Skilled auditors require a method that aligns what they experienced during the reviewing process with what they compose during the writing process. This report writing workshop will provide foundation resources that participants can continually turn to during intense, complex audit engagements.
Why Should You Attend:
The art of audit report writing demands far more than simply listing the four elements of a finding–criteria, condition, cause, and effect. Adding the fifth element, the recommendation, may still be insufficient. This boilerplate approach to writing can threaten independent, critical thinking and undermine the entire audit process, ultimately tarnishing the credibility of the auditor.
This highly specialized webinar will offer a deep and useful toolbox of techniques that auditors can use when noting audit observations, drafting objective work papers, and composing well-structured, detailed, and fluent audit reports. The program will begin with a case study to illustrate each element of an audit checklist with a close focus on objective reporting. It will then uncover problems of ensuring validity and reliability of findings and determining root cause.
Learning Objectives:
- Draft work papers thoroughly based on objective observations
- Create a department-specific template to facilitate the writing process
- Organize audit points for greater impact
- Edit audit points for a clear, concise vocabulary for documenting audit reports
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- Determining factors affecting the validity and reliability of a finding
- Assessing the appropriate level of detail
- Creating a department-specific template to facilitate the writing process
- Drafting work papers based on objective observations
Who Will Benefit:
- Cost auditors
- External auditors
- Forensic auditors
- Internal auditors
- Consultant auditors
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