Methods in Audit Data Analytics: Mind-Mapping Techniques to Discover Data
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Data analytics have become an integral part of modern internal auditing, and auditors knowledgeable about data integrity, and techniques to analyze it, are in high demand. Proficiency examining data helps auditors identify waste, abuse, and fraud, and provides great opportunities to add value to audit clients. But extracting insights from the data is not enough, practitioners must also acquire effective communication skills to successfully convey their results and the business implications, which are essential to promote positive change.
Topics covered in this course include mind-mapping for data discovery and understanding structured vs. unstructured data. The course then focuses on data typically available from cash receipts, payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable, data available from other organizations, mind-mapping for audit use, and the analytics process overview.
Who should attend:
Compliance Officers, Audit Managers and Directors, Financial, Operational, and IT Auditors, and key operational personnel.
Here are the topics we'll cover.
- Course Overview
- Using Mind-Mapping Techniques to Discover Data Sources
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