COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course will deal with project management techniques in the context of the audit life cycle, including practical approaches to developing strategic audit plans.
BACKGROUND:Every audit job, whether it be a planned audit, involvement in the development of a new business process, or a special investigation, is a project in its own right. The strategic audit plan is a programme of projects. Auditors need to understand and be able to apply project programme and project management techniques to their work. This is more than simple time allocation or recording. It requires an understanding of objectives and resource management as well as target achievement, some of which may be outside the direct control of the auditor. Audit interaction and in some cases dependencies on other areas of the business need to be incorporate in the plan.
COURSE CONTENT
The Challenges
- The role of audit
- On time
- To budget
- Delivering what is required
- Within audit’s control
- Outside of audit’s control
- Strategic programme
- Tactical project
The Audit Project
- Type of audit project
- Assurance
- Conformance
- Performance
- New process
- Investigation
- Estimation
- Audit staff time
- Client staff time
- Travel time
- Expenses
- Project components
- Planning
- Fieldwork
- Reporting
- Follow-up
Problem Management
- Embedded monitors
- Early warning indicators
- Problem resolution
Project Reporting
- Key concepts
- What really matters?
- Frequency
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Audit Managers. Audit Team Leaders.
This course is designed to be run either as an in-house course or as a training pool title only. For more information on how the training pool works please click on the Quorum Training Pool item in the menu on the left of this page.
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