Audit Planning & Reporting
A practical professional programme focused on audit planning & reporting, designed to strengthen financial capability, analytical judgement and organisational performance.
- Type
- Professional
- Level
- Advanced
- Duration
- 5 days
- Delivery
- In person, Live online, In-house
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Audit Planning & Reporting develops the practical capability to plan internal audit engagements systematically and communicate audit results clearly to management and governance stakeholders.
The programme examines engagement objectives, scope, risk assessment, audit programmes, resource planning, evidence evaluation and the structure and wording of audit reports.
Participants learn how good planning improves audit efficiency and how concise, evidence-based reporting increases the impact of audit work.
Objectives
Develop systematic audit-engagement planning skills.
Define clear audit objectives, scope and procedures.
Improve audit-resource and evidence planning.
Develop concise, evidence-based audit findings.
Strengthen audit reporting and communication with stakeholders.
Learning outcomes
Prepare a structured audit engagement plan.
Define suitable audit objectives and scope boundaries.
Develop practical audit procedures linked to risks.
Write well-supported findings and recommendations.
Prepare a clear and decision-focused audit report.
Who it is for
Internal auditors.
Audit supervisors and team leaders.
Audit managers.
Risk and assurance professionals.
Professionals responsible for audit documentation and reporting.
Programme modules
1. Audit Engagement Planning
Engagement purpose
Preliminary information
Stakeholder expectations
Planning discipline
2. Objectives and Scope
Audit objectives
Scope boundaries
Risk considerations
Exclusions and limitations
3. Audit Programme Design
Audit procedures
Control testing
Evidence requirements
Sampling considerations
4. Resources and Fieldwork Planning
Audit resources
Timelines
Responsibilities
Progress monitoring
5. Developing Audit Findings
Condition and criteria
Cause and consequence
Risk significance
Recommendations
6. Audit Reporting
Report structure
Executive summaries
Clarity and concision
Management responses and action plans
Methodology
The programme combines audit-planning templates, engagement cases, finding-writing exercises and report-review activities. Participants develop a complete audit approach from planning through final communication.
Assessment
Assessment includes engagement-planning exercises and a final applied task requiring participants to prepare audit findings and a concise audit report from supplied evidence.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
For your organisation
This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.
Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.
Upcoming sessions
No dates are scheduled at present.
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