-house' training, please contact the course co-ordinator:

Continuing Professional Education

Participants will obtain 22.5 CPE.

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