Internal Audit Report Writing for Impact and Results

Persuasive communication is an essential skill for auditors at all levels and high-quality audit reports are a key communication tool. This workshop focuses on the organization and structure of audit reports and practicing the basics of audit report writing.

CONTENT

*The Audit-Report Writing Task

– Importance of writing audit reports

– Explain why audit reports are written

– List the readers of your reports

– Describe how readers use the reports

– Limitations placed on your reports

*Components of Audit Observations

– Components of an audit observation

– Identify types of criteria

– Create condition summaries

– Determine levels of cause

– Determine levels of effect

– Create recommendation and action plan

Audit Report Structure

– Construct an audit report

– Importance of various sections

– Formats to write an audit observation

– Advantages and disadvantages of different report formats

*Quality of Reporting

– Develop coherence

– Practice objectivity

– Ensure sentence clarity

– Rephrase technical terminology

FOR WHOM:

Audit Managers and Lead Auditors who want to be including reviews of IT Controls in their operational audits.

IT managers who want to begin applying their operational audit skills to reviews of IT areas.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.