Auditing for In-Charge Auditors: Risk Assessment, Planning, and Fieldwork

Overview

Auditing for In-Charge Auditors: Risk Assessment, Planning, and Fieldwork Overview
In-Charge auditors play a vital role leading audits to success. They must plan, guide the team during fieldwork, coordinate the communication of results, direct the preparation of workpapers and provide performance guidance to team members. They need to balance their own and the team’s hard and soft skills often under challenging conditions. Topics covered include preliminary fieldwork and program development, operational vs. financial auditing, fieldwork methodology tools, and data analysis. It also covers risk assessment strategies and effectiveness, and the internal audit role in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Who Should Attend Financial, Operational, Information Technology, and External Auditors.
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WEBVTT Welcome to auditing for InCharge auditors, risk assessment, planning, and fieldwork. InCharge auditors are pivotal in guiding audits successfully, which includes planning, directing the team, managing communication, overseeing work paper preparation, and providing performance guidance to the team. They are often tasked with balancing their own and the team's hard and soft skills in challenging conditions. The course explores a range of topics, including fieldwork, program development, distinction between operational and financial auditing, fieldwork methodology tools, and data analysis. Also included is a detailed understanding of risk assessment strategies and effectiveness, and the role of internal audit in enterprise risk management, or ERM. Designed for financial, operational, information technology, and external auditors, successful completion of this course will earn participants four CPE credits.

Learning Style

On Demand

Level

Intermediate

Includes

Assessment

Who this course is for

Financial, Operational, Information Technology, and External Auditors.

NASBA Certified CPE

4 credits

Field of Study

Auditing

Length of course

4h

Prerequisites

Fundamentals of Internal Auditing
or equivalent experience

Advanced Preparation

None
8 Episodes

Here are the topics we'll cover

  • Course Overview
  • Fieldwork and Program Development
  • Risk Assessment Strategies
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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/