Starting your career in internal auditing, or looking to brush up on your knowledge?

Then join us for the Fundamentals of Internal Auditing course, which is the best way to understand the key aspects of the internal audit process.

Through team exercises, group discussion and lectures, you will gain a foundation of knowledge that will allow you to properly prepare for and conduct a successful audit, using preliminary surveys and evidence-gathering techniques.

A basic understanding of the roles of risks and internal controls in auditing will also be covered, along with interpersonal and client relationship skills.

All the important topics

• Understanding internal auditing
• Different kinds of internal audit
• The International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
• The audit process
• Understanding risk-based auditing
• Understanding and auditing internal controls
• Audit planning
• Analytical review
• Observation
• Interviewing and managing client relationships
• Process documentation
• The audit program
• Conducting fieldwork
• Writing the audit report
• Exit interview
• Putting it all together

Tangible Outcomes

• Perform the work of internal auditing enabling you to carry out your assignment on a value-added audit engagement
• Engage in a risk-based audit approach, from planning through process documentation to testing, analysis, and reporting
• Understand internal auditing today
• Become familiar with the scope and application of the Professional Practices Framework
• Learn the concepts and terms that are central to internal auditing
• View your own organisation from an internal auditing perspective
• Communicate and "sell" internal auditing results

Registrations

For all registrations please email admin@iianz.org.nz with your name, position title, organisation details along with your purchase order number if you use one for invoicing purposes.

Payment can be made via online banking, or via credit by clicking the link within the electronic invoice to be taken to a secure payment portal.

Please remember payment is required prior to event attendance.

Testimonials

2017 Participant: The course gave me a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of Internal Auditing. We had a lot of opportunity to collaborate and discuss concepts and practise with other participants and share individual experiences. Definitely worthwhile

2016 Participant: The course resources were very comprehensive and included lots of applicable case studies and examples. Group exercises and interactivity were really beneficial. I took a lot away from this course.

For all inquiries please email admin@iianz.org.nz

Phone: 04 384 8840

Date - Tuesday, 6 March 2018 to Friday, 09 March 2018
Venue – To be Advised
Location - Wellington

Member $1,950.00 plus GST
Non-Member $2,500.00 plus GST

4 Days CPE

Fundamentals of Internal Auditing is faciliated by Michael Parkinson CIA, CISA, CRMA, CRISC

Michael Parkinson worked with and for the Australian Government for several decades – the last 25 years in senior governance, consulting and internal audit positions. He was the chief audit executive of three Australian Government agencies as a permanent officer and as a consultant has been the most senior internal auditor of a number of agencies.

He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and holds a Certificate in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) and Certificate in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC).

He has served on the international board and executive of each of ISACA and The IIA.

Until recently, he was

• chair of Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand joint technical committee OB-007 – the mirror committee for ISO TC 262 and local developer of risk management guidance

• a member of the International Internal Auditing Standards Board.

Michael is formerly a Director of a major accounting/service firm providing internal audit, risk management and governance services’ and currently serves on a number of public sector audit committees.