Innovation for Audit Managers

Internal Audit

Overview

Managers must understand, deploy, and sustain innovation as a key characteristic of their units. This course shows how to embed innovation and agility in a department’s methodology and administration, key considerations when implementing change initiatives, and techniques to successfully apply the Three Lines Model to provide integrated assurance. It also covers ways to make Internal Audit a more visible contributor to an organization’s value protection and creation infrastructure.

Why you should take this course

For users with an introductory knowledge of this topic, and are searching for additional information and its application.

Here are the topics we'll cover.

  1. Change Enablement

    • Change Enablement
    • Change Models
    • Objections to Change
    • Tools Overview to Facilitate Change Initiatives
    • Requirements for a Successful Change Process
  2. Strengthening the Evidence We Obtain and Use

    • Facts vs. Opinion
    • Quality of Evidence
    • Poor Quality Evidence
    • Persuasion
    • Force Field Analysis
    • Data Analytics
  3. Expanding Our Role

    • New Areas for Audit Review
    • The 8 Es
    • Integrated Auditing
  4. Management and Leadership in Internal Audit

    • 10 Key Actions to Remain Relevant
    • Behaviors and Attributes
    • Leadership Types
    • Expectations of Manager-Leaders
    • Maintaining Strategic Relationships
    • Setting Goals
  5. People, Processes, and Tools

    • Employee Engagement
    • Key Skills for Managers
    • Troubleshooting Problems
    • Modeling
    • Upgrading our Methodology – Some Tools
    • Upgrading our Methodology – Additional Tools
    • Maturity of the Internal Audit Department
  6. Achieving a Higher Level of Thinking

    • Critical Thinking
    • Bloom’s Taxonomy
    • Deductive Reasoning
    • Inductive Reasoning
    • Distracting Techniques
    • Recognizing and Solving Problems
    • Ranking Problems
  7. The Three Lines Model

Learning Style

Instructor Led

Level

Intermediate

Who this course is for

Audit Managers, Compliance Experts, and leaders in Internal Audit departments who want to develop new audit approaches, expand current skills, re-energize the focus of audit activities, and learn innovative tips, tools, and techniques.

NASBA Certified CPE

16 credits

Field of Study

Auditing

Length of course

16h

Prerequisites

Fundamentals of Internal Auditing
or equivalent experience

Advanced Preparation

None
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Here are the learning objectives we'll cover

  • Understand how managers can apply innovation in the planning, fieldwork, and reporting phases of internal audits and consulting engagements.
  • Apply techniques to improve internal audit methodology and be more responsive to clients’ needs.
  • Enhance management planning and evaluate an organizations’ change initiatives and how innovation impacts programs, processes, products, and services.
  • Prepare action plans that apply innovation and demonstrate resilience, adaptability, and forward-thinking.

Attendance policy for on-site and online instructor-led training

Students are expected to arrive on time for classes with the proper materials and attitude. An overall attendance rate of 100% is expected to fully absorb the materials and to complete labs. If you have an expected absence, please email support@acilearning.com or your instructor ahead of time. The number of CPEs awarded will be equivalent to the number of hours attended.

ACI Learning is registered with NASBA

ACI Learning is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: https://www.nasbaregistry.org/