Advanced Auditing for Incharge Auditors

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
18 Jan 2026 Amsterdam, Netherlands $ 4,950 Register
21 Jun 2026 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register
11 Oct 2026 Houston, Taxes $ 4,950 Register

Advanced Auditing for Incharge Auditors

Introduction

In this five day seminar learn all of the elements involved in traditional and operational auditing from the unique perspective of the in-charge position. Review such concepts as audit program flexibility, risk assessment, priority setting during fieldwork, and effective oral and written communications of audit findings

Objectives

    In this five day session you will learn all of the elements involved in traditional and operational auditing from the unique perspective of the in-charge position. With your peers, you will review such concepts as audit program flexibility, risk assessment, priority setting during fieldwork, and effective oral and written communications of audit findings. This course covers preliminary fieldwork, audit program development, COSO, self-assessment, and improving the control environment.

Training Methodology

State-of-the-art business systems analysis methods and techniques are transferred by means of short, focused presentations which are followed by experiential learning workshop sessions. In these sessions, the knowledge gained is applied to real-world examples and case studies. Rapid learning of the methods and techniques is achieved by means of group work, individual work, participant discussion, facilitator interaction and constructive feedback.

Who Should Attend?

Financial, operational, IS and external auditors with two or more years of audit experience; quality assurance personnel; data security specialists

Course Outline

Managing Fieldwork

  • How to plan a productive audit
  • Ten key issues in fieldwork management
  • Reviewing audit workpapers
  • Evaluating auditors
  • Maximizing your role as interface between the auditee, audit management, and the audit staff

Audit Concepts: The In-Charge Perspective

  • Differences in planning for operational, financial, and compliance audits
  • Auditing complex systems of internal controls
  • Selling control findings

The Changing Control Environment

  • COSO components and categories
  • Impact on the in-charge
  • orkable approach
  • The role of control self-assessment

Marketing and Selling the Audit Function 100+Tips

 Risk Assessment Strategies

  • Detailed review of five risk methods for developing audit programs
  • Pivotal role in modern auditing
  • Components of successful risk models
  • Using risk assessment in building the annual audit plan

Preliminary Fieldwork, Planning, and Audit Program Development

  • How to make the program provide added value
  • Implementing go-no-go strategy
  • Building an audit program when there are no previous programs
  • Developing a flexible audit program
  • Effective uses of the audit program as a management tool
  • Critical role of analytical planning
  • 25 preliminary business issues to address in program development

Fundamentals of Project Management

  • a project defined
  • issues that make project management relevant to internal audit
  • why project management is critical to auditors
  • elements of project management technology
  • components of the project plan
  • scheduling and controlling the work: checklists
  • project scheduling methodologies
  • bar charting and network diagrams

Audit Project Management Concerns

  • project approaches to audit teams
  • key factors to successful audit/project management
  • the audit/project planning process
  • using project management to effectively plan audits
  • time estimate difficulties
  • common workflow planning problems
  • resource management
  • strategies for improving time management

Fraud Awareness

  • anticipating audits with a high potential for fraud occurrences
  • indication of fraud
  • action steps for preventing fraud

Dealing with Clients and Co-Workers

  • client communication
  • co-workers: getting through bad days in the office

Effective Communications

  • getting reports out faster
  • selling audit findings at the closing conference
  • managing meetings
  • current report-writing strategies

Case Studies

Accreditation

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