Managing an Internal Audit Function

What you need to know to manage an internal audit function

What you'll learn
- Learn how to manage the operations of an internal audit function and what policies and procedures to put in place.
- Be able to strategically assess risks for internal audit planning purposes and create risk-based audit plans.
- Know 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 Work Know about the areas of internal audit work: governance, risk management and controls.
- Know the core principles, internal audit frameworks and standards to follow.
- Be able to establish the reporting structures, measures for independence and functional and administrative reporting structures to establish independence.
- Ensure your internal audit function follows ethical principles.
- Know the different ways in which an internal audit function can be staffed.
- Know what to put in place for the Quality Assurance and Improvement Program.

Requirements
- No prior experience or knowledge is required.

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 Management

Learn how to manage the operations of an internal audit function and what policies and procedures to put in place.

Risk-based Internal Audit Planning

Be able to strategically assess risks for internal audit planning purposes and create risk-based audit plans.

Communicating Internal Audit Performance

Know 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 Work

Know about the areas of internal audit work: governance, risk management and controls.

Core Principles, Framework and Standards to Follow

Know the core principles, internal audit frameworks and standards to follow.

Establishing Organizational Independence

Be able to establish the reporting structures, measures for independence and functional and administrative reporting structures to establish organizational independence.

Ethical Principles

Ensure your internal audit function follows ethical principles.

Internal Audit Staffing

Know the different ways in which an internal audit function can be staffed.

Quality Assurance and Improvement

Know what to put in place for the Quality Assurance and Improvement Program.

Who this course is for:
- This course is ideal for current and prospective Internal Audit Seniors, Managers, Directors and Chief Audit Executives.
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