Internal auditing is a crucial job that many businesses rely on. A good internal auditor finds things that other managers of the business miss, potentially saving them from costly inefficiencies, operational errors and fines or other legal troubles. Many companies may even have a team of internal auditors of various skill levels looking over different areas of the business.
If you want to join such a team, you need to do anything you can to make yourself stand out. A bachelor’s degree in accounting, business or finance is a great start, but it’s more than likely that the firms you want to work for will be looking for something more when it comes to your internal auditor education.
Our Internal Auditing Training program is an ideal way to continue your internal auditor professional education, especially when you use it to build on our Fraud Auditing Boot Camp class. Although we will put you through your paces during that seminar, you will not have to take a significant amount of time off from work to go through it. You could have the knowledge and background you need to qualify for a promotion at your current position or seek out an internal auditor position at a more desirable company.
This intensive seminar covers many key auditing functions, provided by expert instructors in a clear, digestible way so you can absorb all the most important points throughout those and bring them back to your current job or new employer. If advancing in your career as an internal auditor and building your base of auditing knowledge is important to you, this program is a must.
At the end of this conference, the participants will be able to:
Master fundamental operational auditing techniques
Learn how to use a risk-based approach to enhance their audits of the Purchasing, Marketing, Human Resources, Information Technology (IT), Management, Finance, Treasury, and Accounting functions.
Explore the objectives of major business operation areas and learn how to identify the key risks threatening them
Find out how to make their audits more efficient and effective and how to use data analytics to gain an in-depth understanding of business processes.
Cover such critical areas as the impact of SOX, ERM, and GRC on the organization, uncovering fraud schemes that threaten business operations, and the role of IA in helping management build strong risk management and strategic planning processes.
Gain skills necessary to go beyond outputs and to examine the organization's ability to achieve the necessary outcomes.
Branch And Representative Office Audits
Operational Auditing
Components Of Operational Audits
The Purchasing Functions Auditing
The Marketing Functions Auditing
The Human Resources Functions Auditing
The Finance, Treasury, And Accounting Functions Auditing
IT Auditing
The Management Functions Auditing
The Definition And Meaning Of Internal Auditing Today
Essential Elements For Successful Operational Auditing
The Benefits Of Operational Auditing
Important Trends Affecting Operational Auditing
The Impact Of Sarbanes-Oxley, ERM, And GRC
The Phases Of An Operational Audit
The Link Between Objectives, Risks, And Controls In Key Functions
The Importance And Uses Of Data
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) And Key Risk Indicators (KRI)
Identifying Fraudulent Practices
IT Considerations And Integrated Audits
Essential Operational Audit Tools
Identifying Key Risks In The Procurement Function
Assessing Governance, Infrastructure, Policies, And Procedures In The Procurement Function
Testing And Monitoring Vendor Relationships, Purchases, And Inventory Management
Evaluating Vendor Relationships And The Contracting Process
Examining The Marketing Function's Ability To Achieve Stated Objectives
Evaluating Relationships, Advertising Expenditures, And Sales Activities
Assessing The Effectiveness Of The Public Relations And Marketing Functions
Identifying The Risks In The Human Resources Function
Recruiting, Staffing, And Training And Development Processes
Assessing Employee Compensation, Benefits Administration, And Succession Planning
The Role Of HR In Corporate Governance And Promoting A Healthy Control Environment
Examining Employee Relations, Feedback, And Performance Management
Reviewing The Finance, Payroll, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, And Budgeting Processes
Assessing Treasury, Strategic Planning, Bank Accounts, And Systems Integration
Identifying Fraud Indicators In Financial Reports
Using Shared Services As A Control And Efficiency Mechanism
IT Objectives, Risks, And Controls
Examining Staffing, Strategic Planning And The Infrastructure Within Your Organization
Reviewing System Access, Data Protection And Backups, Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity, And Your SDLC
Evaluating The IT Environment Using COSO And COBIT
Examining Management Tasks And Measuring Their Performance And Effectiveness
Enhancing The Control Environment Through Management Pronouncements, Examples, And Enforcement Of Policies
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