Detecting Financial Fraud and Forgery: A Training Course for Internal Auditors (Online / Remote)
1Summary
Fraud in financial transactions rarely announces itself — it hides inside numbers that look correct at first glance. That is precisely the challenge this course tackles: training internal audit and control staff to spot the subtle signs of manipulation before they turn into real financial damage.
Arab British Fellowship Training Academy built this course around the practical mechanics of internal audit and oversight offices — how they operate, what evidence they gather, and how they confirm that a company's reported figures actually reflect reality.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend?
- Managers and owners of big companies.
- Managers and owners of governmental and private enterprises.
- Managers of internal audit offices in governmental and private companies.
- Staff working in internal audit and financial control offices.
- Staff responsible for examining financial data and reports.
Knowledge and Benefits
- Conduct financial audits on accounts issued by company accountants.
- Identify the most common means of fraud and forgery in financial reporting.
- Detect fraud indicators before they affect company transactions.
- Apply prevention mechanisms that stop fraud and forgery cases early.
- Activate the role of internal and financial audit offices in detection work.
3Course Content
Module 1: Foundations of Internal Audit and Financial Control
- How financial control and internal audit offices operate within a company
- The internal auditor's role in day-to-day oversight work
Module 2: Gathering and Verifying Evidence
- Collecting sufficient evidence to confirm the accuracy of accountants' statements
- Cross-checking financial reports against actual results
Module 3: Detecting Fraud and Forgery
- Recognising the common patterns behind fraud and forgery cases
- Conducting internal self-oversight of financial performance
Module 4: Activating the Audit Office's Preventive Role
- Turning detection findings into practical preventive measures
- Strengthening the internal audit office's ongoing role in fraud prevention