The Effective Audit Committee
The Effective Audit Committee
A one day course aimed at new audit committee members, or those who want to refresh their skills, or those of their entire committee.
This is an interactive training session, with exercises and discussions throughout.
Learning outcomes
The role of the committee in good governance.
Assurance, and dealing with assurance providers
Key skills & competencies for audit committee members
What effectiveness means for audit committees
Who Should Attend?
This course is aimed at new audit committee members,
or more experienced committee members who want to refresh their skills and knowledge.
Course outline
- Role and purpose: role of the audit committee | terms of reference | core responsibilities
- Assurance: 3 lines of defence | assurance providers
- Internal Audit: action tracking | relationships | audit planning
- External Audit: financial statements | working with external audit
- Risk appetite & risk management: risk refresh | determining appetite | responding to risk
- Relationships:
reporting lines & information flows | key relationships | managing workload
- Dealing with reports & management information: using assurance | information needs analysis | committee work cycle
- Evaluation and effectiveness: traits of effective committee members | committee evaluation | self-assessment
Book your course
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