Post Conference Workshops
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
A choice
of three post conference workshops are available as separately bookable sessions.
The workshops are also open to those not attending SOPAC®.
WS1 Dectecting thunder before the storm - What the great internal audit
departments do well
The role and stature
of internal auditing has evolved significantly over the past decade.
High peforming internal audit functions today often bear little resemblance
to those of the past. Based on the results
of socres of quality assessment benchmarkeing results, the presenter has compiled a
profile of a high performing internal audit function and the characteristics
these organisations share in common.
Key areas to be
covered
Insights from
internal audit benchmarking reports from around the globe
Overview of the changing
nature of the profession and expectations in the future
Reflection on current
internal auditing functions and identification of capability gaps
Strategies to move your
internal audit from good to great
Learning
outcomes
Understand how the expectations of key internal audit
stakeholders have evolved over the past
decade
Undestand how changing
expectations and operating environments have driven change in leading internal
audit functions
Be able to articulate ten
characteristics of high performing internal audti functions and leading
practices that mebody these characteristics
Comprehend some of the
challenges in keeping a high performing internal audit function at the "front
of the curve."
Presenter: Richard Chambers CIA QIAL CGAP CCSA CRMA,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute of
Internal Auditors (Global)
WS2 - Auditing project
Increasingly, those who have risk-related roles are being
asked to give assurance that project risks are being assessed, governed and
minimised. At the end of this course participants will be highly project-risk
aware and be able to add value to the project process.
Key areas to be
covered
The
internal audit role in projects and
programs
Project lifecycle and
methodologies
Project 3 lines of
defence
Project auditing
approaches
Probity auditing
Project governance
Project assurance
Case
study
Learning
outcomes
Understand why project reporting
is flawed
Undertand approaches to
auditing projects and programs
Identify how risk
materialises within live projects causing them to fall
Understand project
governance
Learn approaches to project
assurance
Learn approaches to project
and program auditing
Presenter: Andrew Cox PFIIA CIA CGAP, Manager Quality,
IIA-Australia
WS3 - Assessing
the risk culture of your organisation
A clear, data-driven
evaluation of the organisation's risk culture adds critical insight for Internal
Auditors on emerging risks, effectiveness of controls and materiality of
known risk management challenges. Robust methodologies for assessing
culture have been evolving in recent years. This workshop will help shed
light on how to approach this topic in the same systematic manner as other
internal audit activities.
Key areas to be
covered
Key definitions and
theory
Regulatory, operational
and market trends influencing risk culture
Roles and responsibilities
associated with risk culture (three lines of defence)
Determining minimum
standards
Models and tools to assist
assessment
Approaches to reporting and
follow-up
Actions to support
improvement where required
Learning
outcomes
Understand practical aspects
of risk culture - Root causes and outcomes
Identify the role or risk
appetite on risk culture
Evaluate a range of models
for auditing risk culture
Formulate a plan to assess
risk culture in your organisation
Develop a method for
reporting on and monitoring risk culture improvement
inititatives
Presenter: Elizabeth Arzadon,
Managing Director, Kiel Advisory