Internal Audit Manager - Tools and Techniques -
Online Classroom

This training course provides new audit managers with the tools and the skills necessary to manage audit teams successfully - and does so strictly from an audit manager's perspective. This course provides essential insight into the roles and responsibilities of audit management, and lists the key concepts needed to successfully lead and mentor staff.

This course includes interactive group activities and breakout sessions of real-life scenarios that teach the concepts, tools, and techniques needed to supervise and develop an audit team, manage change, and effectively manage relationships within the audit team, and with the CAE, executive management, and audit committee. Audit managers that complete this course will walk away with proven internal audit practices that can be immediately applied to an organization of any size and within any industry.

Who will benefit from this course?

This course is designed for audit manager - with 6 - 10 years' experience, who wants to enhance their effectiveness as an audit manager and become an effective and trusted advisor within their organisation.

Course Objectives:

• Identify the core elements of the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) as they relate to the lead auditor role.
• Describe the components of the audit model.
• Compare the roles and responsibilities of audit management, the lead auditor, and the auditee.
• Identify the roles and responsibilities of team members involved in QAIP.
• Identify key concepts necessary to becoming an effective leader.
• Identify key concepts necessary to leading and mentoring staff.
• Identify the components of the audit planning and opening conference.
• Identify best practices for conducting an audit risk assessment, walkthrough, and audit program development.
• Identify the components required for auditing fieldwork and testing.
• Identify best practices for audit observations and findings and recommendations.
• Identify the components of effective audit reporting and the exit conference.
• Demonstrate the steps necessary to wrap up the audit after the report is issued.
• Identify the key metrics and performance indicators necessary to measuring internal audit productivity.
• Recognise the formal quality assurance standards that the internal audit function is required to follow.

Topics Covered:

• Overview of the Audit Model
• Overview of the Internal Control Environment
• Audit Governance, Roles & Responsibilities
• The Audit Cycle - Audit Planning
• The Audit Cycle - Audit Fieldwork
• The Audit Cycle - Audit Report & Wrap Up
• Quality Assurance & Improvement Program
• Supervising and Developing Staff
• Leadership Skills
• Managing Change
• Managing Relationships and Marketing Internal Auditing
• Innovative Problem Solving

Speaker: Stephen Horne CIA, CGAP, CRMA

Online Classroom: This training course will be delivered over 2.5 days on 15 and 16 June (9: 30am - 4:30pm AEST /
11:30pm - 6:30pm NZT), and 21 June (09:30am - 12:30pm AEST / 11:30am - 2:30pm NZT) over Zoom.
Registrations will be strictly limited to 12 participants to allow maximum interaction in the online environment.

Register Here

IIA-Australia Online Classrooms listed on the IIA NZ website are open to all IIA NZ members and non-members. The registration for these Classrooms is through the IIA-Australia website.

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IIA NZ Members: $1,409.09 AUD
Duration & CPE: 2.5 days, 20.00 Hours