Why This Course?
Any aspiring internal auditors embarking on the assurance as a career should begin their journey with a right and strong footing. Having a deep understanding and strong grasp on Governance, Risk Management and Control (GRC) subjects are essential as it will equip them with the right foundation when undertaking any assurance assignment.
In addition, the course is aimed at shaping their mindset towards being a ‘consultant’ and to think strategically as a business partner for the stakeholders.
Curriculum
- The World of Assurance: Auditing as a Profession & Various Types and Roles of Auditors
- Why Assurance is Needed & Understanding IIA and IPPF
- Corporate Governance: The Vital Concept & Principles of Corporate Governance
- Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (MCCG): Key Principles and Elements
- Why Corporate Governance is Needed for a Nation, Corporation, Society and Community?
- Risk Management: The concept of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
- Internationally Recognized Standards and Guidance for ERM: COSO 2017 and ISO 31000
- Overview of ERM Phases: Risk Defined, Identification, Assessment, Managing, Monitoring and Reporting
- ERM VS Corporate Strategies and Goals
- The 3 Lines of Defense in Managing Risks
- Internal Auditors and ERM: Roles and Responsibilities
- Internal Control and Assurance: The Definition of Internal Control & Purpose and Types of Internal Control (O-F-C)
- Guidance on Internal Control: COSO 2013 and Cobit (General IT control)
- Roles and Responsibilities for Effective Internal Control Implementation
- Auditors’ Role in Evaluating Controls: Control Adequacy and Effectiveness
- Internal Auditing (IA): Definition and purpose of IA (IA Charter)
- Types of IA: Strategic, Operation, Finance, IT and Special Projects
- Standards and Processes of IA: Planning, Fieldwork and Reporting
- Risk Based Internal Auditing Approach for IA
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of IAD
- Duties Towards Board Audit Committee and Senior Management
- Audit Evidence & Audit Documentation and Reviewing Process
Learning Outcomes
Understand the concept of GRC
Identify the phases and corresponding activities of an internal audit
Recognize the evolution and challenges of being an internal auditor
Identify the roles of the internal auditor
Identify the roles of the audit committee and the relationship with internal audit
Understand IIA’s definition of internal audit
Identify requirements and guidance provided by the IIA’s Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
Modes of Learning
In Person
Coming Soon
- Face-to-face Learning : including case studies and Q&A session
- Reading Materials
- Learning reinforcement : for individual modules
- Quizzes and Tests
- Summary report : for quizzes and tests (post-course)
- Course Completion Certificate
Webinar
Coming Soon
- Live Webinar Session : including case studies and Q&A session
- Reading Materials : pre-course
- Learning reinforcement : for individual modules
- Quizzes and tests : post-course
- Summary report : for quizzes and tests (post-course)
- Course Completion Certification
*There will be short breaks and lunch allocated at appropriate intervals
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