Audit Executive Development
OBJECTIVE: As the next step up for audit managers, this seminar helps you market the value of internal audit and develop your executive skills
TOPICS COVERED
- The role of an Audit Executive (AE)
- Differences between an AE and audit manager
- Essential qualifications for an AE
- Identifying and recruiting AEs
- Role of an AE in team based audit departments
- AE leadership team member commitments
- Aligning AE with senior executives
- Establishing the initial relationship with executives
- Marketing the AE role in the company
- Earning executives trust and confidence
- Discussing and prioritizing risks with executives
- Establishing follow up arrangements with execs
- Dealing with sensitive issues
- A typical meeting with AEs and Vice Presidents
- Recognizing and fixing team dynamics problems
- Taking control of your teams when appropriate
- Confirming audit value with vice presidents
- Mentoring staff
- Measuring your success as an AE
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- The differences between an audit manager and an audit executive
- Essential qualifications and skills for Audit Executives
- Audit Executive’s critical role in marketing the audit department to executives
- How to extract yourself from managing audit details and lead audit teams effectively
- Your role as a leader on your audit teams instead of allocator and reviewer of tasks
- The personal changes that you will needto make the step up to the audit executive role
- When it is appropriate to step in and take control of your audit teams
- How to interact with senior executives
- What to bring to the senior executive’s table
- How to create “win-win” with difficult executives
- Market the value of your audit teams to executives
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Audit Executives are more than just Audit Managers. They are leaders and they manage relationships. This is the next step up for audit managers. Learn how to market the value of internal audit and develop your executive skills.
Product Code: 901
CPE Credit: 8 hrs
Duration: 1 day
Price: $295.00
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