AIA4
- Managing and Optimizing the Internal Audit Function
DESCRIPTION AND
BENEFITS
Internal Audit managers
are continually being asked to manage audit departments to maximize results at
minimal costs.
This two-day,
comprehensive seminar is intended for management-level auditors who need to know
how to plan, manage and conduct effective audit departments. It concentrates on
the practical skills required to plan and administer the audit function.
By the end of this
seminar the attendee will be able to:
Define the
departmental mission in a mission statement
Design the Audit
Charter to meet corporate needs
Plan and Organise the
department to meet management's expectations
Identify "the
expectation gap" and act to eliminate it
Identify the requisite
structures to ensure:
Independence
Professional
Proficiency
Appropriate Scope
of Work
Quality
Performance
Appropriate
management
Seminar Contents
Seminar contents will
include:
Establishing the
Internal Audit Function including the responsibility, accountability and
independence
Defining stakeholders'
needs
Acquisition and
retention of staff
Obtaining the
appropriate Knowledge, Skills and Disciplines
Problem-solving
techniques
Tackling the strategic
issues
No-go areas and how to
gain entry
Implementing a Quality
Assurance programme
Audit performance
monitoring
Selling the Internal
Audit Function
Communicating
departmental results
Internal Audit
relationships with external auditors
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The seminar is designed
to be of major benefit to Internal Audit Managers although audit supervisors
would also benefit.