How to Perform an Internal Audit

🎉 Course Title: Mastering Internal Audits: A Comprehensive Guide with Adrian Resag

🚀 Headline: Unlock the Secrets of Effective Internal Audit Engagements!

Introduction: Dive into the world of internal auditing with our meticulously crafted online course, designed to equip new and seasoned auditors alike with a robust understanding of how to conduct thorough, insightful, and impactful internal audits. Whether you're in finance, compliance, risk management, or information security, this course will provide you with the knowledge and practical tools required to excel in your audit endeavors.

Your Instructor: 👤 Adrian Resag is not just any educator; he's a seasoned Chief Audit Executive with almost 20 years of experience and a wealth of knowledge. His expertise spans across various domains, making him the perfect mentor to guide you through the intricacies of internal auditing.

What You Will Learn:

• 🔍 Performing Internal Audit Engagements: Gain insight into the critical steps of planning, executing, and concluding an internal audit engagement. Adrian's methodologies will help you navigate each phase with confidence.

• 📜 The Workflow of Internal Audit Engagements: Understand the flow from start to finish, ensuring each step is meticulously planned and executed for a successful audit outcome.

• ✍️ Planning Audits: Learn how to define the scope and objectives of your audits, ensuring you're targeting the right areas and have clear criteria for success.

• 📈 Audit Techniques: Master the art of gathering information, creating process maps, risk-control matrices, and utilizing statistical and non-statistical sampling methods for a comprehensive view.

• 📊 Analytical Testing & Information Persuasiveness: Discover how to use analytical tests effectively and assess the persuasiveness of the information you gather during your audit.

• 🧐 Engagement Supervision & Performance Appraisals: Gain skills in supervising audits and appraising performance to ensure a high standard of audit quality.

• 📝 Writing Internal Audit Reports: Learn how to clearly and effectively communicate the results of your engagements, making sure your findings are both understandable and actionable.

• 🤝 Acceptance of Risks & Monitoring Progress: Understand the critical aspects of risk acceptance and how to monitor the progress on implementing internal audit recommendations.

Course Modules:

Planning Engagements:

• Determine the objectives, criteria, and scope for your audits.
• Create working papers that align with global Standards.
• Explore various staffing options for your audit team.

Performing Engagements:

• Collect information and analyze it to identify areas of concern.
• Supervise engagements effectively to ensure accuracy and thoroughness.

Communicating Engagement Progress and Results:

• Communicate engagement results in a clear and persuasive manner.
• Understand the process for accepting risks and how to monitor the status of audit recommendations.

Join us on this journey to master the art of internal auditing, and take your career to new heights with the expertise provided by one of the industry's most respected professionals. Enroll now and step into the world of an informed and capable internal auditor! 🌟