This training course is designed for current and aspiring internal audit managers seeking to strengthen their capability to effectively lead and oversee audits in alignment with the Global Internal Audit Standards™.
The course focuses on the operational, leadership, and quality responsibilities of the audit manager role. It is not a technical auditing course, instead, it provides participants with a practical understanding of how audit managers apply the Standards across the audit lifecycle while managing stakeholder expectations, quality, team performance, and emerging risks impacting the profession.
Drawing on leading practice and real-world application, participants will explore how audit managers can effectively translate professional requirements into practical outcomes within their organisation.
The course will:
- Connect the responsibilities of the audit manager role to the Global Internal Audit Standards™ across the audit lifecycle
- Examine the audit manager’s role in planning, supervising, reviewing, reporting, and closing audits
- Explore the importance of quality assurance and continuous improvement as core management responsibilities
- Provide practical insights into managing stakeholder relationships, engagement teams, and audit delivery
- Discuss emerging issues and trends influencing the internal audit profession and audit management practices.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the responsibilities of the audit manager role under the Global Internal Audit Standards™
- Apply the key components of the internal audit methodology across the audit lifecycle
- Plan and manage audits effectively, including conducting opening meetings and scoping activities
- Oversee audit fieldwork, testing, supervision, and review processes
- Evaluate and improve the quality of audit observations, findings, and recommendations
- Prepare and deliver effective audit reports and facilitate exit meetings
- Apply appropriate audit closure and follow-up practices
- Understand quality assurance and improvement requirements applicable to the internal audit function
- Identify emerging trends and issues impacting internal audit management
- Develop a practical action plan to support implementation within their workplace.
Key topics include:
- Governance, risk, control & assurance
- Genuine risk-based auditing
- Audit planning, conduct and communication: an audit manager’s perspective.
- Ethics and professionalism
- Managing outsourced audits
- Agile auditing
- Data analytics
- Agentic AI and technology-enabled auditing
- ESG and sustainability considerations
- Organisational culture
- Working effectively with the Audit & Risk Committee
Training Dates: 19, 20, 25, 26 May 2006 (9 am to 1pm)
CPE Points: 14
Member: $1300.00
Non-Member: $1570.00
Knowledge Level: Intermediate
Delivery Format: Facilitator-led training via Zoom (Note: This training program will be delivered in four 4-hour lessons, over four days using Zoom. Registrations will be strictly limited to 15 participants to allow maximum interaction in the online environment.)
Facilitator: Stephen Horne PFIIA, CGAP, CIA, CRMA
Stephen’s career spanned 38 years in the NSW public sector and his executive roles included Assistant Auditor-General for NSW and Chief Executive of IAB, a Government Trading Enterprise undertaking internal audits and misconduct investigations for NSW State Government and Local Government bodies.
In 2015 Stephen established himself as a professional Non-Executive Director, trainer and probity adviser. In that role Stephen has developed extensive experience serving on many Local and State Government Audit Risk & Improvement Committees. Stephen was Australian President of the Institute of Internal Auditors 2013-2015, Australia’s delegate on the IIA Global Board 2015-2019, and Global Chair of the IIA’s Public Sector Guidance Committee 2016-2019. He has also presented audit committee training for AusAid, The Pacific Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions, The Global Fund and the United Nations.
Stephen was a previous CEO of the NSWG Internal Audit Bureau and the NSW Assistant Auditor-General for performance auditing (now being undertaken across NSW Councils). He is a qualified Company Director, Company Secretary and Internal Auditor. He was also a recent President of IIA Australia, Australia’s delegate on the IIA Global Board, Chair of the IIA’s Global Public Sector Guidance Committee and recently co-authored an Australian 2020 best practice publication on “Effective Internal Auditing in the Public Sector.”