Commonwealth Audit Committee – Virtual Workshop
November 24 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm AEDT
$295.45 - $400.00
Developed to address the changing professional development needs of audit committees, this Audit Committee Training course is an essential learning tool for anyone joining a Commonwealth Audit & Risk Committee (ARC), those who support an ARC or veterans looking to refresh their ARC thinking with current best practice.
This course was designed by Stephen Horne, one of Australia’s pre-eminent audit committee specialists with a wealth of practical ARC experience across an extensive audit committee portfolio. The course will be delivered online in a half-day format.
Topics Covered
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Audit Committee origins
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The governance context within which Commonwealth ARCs operate
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Obligations of Members
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Mandatory ARC Core Functions
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Additional ARC Functions, including a particular focus on entity integrity maturity.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the training course, participants will have a clear appreciation of:
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How we got here – the ARC journey
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The governance context
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Committee Member obligations
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Audit committee authority, requirements, and expectations
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Core requirements (financial reporting, performance reporting, system of risk oversight and management, system of internal control and control assurance)
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Additional functions (business continuity, ethical and lawful conduct, portfolio responsibilities, external reviews and evaluations).
Knowledge Level: Specialised
Delivery Format: Facilitator-led training via Zoom (Note: This training program will be delivered in two 3 and a half-hour lessons, over two days using Zoom. Registrations will be strictly limited to 12 participants to allow maximum interaction in the online environment.)
For Funds Transfer payments: Download the funds transfer registration form here and email the completed form to [email protected]
Our speakers
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- Name
- Stephen Horne PFIIA, CGAP, CIA, CRMA
- Biography
- Stephen’s career spanned 38 years in the NSW public sector and his executive roles included Assistant Auditor-General for NSW and Chief Executive of IAB, a Government Trading Enterprise undertaking internal audits and misconduct investigations for NSW State Government and Local Government bodies.
In 2015 Stephen established himself as a professional Non-Executive Director, trainer and probity adviser. In that role Stephen has developed extensive experience serving on many Local and State Government Audit Risk & Improvement Committees. Stephen was Australian President of the Institute of Internal Auditors 2013-2015, Australia’s delegate on the IIA Global Board 2015-2019, and Global Chair of the IIA’s Public Sector Guidance Committee 2016-2019. He has also presented audit committee training for AusAid, The Pacific Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions, The Global Fund and the United Nations.
Stephen was a previous CEO of the NSWG Internal Audit Bureau and the NSW Assistant Auditor-General for performance auditing (now being undertaken across NSW Councils). He is a qualified Company Director, Company Secretary and Internal Auditor. He was also a recent President of IIA Australia, Australia’s delegate on the IIA Global Board, Chair of the IIA’s Global Public Sector Guidance Committee and recently co-authored an Australian 2020 best practice publication on “Effective Internal Auditing in the Public Sector.”
