Masterclass on Report Writing for Internal Auditors

The program equips participants with report writing and communication skills which form the most significant and critical component of any internal audit consulting. An effective report assists Internal Auditors to build strong and trusting partnership between the organisation's executive senior management and the Internal Audit team.

We take experiential learning approach. The program has been designed to include six group activities for bite sized concepts and one large case study to allow participants to apply all the concepts they have learnt during the session. Our facilitators will be available during all sessions for ongoing consultation with participants.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

Understand relevant requirements of IIA standards and other best practices governing internal audit reporting
Learn the perspective and expectations from directors, CEOs and higher management about their perception of audit reports, their level of satisfaction with conventional audit reports and complaints
Comprehend about what an Audit Committee expects from an audit report
Apply drafting skills to audit observations/issues in a concise, clear and comprehensive manner
Understand various segments of an audit report, their users and their structure
Know the Do's and don'ts of audit report drafting (linguistic aspects)

Day 1

Understanding the auditee / readers' mindset
Construction and drafting of audit observations
Components of an audit observation
Group activities and Practice
Building a logically correct observation i.e. identifying cause, effect, condition, action, etc.
Achieving clarity and precision in audit observations
Group activities and Practice

Day 2

Strategies and tools for documenting internal audit observations
Managing technical content and cluttered information on large audits
Connecting recommendations with the right cause
Group activities and Practice
Getting the right tone
Report Layering and navigation strategies
Group activities and Practice
Case study

Husnain R. Badami, FCAA
Husnain is currently Chief Executive of Ingenium, working in leadership, finance, and digital learning space. He also serves as a Partner of Redwood Global Services, an accounting outsourcing and advisory firm operating in Canada and Pakistan. In addition, he is the co-founder of an award-winning EdTech start-up, The School of Business Education which is providing accounting education to students and professionals across the world. Earlier, he has worked with Ernst & Young Karachi, Dubai, and Jeddah offices and at Engro Polymers & Chemicals Limited, prior to his move into entrepreneurship to pursue his passion in the field of OD consulting and L&D.

Academically, he also holds a Gold Medal for his outstanding performance in post-grad studies in Philosophy with critical pedagogy as his area of research. His academic work on pedagogy has also been published in the prestigious Journal of Comparative Education of Columbia University, USA.

At ICAP, he is a former Vice-President and presently a member of the Council. Husnain is also a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) with a cumulative experience of over 16 years in the profession. Together with this, he also carries a robust practical background in L&D. Professionally, he is an Organizational Development consultant with expertise in Finance, Leadership, and Instructional Design & Facilitation.

Danish Noorani, FCA
Danish Noorani is a qualified Chartered Accountant with cumulative experience of 20+ years in auditing, compliance, internal audit, finance, accounting, project management, and training & development. He had been heading Compliance and Ethics function in Siemens. Prior to Siemens he worked with Ernst & Young at Karachi and Johannesburg offices. Presently, he serves as a Director and co-founder of Ingenium and heading its digital learning business. He is also Partner at Redwood Global Services, an accounting firm with offices in Canada and Karachi.

His areas of training are Strategic finance, Business Acumen, IFRS, Corporate Governance, Compliance, Leadership skills, and, Internal Auditing.

Danish has successfully trained management professionals from diverse industries on ethics, IFRS, compliance and internal auditing, notably from, Bayer Pakistan, Bayer Pharma, Grant Thorton, Orix Leasing, NAFA Funds, Tameer Bank, MCB Arif Habib Investments, UBL Fund Managers, PEL, Hino Pak Motors, Bayer Crop Science, Venus Pakistan, Atlas Honda, PNSC, Pak Arab Refinery Limited, Siemens Pakistan, Ontex, etc.

This course has been specifically designed for internal audit managers, quality assurance managers, compliance managers, IT auditors, internal control officers, risk managers and Head of Internal Audit Group, who are looking for more influential and effective ways to strengthen their communication channels with their senior executive management and operational stakeholders in their organisation.

Masterclass on Report Writing for Internal Auditors

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