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Executive Development Programme for Senior Internal Auditors ¨Advanced level
Date: (2 days) - 20-21 Apr
Time: 9-5pm
CPD: 14hrs
Today internal auditor's role is to be recognised as a real business partner of management and facilitator at all levels of the organisation in order to stay "in control". This raises a challenge to rethink of internal auditors senior roles and to identify the new skills required in planning and leading internal audit assignments. This "Executive Development Program for Senior Internal Auditors" has been designed to help experienced professionals to increase their personal impact, demonstrate value adding role and increase their capacity to deliver world-class audit services.
The programme is highly practical and interactive, with exercises and a one-day case study in order to present the latest methods to implement and practice the skills required in the new environment of internal auditing notably cognitive and behavioural skills.
The program will also cover the main components of the internal audit competency framework developed by IIA Research Foundation.
Who should attend? .................................................................................................................................................................................
Auditors responsible for planning and leading internal audit assignments or being asked to provide risk management, control Audit managers who would like to help their auditors leading the assignments to enhance their impact and effectiveness
Non-auditors with responsibility for developing and monitoring internal controls
1. Setting the value proposition of internal auditing
• Principles of internal control & COSO Integrated Framework
• Latest trends in the practice of internal audit
• Objectives and definitions of internal control
• Role of internal audit
• Spam of controls and impact of IT
• Risk management
• Internal control and management theory
• Assurance and consulting services
2. What makes internal audit assignments successful?
• Definition of internal audit work and scope
• Role of internal auditors as consultants
• Internal auditors competencies ands skills
• Role of communication and behavioural skills
3. How to deal with risks positively
• Theory of risks
• Attitudes to risks
• Risk management frameworks
• Risk measurement
4. Impact of cross-cultural factors on internal auditing
• Main cultural features in business organisations in Asian and China versus Western organisations
• Interaction of internal auditing with value systems and management models
• Solutions to mitigate the impact of cross-cultural differences
5. Overview of internal audit framework
• Audit phases objectives and deliverables
• Audit Activity Planning and Risk-based approach
• Review the standards description profile for the senior auditor
• Identify the key responsibilities of the senior auditor at each step of the audit engagement
• Formulate audit objectives, criteria and procedures
6. Advanced techniques of internal auditing
Audit reference model & preliminary surveys
• Test sampling theory x Quality of evidence
• Use of IT tools
• Audit findings & reports
• Fieldwork techniques
• Design of control activities
• Issuance of internal control overall opinion
• Reporting techniques
7. Capitalizing knowledge
Contribution of knowledge management to internal audit
Jean Yves Le Corre is the Founder and Executive Director of InterauditAsia Co. Ltd, a consultancy specialized in learning services for cross-cultural auditing and performance management in China and the Asia-Pacific region.
Jean-Yves is a former trainer at Ifaci (Institute of Internal Audit and Control) in Paris, a Certified Internal Auditor and a Sloan Fellow from London Business School; he has more than ten years of professional experience in internal audit in large multinationals including Lafarge and Heineken Group where he led internal audit teams.
Jean-Yves developed extensive experience in coaching and training internal auditors in Asia and especially in China where he conducted +50 seminars over the past two years. Jean Yves is based in China where he currently provides advisory and assistance to multinationals and Chinese companies on internal control and risk management projects.
If you are having trouble registering online then you may download and fill out this registration form and fax it to (65) 65090292.
