Why Attend
Today’s chief audit executives, their deputies, and internal audit managers need to work closely with business leaders, boards, audit committees, peers and their own audit teams. Now more than ever, leadership, stakeholder relations, and influencing skills are becoming as important as managing a team, planning and delivering insightful internal audit assurance and consulting engagements.
This course focuses on the various challenges and opportunities internal audit leaders face and shows how audit leaders can make a contribution at a strategic level, clearly adding value and also enhancing productivity in the audit process.
This clear, practical and interactive course will help participants improve their awareness and skills and help them become a better internal audit leader who delivers impact and insightful internal audit work that can make a strategic difference to their organization.
Course Methodology
A blend of theoretical, technical, discursive and practical approaches. It will include facilitator-led input sessions, and numerous team exercises based around practical internal audit situations, case studies, group presentations, discussions, and debates.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate greater confidence in dealing with senior leaders
- Appraise what it really takes to be an effective internal audit leader
- Explain how to make an effective and valuable contributions at a strategic level and towards overall business success
- Apply practical methods to manage key relationships with the audit committee, senior management, and peers
- Add value through efficient and effective internal audit good practices
- Explain key priorities for them and their departments to help maximize their contribution to their organization
Target Audience
Chief audit executives, deputy heads of audit, internal audit managers and senior internal auditors who deal with business leaders and/or lead or manage members of the internal audit team. This course is equally valuable for both in-house and outsourced internal audit teams.
Target Competencies
- Internal audit management
- Improvement and innovation
- Internal audit delivery
- Persuasion and collaboration
- Governance, risk and control enhancement
Location:
South AfricaTraining Dates:
Each course starts every Monday of each week. Please book your training on a date that is a Monday.Course Duration:
Unit Standard:
NQF Level:
Number of Credits:
Course Fees
Note: Please fill in the online application form on the left or bottom if this page to receive a quotation with detailed pricing from AATICD.How to Apply:
To Apply Simply Fill in the Online Enquiries / Applications form on the Right Sidebar or Bottom of this website https://www.aaticd.co.zaNB: Terms and Conditions for Payment and Refunds
1.1. Full payment for the training workshop must be made at least 5 days before the scheduled workshop date.
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2. Cancellation and Refund Policy
2.1. Cancellations made 30 days or more before the workshop date will be eligible for a full refund, minus any administrative fees.
2.2. Cancellations made 15 to 29 days before the workshop date will be eligible for a 50% refund of the total payment.
2.3. Cancellations made less than 14 days before the workshop date will not be eligible for a refund.
2.4. Participants who fail to attend the workshop without prior notice will not be eligible for a refund.
3. Rescheduling
3.1. If a participant wishes to reschedule, a request must be submitted at least 14 days in advance, subject to availability.
3.2. A rescheduling fee may apply.
4. Workshop Cancellation by the Organizer
4.1. AATICD reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the workshop due to unforeseen circumstances, including but not limited to low enrolment, trainer unavailability, or force majeure events.
4.2. In the event of cancellation by AATICD, participants will be offered a full refund or the option to attend a rescheduled session.
4.3. AATICD is not responsible for any additional costs incurred by participants, such as travel or accommodation expenses.
5. Refund Processing
5.1. Approved refunds will be processed within 7 business days from the date of cancellation approval.
5.2. Refunds will be issued using the original payment method unless otherwise agreed.
6. Contact Information
For any questions regarding payments and refunds, please contact us at:
Email: apply@aaticd.co.za
Phone: +27 73 016 5042
By registering for the workshop, participants agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
In-House Trainings are also available for 3 or more delegates for any duration. Please consult with our Administration for such In-House training bookings.
Course Outline
- Internal Audit Leadership
- Effective leadership
- The importance of steady management
- Qualities of an effective internal audit leader
- A reminder of leadership and management theory
- The inspirational internal audit leader
- Large versus small internal audit teams
- The mission statement and definition of internal auditing
- Relevant attribute and performance standards
- Challenges all internal audit leaders face
- Resolving common challenges
- Effective Internal Audit Planning
- Determining risk maturity
- Designing the risk-based assurance universe
- Developing an effective internal audit strategy
- How you develop your universe and strategy
- Coordination with other assurance providers
- Advantages and disadvantages of working with other assurance providers
- Determining the annual or six-monthly internal audit plan
- Delivering the plan
- Discussion: Good practice planning
- Internal audit delivery today and building team capability for tomorrow
- Getting Maximum Impact from our Internal Audit Resources
- Securing the necessary internal audit resources
- Managing internal audit resources
- Dealing with the dispersed team
- Ensuring an effective internal audit engagement process
- Maximizing efficiency
- Managing co-sourcing and contractors
- In-house versus outsourced contractors
- Risk management in the internal audit function
- Risk identification and management for internal audit
- Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Perceptions of internal audit
- Stakeholder analysis
- Effective stakeholder relations
- Marketing internal audit
- Internal audit’s product mix
- Best practice stakeholder management
- Effective reporting and recommendations
- Conflict management, negotiation, and persuasion
- Networking
- Conflict and solutions
- Insight, Added Value, and Quality Assurance
- What is insight
- Delivering insight and impact
- Enhancing and protecting organizational value
- Adding value through assurance and consulting
- The power and perils of advisory work
- The quality assurance and improvement program
- Internal assessments
- External assessments
- Elements of the improvement program