High-Impact Internal Audit Leadership

Course overview

Heads of internal audit are expected to be technical experts, team leaders and trusted advisers to boards and executives all at once. Many reach the role through technical excellence and find the leadership and influencing demands harder. This internal audit leadership course helps chief audit executives and audit managers lead functions that make a visible difference.

Participants explore what effective audit leadership looks like, how to build credibility with audit committees and executives, and how to manage relationships when findings are unwelcome. They then examine how to shape a risk-based audit plan that reflects organisational priorities and risk maturity, how to resource it with the right mix of skills, and how to lead and develop teams in-house or with co-sourced providers. The final part focuses on quality, performance measurement, innovation and continuous improvement of the audit function. Participants work on their own leadership challenges throughout the week.

Participants leave with clearer leadership priorities, stronger stakeholder strategies and an improvement plan for their audit function.

What you will be able to do

• Assess the qualities and behaviours of effective audit leaders
• Build credible relationships with audit committees and senior management
• Influence stakeholders when findings are difficult
• Shape a risk-based audit plan aligned with organisational priorities
• Lead, resource and develop high-performing audit teams
• Measure audit performance and drive continuous improvement

Who should attend

For chief audit executives, deputy heads of audit and audit managers who lead internal audit teams.

• Chief audit executives
• Deputy heads of internal audit
• Internal audit managers
• Senior internal auditors moving into leadership
• Heads of risk and assurance
• Leaders of outsourced audit teams

Course outline

Fees are per participant in US dollars and cover tuition, course materials and your certificate. Travel and accommodation are not included.