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Starting your career in internal auditing, or know someone who is?

Join us for the Fundamentals of Internal Auditing Online, the most convenient way to build your understanding of the internal audit process and its key aspects.

Delivered over four weeks and entirely online, you will work through ten interactive modules over a total of 18 - 21 hours with a cohort of fellow participants. The online environment will feature a mix of self-paced learning, interactive chat forums and access to an expert trainer who will guide you through the entire process of performing an effective internal audit.

Using the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) and industry-leading white papers you will learn the foundations of effective internal auditing, as well as cover the roles of risks, internal controls, interpersonal and client relationship skills in auditing.

All materials used will be yours to keep for future reference.

Topics covered

• Understanding internal auditing as a discipline
• The types of internal audit
• The International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
• The audit process – step by step
• Understanding risk-based auditing
• Understanding and auditing internal controls
• Audit planning
• Analytical review
• Observation
• Interview skills and managing client relationships
• Process documentation 
• The audit program
• Conducting fieldwork
• Writing an audit report
• The exit interview
• Putting it all together 

Learning Outcomes

• Perform the work of internal auditing, enabling you to carry out your assignment on a value-added audit engagement
• Engage in a risk-based audit approach – planning, process documentation, testing, analysis, and reporting
• Understand internal auditing today
• Become familiar with the scope and application of the International Professional Practices Framework
• Learn the concepts and terms that are central to internal auditing
• View your own organisation from an internal auditing perspective
• Communicate and "sell" internal auditing results

Presenter: Stephen Horne GAICD, FGIA, CIA, CRMA, CGAP

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.”