Elevating Internal Auditor Performance: Modern Trends and International Standards
1Summary
Every internal audit office today is expected to do far more than check for discipline inside a company. It is expected to shape how management behaves, evaluate financial and administrative practices with real rigor, and keep pace with international standards that keep evolving. Auditors who fall behind on these updates end up managing yesterday's risks while today's slip past them.
Internal auditing traces back to the 1950s, when it was little more than a discipline function inside companies. It has since grown into a recognized profession, and this course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy covers the latest developments and international standards shaping the field, to raise the efficiency of everyone working in internal audit.
2Objectives and target group
What You Will Gain
- Learn modern international approaches used in internal auditing at large companies.
- Build specialized skills for managing financial and administrative control offices.
- Understand the role of internal audit offices in controlling fraud within company accounts.
- Protect the company from risk using data generated by internal audit offices.
Who Should Attend
- Directors and owners of government and private companies.
- Directors of internal audit firms and internal audit officers.
- Employees in financial control, accounting, and auditing offices.
- Academics looking to develop their audit and internal audit capabilities.
3Course Content
Module 1: Delivering Assurance and Supporting Company Strategy
- Performing assurance services and quality assurance for products and services.
- Methods for achieving company objectives and strategy through internal audit offices.
Module 2: Self-Assessment and Enterprise-Wide Risk Management
- Global approaches to self-assessment of management performance.
- Management skills for evaluating all activities, risks, and controls within the company's work.
Module 3: Discipline and International Standards
- Achieving administrative and financial discipline through audit offices.
- International standards in administrative and financial internal audit, and how to apply them within companies.