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COSO 2013:
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Continuous
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COSO 2013: ImplementIng the Framework
IIA SemInArS: Attend. Learn. Repeat. COSO 2013 Framework: Get Prepared Changes to the COSO Internal Control-Integrated Framework mean big changes in how you execute internal controls. Sign up now for COSO 2013: Implementing the Framework, The IIA’s comprehensive 2-day program which will prepare you to: • Communicate the enhancements and objectives of the 2013 Framework. • Design and evaluate a system of internal controls using the 2013 Framework. • Develop an action plan to implement the 2013 Framework in your internal audit process. Prepare yourself with IIA Seminars. Visit www.theiia.org/seminars for details.
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Table of Contents Letter from the Vice President of Learning Solutions.................................... 4 Training Icons Legend.................................................................................. 4 COSO 2013: What You Need to Know............................................................ 6 Continuous Learning: Named Prized Attribute for Highly Effective Internal Auditors...................... 8 2013 June – December Seminar Schedule................................................. 10 Featured Seminar Course Descriptions.................................................13-27 Turning Career Essentials into Visible Credentials..................................... 29 2013 IIA Conferences................................................................................. 31 10 Books Every Internal Auditor Should Read............................................. 33 Prepare to Pass the New 3-Part CIA Exam.................................................. 34
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Dear Reader, I am excited to share significant training updates and enhancements from The IIA with you … because everything we do is for you. This issue of Your Training Compass has the latest information on topics you need to do your job and do it well. Read up on: • COSO 2013: Implementing the Framework, a two-day course featured at all remaining IIA seminar locations throughout 2013. • The IIA’s 2013 conferences, featuring exciting themes and educational tracks around the country. • The IIA’s CIA Learning System, updated for the new 3-Part CIA exam syllabus. Remember, The IIA offers On-Site Training — our experts work with you to create your own customized training plans for all the courses within these pages. As the leader in innovative, relevant training, The IIA provides quality, engaging learning opportunities for internal audit professionals. Sincerely, Bonnie Ulmer Vice President, Learning Solutions The Institute of Internal Auditors
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As the global leader in internal audit education, The IIA provides the highest quality, convenience, and value in the business. Make the worthwhile investment in training that will keep you abreast of the most recent industry-wide standards and guidance. Training options are available year-round to affordably earn CPE hours that yield results for your business and career. When choosing courses, these icons represent the course delivery format. Select the one that’s most convenient for you.
The IIA’s Multiple Learning Platforms Seminars: Multi-day training events that offer a variety of classroom-style courses that are aligned with The IIA’s International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF). eLearning: Facilitated courses offered via the Internet in shorter sessions over multiple days; Members-only Webinars; interactive, multi-day online eWorkshops on various topics, offering the flexibility for participants to attend one or more sessions.
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On-site Training: Customizable courses for five or more attendees presented at the organization’s location (or delivered virtually to multiple locations simultaneously). Tackle the tough topics with peers and ensure training message consistency. Conferences: There’s nothing quite like a gathering of minds. Make connections and build a network of peers from across the globe. Learn from dynamic thought leaders who are among the best in their fields.
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Know How to Can Do The complexity of environments in which we operate as internal auditors changes daily. To add value to our engagements, we must keep pace. Ongoing training helps us to manage change and translate our know-how into can-do. Like our industry, training is evolving. Sometimes it’s on the job, but it also comes from reading articles, attending eWorkshops, or participating in live seminars or conferences. The IIA offers inestimable value on all those fronts. It is also critical to live up to professional requirements by getting the necessary skills to take on new engagements. I focus my team’s efforts on being well grounded in the Standards. To ensure consistent quality in our audit function and organization, QAR standards help us to benchmark where we are versus our professional standards.
Carolyn Saint, CIA Vice President, Internal Audit 7-Eleven
Often, you hear of auditors who are business auditors or IT auditors. These disciplines must come together as our industry moves toward using more statistical analysis and profiling through data analysis. We can no longer audit around the machine. We don’t have to be developers, but we must know how to use data in our audits. The IIA provides invaluable thought leadership on relevant and on-trend topics such as IT auditing; and there is no dearth of ideas and approaches at its seminars. If you’ve benefited from training, you’ve been enlightened and inspired. The key is to translate what you learn so it’s tactically relevant within your scope and organization. Our challenge in this evolving global business environment is to assess the skills of team members and move people up the competency ladder from learning how to perform a task to being able to provide insights and assurance to our stakeholders so meaningful decisions and actions can be made. All of it involves getting up to speed and continual learning and improvement. The IIA’s training platforms help me and my team learn what we need to know as well as how to use it to make us more effective at our jobs.
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2013: What You Need to Know
Does your organization use The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission’s (COSO’s) internal control framework to ensure effective internal control across the organization? Are you currently “shopping around” for an internal control framework that addresses today’s challenges, and is comprehensive and easy to implement?
If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, you’ll want to keep reading. After more than 20 years, COSO has revised its popular Internal Control – Integrated Framework, a common internal control model against which organizations can develop and assess their control systems. Known for its cube-shaped diagram, the framework defines five components of internal control: (1) control environment, (2) risk assessment, (3) control activities, (4) information and communication, and (5) monitoring activities. Since its original publication in 1992, the model has become the most widely adopted internal control framework in the world. “The business world has changed dramatically since the original framework was published,” notes COSO Chairman David Landsittel. “It has become more complex, 6
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technologically driven, and global in scale. At the same time, stakeholders are more engaged, seeking greater transparency and accountability.” The 2013 COSO Framework reflects these considerations, while retaining the core definition and five components of internal control. It also includes clarifications and enhancements to increase ease of use. In connection with developing the 2013 Framework, the COSO Board developed two new supporting documents: Illustrative Tools for Assessing Effectiveness of a System of Internal Control, which offers templates and scenarios to help organizations apply the framework, and Internal Control over External Financial Reporting: A Compendium of Approaches and Examples, which provides practical examples that illustrate how the framework’s principles can be applied when preparing external financial statements.
“The COSO Board encourages users of the original framework to transition their applications and related document to the 2013 Framework as soon as is feasible under their particular circumstances,” says Landsittel, acknowledging that the continued use of the original framework is appropriate during the transition period, which extends to Dec. 15, 2014. “Any application of the framework that involves external reporting should clearly disclose whether the original or 2013 version was utilized,” he adds.
How to Transition The Institute of Internal Auditors’ (IIA’s) new course, COSO 2013: Implementing the Framework, can guide you through this transition. The two-day course dives deep into the framework, walking participants through the process of designing, implementing, and evaluating a system of internal controls. It includes a discussion around the 17 principles associated with COSO’s five components of internal control, a case study woven throughout the course, and a number of peer group
breakouts. There’s also a video-based component featuring interviews with COSO experts such as COSO Chair Emeritus Larry Rittenberg, IIA President and CEO Richard Chambers, and IIA Vice President of Standards and Guidance Hal Garyn. “It’s not a beginner’s course on the basics of internal control,” explains Don Espersen, co-developer and facilitator of the course. “It’s designed for auditors and key management stakeholders who have a good practical understanding of what control is and how to apply it.” Specific course units address the framework’s key enhancements, each of the five layers of internal control, and the implications and opportunities for internal audit. The course content also covers COSO’s new Illustrative Tools supporting document. Those who complete The IIA’s COSO 2013: Implementing the Framework course will walk away with an action plan for evaluating their system against the new frame-
Read more about it COSO’s Internal Control – Integrated Framework Update, by COSO Chair Emeritus Larry Rittenberg, is your guide to understanding, communicating, and implementing the 2013 Framework. An indispensible companion to the framework, the guide provides a high-level overview that will help internal auditors in all industries identify the implications for their organizations.
work. “You won’t merely learn what’s in the 2013 Framework, but you’ll have several opportunities to apply the concepts during regular breakout sessions and perform an entity-level COSO-based assessment on the case study organization,” explains Espersen. “You’ll also be able to perform a high-level self-assessment on your own organization and develop project plans for what you want to do when you leave the classroom.” “As one of COSO’s sponsoring organizations, The IIA has had key insights into the development of the new framework,” notes Chambers. “That behind-the-scenes involvement and in-depth knowledge of the 2013 Framework enabled us to develop this comprehensive course concurrently with the framework and make it available immediately to give practitioners the tools they need to transition to the new framework as quickly and easily as possible.”
Start the Learning The IIA’s two-day course, COSO 2013: Implementing the Framework, is offered in 11 major cities throughout the continental United States. (See the matrix on page 10 for dates and locations.) The cost for IIA members is $1,295 ($1,495 for nonmembers) and onsite training options are available. The IIA’s COSO 2013 Resource Center provides you the most comprehensive and upto-date list of resources, tools, and training to support your implementation efforts of the
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commonly referred to as soft skills, as one of the “Top 5 Internal Audit Skills Sought by Global Recruiters.” They wanted to pinpoint the soft skills most in demand and the make up of each skill. After conducting in-depth interviews with leading CAEs in global organizations across a range of industries, they identified seven key attributes of stellar internal audit talent:
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lance at your calendar. How quickly can you find a block of time committed to continuous learning? Can you spot something within the week, the month, or did you have to scan more than once to find it? If you answered the latter, it’s time to overhaul your mindset and your approach to what has been named one of the 7 Attributes of Highly Effective Internal Auditors. In the recently published white paper by IIA President and CEO Richard Chambers and Robert Half International Senior Executive Director Paul McDonald, continuous learning is identified as a key non-technical attribute of highly effective internal auditors of the future. When embarking on the project, Chambers and McDonald sought to expand upon insights gleaned from recent surveys of the internal audit profession, like the 2012 Global Pulse of the Profession, which identified non-technical skills,
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n Integrity n Teamwork n Relationship building n Diversity n Partnering n Continuous n Communications learning Perhaps as interesting as identifying the individual attributes is the realization of their inter-relation with, and even inter-reliance on, one another. For instance, to exhibit integrity and stand firm in his or her audit findings a practitioner must possess confidence. Legitimate confidence comes from experience and knowledge, which is derived from continuous learning. “It stands to reason that a practitioner who exhibits integrity would accept nothing less from him or herself than to rely on the most up-todate best practices and information to determine findings, so the drive to pursue continuous learning could almost be considered innate to someone who exhibits this attribute,” Chambers says.
McDonald agrees, surmising, “Continuous learning is integrated with all of the other six attributes in the paper. Smart and savvy business professionals always look for opportunities to learn and improve, no matter what career stage they’re in. They know the business environment is constantly changing; they need to anticipate and adjust to these shifts to be successful over the long term.” While the need for continuous learning may appear obvious, the path to ensuring you make the most of the limited hours in the day to pursue it may be less clear. “Those who want to be top-of-mind when the opportunity for advancement presents itself have to be proactive in terms of their development and multifaceted in their approach,” Chambers says. “Relying solely on training mandated or subsidized by your employer will not get the job done, and limiting the type of learning opportunities you engage in will not allow you to evolve into the well-rounded and adaptable professional that today’s marketplace demands.” So how much training does a practitioner need? The average internal auditor receives between 40 and 80 hours of training annually. However Raytheon’s CAE, Larry Harrington, says in the 7 Attributes white paper that by only investing that amount of time “you are becoming obsolete.” In fact, he asserts that it requires four to five times as many training hours to keep pace with changing business trends and issues. He says these hours should include soft skills training as he contends, “soft skills are the new hard skills.” Of his own staff, Harrington requires a minimum of 200 training hours annually and adds that they usually match that through their own time while studying for the Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) exam or other professional certifications. If this sounds intense, it is. However, McDonald applauds Harrington’s approach. “Raytheon has built an outstanding internal audit function in part because of its extensive training requirements,” McDonald says. He points out that spread over a 50-week period, 200 training hours breaks down to just four hours a week, or less than an hour a day. He challenges those who balk at the investment to consider this: “Isn’t your professional
success worth the same investment of time you’d give to your lunch break or workout on any given day?” Now that the bar has been set, how do you incorporate that much training into your schedule? McDonald recommends blocking your calendar for classes or self-training and treating these blocks as you would any other professional commitment. You can attend formal training through organizations The average like The IIA that offer internal auditor receives a range of conferences between 40 and 80 hours and seminars on of training annually. various topics and have an entire block of courses dedicated to soft skills, including Audit Manager / Auditor-in-Charge, Leadership Skills, and Effective Communication. These opportunities allow you to engage in continuous learning while simultaneously sharpening your relationship building and diversity skills by networking and interacting with the range of other professionals in attendance. It’s also important to remember that you can complement formal training with other less structured opportunities. Maybe your current situation doesn’t allow you to block the time a conference demands. The IIA has host of eLearning opportunities that provide practitioners with flexibility and convenience. Also be sure to recognize the growth opportunities that are right at your fingertips. Stay connected to emerging issues and industry trends by taking a few minutes during your lunch hour to thumb through leading business publications such as Internal Auditor magazine or order the most recent release from The IIA Research Foundation’s Bookstore. “Continuous learning is ultimately about having a thirst for knowledge and keeping your mind constantly engaged with what is happening in your profession,” Chambers says. “Opportunities are everywhere and the leaders of tomorrow will be those who recognize them and proactively pursue them today.”
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2013 Seminar Course Matrix (Courses through December 2013) Updated 5/1/13
Course Code Course Level Duration
Las Vegas, NV June 17 - 20
San Francisco, CA July 9 - 12
June 17-20
July 9-12
Boston, MA July 23 - 26
Four Day Courses Audit Manager Tools and Techniques
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Auditor-in-charge Tools and Techniques
AIC
Intermediate
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Beginning Auditor Tools and Techniques
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June 17-20 June 17-20
Communication Skills for Auditors
ECA
Basic
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Leadership Skills for Auditors
LSA
Intermediate
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July 9-12
July 23-26
July 9-12
July 23-26
Courses Under Four Days Analyzing & Improving Business Processes
ABP
Basic
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Assessing Risk: Ensuring Internal Audit's Value
ARV
Advanced
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Assessing Your Organization's Risk Management Process
ARM
Intermediate
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Audit Report Writing
ARW
Basic
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Auditing Derivative Strategies
ADS
Intermediate
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Auditing Investment Activities
AIA
Intermediate
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Building a Sustainable Quality Program
IQA
Intermediate
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Construction Activity: Audit Strategies
EAC
Intermediate
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Continuous Auditing
CA
Advanced
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Contract Auditing
AC
Intermediate
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Control Self-assessment: An Introduction
CSA
Basic
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Control Self-assessment: Facilitation Skills
CFT
Intermediate
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Corporate Governance: Strategies for Internal Audit
ACG
Intermediate
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COSO 2013: Implementing the Framework
COSO
Intermediate
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DA
Intermediate
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Effective Writing for Auditors
EWA
Intermediate
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Enterprise Risk Management: An Introduction
ERM
Intermediate
2
Evaluating Organizational Ethics
ETH
Intermediate
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Financial Auditing for Internal Auditors
AFA
Intermediate
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Human Resources: Auditing Your HR Function
HRF
Basic
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Lean Six Sigma Tools for Internal Audit Fieldwork
SSF
Intermediate
2
Lean Six Sigma Tools for Internal Audit Planning
SSP
Intermediate
2
Operational Auditing: Influencing Positive Change
POA
Intermediate
2
June 17-18
Performing an Effective Quality Assessment
QAE
Intermediate
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June 19-20
Project Management Techniques
PMT
Intermediate
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June 19-20
Risk Based Auditing: A Value Add Proposition
RBP
Intermediate
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Sarbanes-Oxley: Assessing IT Controls
SAI
Intermediate
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Small Audit Shop: Doing More with Less
SAS
Intermediate
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Statistical Sampling for Internal Auditors
SSI
Intermediate
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Value-Added Business Controls: The Right Way to Manage Risk
VAB
Basic
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CTA
Basic
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Data Analysis for Internal Auditors
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July 23-24 July 11-12 July 25-26 July 23-24 June 17-18
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July 9-10
July 25-26
July 11 July 11-12
July 9-10 July 25-26
July 9-10
Deloitte Public Offerings - Courses Under Four Days Critical Thinking for Internal Auditors
July 9-10
June 19-20
Palm Beach, FL Aug. 26 - 29
Chicago, IL Sept. 10 - 13
Aug. 26-29
Sept. 10-13
Aug. 26-29
Sept. 10-13
Philadelphia, PA Sept. 25 - 26
Las Vegas, NV Nov. 5 - 8
Anaheim, CA Nov. 18 - 21
Orlando, FL Dec. 9 - 12
New York, NY Dec. 17 - 20
Nov. 5-8
Aug. 26-29 Aug. 26-29
San Antonio, TX Sept. 30 - Oct. 3
Sept. 30-Oct. 3
Nov. 5-8
Nov. 18-21
Dec. 9-12
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Sept. 30-Oct. 3
Nov. 5-8
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Nov. 5-8
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Dec. 9-12 Nov. 18-21
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Dec. 9-12
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Dec. 17-18
Nov. 18-19
Dec. 17-18
Nov. 20-21
Dec. 19-20 Dec. 19-20 Dec. 17-18
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Nov. 5-6
Dec. 17-18
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Dec. 19-20 Nov. 7-8
Sept. 10-11 Aug. 26-27 Aug. 28-29 Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Aug. 26-27
Sept. 12-13
Sept. 25-26
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Nov. 5-6
Nov. 20-21
Dec. 11-12
Dec. 17-18
Sept. 12-13 Sept. 10-11
Dec. 9-10
Sept. 12-13 Dec. 9-10 Aug. 28-29
Nov. 18-19 Oct. 2-3
Nov. 7-8
Dec. 19-20
Sept. 30-Oct. 1
Nov. 5-6
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Oct. 2-3
Nov. 7-8
Aug. 26-27
Nov. 18-19
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Oct. 2-3
Dec. 11-12 Dec. 19-20
Sept. 10-12 Nov. 20-21 Sept. 10-11 Sept. 10-11
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CORE COMPETENCIES These courses prepare you to understand and perform the mechanics of planning and executing audits.
COSO 2013: Implementing the Framework (NEW) Ensure your audit function is ready to implement the COSO 2013 Framework for 2014 and beyond. The COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework is the original framework that has gained broad acceptance and is widely used around the world. In the 20 years since its inception, business and operating environments have changed drastically (i.e. more technologically driven, more global, more complex), which has driven the need for an updated Framework. This course examines how a principles-based approach can be used to design, implement, and evaluate a system of internal controls. You will have an opportunity to discuss the implications that the updated Framework presents to the internal audit profession and to individual internal audit activities. You will also identify opportunities for utilizing the updated Framework in your internal audit process and increase the value of your assurance and consulting services. COSO has universal applicability, regardless of industry, sector, department size, etc. We recommend auditors and key management stakeholders attend, but this course is appropriate for a variety of audiences who have an interest in learning about the Framework (and its updates). Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Apply newly learned concepts, techniques, and skills in the workplace. • Restate major concepts, techniques, and skills learned during the course. • Develop an action plan to apply select concepts, techniques, and skills. • Identify opportunities to utilize the updated COSO IC-IF in your internal audit process and increase the value of your assurance and consulting services. Course Duration: 2 days / CPE Hours Available: 16 Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
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Assessing Risk: Ensuring Internal Audit’s Value (NEW) Assure that your internal audit function is deploying its resources to fulfill its mission within the organization. After reviewing real examples of risk assessment models used by leading internal audit functions, participants will develop their own risk assessment frameworks by selecting those elements and best practices that best meet the risk assessment needs of their organization, no matter the size or maturity level of their internal audit function. This course provides practical insights relating to contemporary best practices of risk assessment activities and allows participants to apply what they have learned so they can implement risk assessment activities at their organization. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Explain the fundamental nature of risk. • Identify the essential building blocks of a risk assessment. • Discuss contemporary trends relating to risk concerns of internal audit stakeholders. • Assess the completeness of the audit universe. • Develop a risk assessment methodology for assessing the audit universe. • Develop a risk assessment framework for engagement planning. • Perform a fraud risk assessment. • Integrate risk appetite into the risk assessment framework. • Minimize risk assessment implementation issues. • Apply newly learned concepts, techniques, and skills to the workplace. Course Duration: 2 days / CPE Hours Available: 16 Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
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Beginning Auditor Tools and Techniques Learn the ins and outs of an audit from beginning to end. Gain a foundation of knowledge that will allow you to prepare properly for and conduct a successful audit, using preliminary surveys and evidence-gathering techniques. A basic understanding of how to identify risks and internal controls in auditing will be stressed, along with interpersonal and team-building skills. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Discuss some of the best practices within internal audit today. • Mitigate risks to help ensure management directives are carried out. • Discuss the audit planning process. • Explain how interviewing is used within an audit. • Contrast a basic narrative and a flowchart. • Describe the development and use of audit programs. • Discuss tools that automate the audit process. • Describe methodologies used to gather audit evidence. • Write an audit report using the five components. • Discuss methodologies for “selling” audit findings to stakeholders. • Explain how teamwork is essential to an audit project. Course Duration: 4 days / CPE Hours Available: 32 Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
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Operational Auditing: Influencing Positive Change Invigorate and revitalize your operational auditing toolkit. Participants of this course will discover that operational auditing plays an important role in today’s business environment well beyond the realm of money, compliance, and traditional internal controls, and into the realm of a trusted business partner influencing management’s pursuit of operational excellence. They will also learn how to employ various methods, tools, and skills to collect and analyze operational information and data, identify causes of operational issues and risk exposures, and develop solutions to enhance the operational performance of business activities, processes, and/or resources deployed across the organization. This highly interactive and dynamic program engages participants through group sharing, focused activities, and case study based simulations. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Determine the factors that influenced past trends in operational auditing. • Determine how to drive a positive change in management’s mindset about the internal auditor and internal audit activity. • Recognize the key aspects of, and differences in, planning for operational audit engagements. • Identify the assumptions associated with a risk-based approach to operational auditing. • Describe the application of business process improvement concepts to an operational audit. • Explain the application of benchmarking concepts to an operational audit. • Assess the impact of various reporting approaches and structure. Course Duration: 2 days / CPE Hours Available: 16
Additional Core competency courses You may benefit from: • Audit Report Writing • Best Practices in Internal Auditing • Continuous Auditing • Control Self-assessment: An Introduction
• Enterprise Risk Management: An Introduction
• Evaluating Organizational Ethics • Performing an Effective Quality Assesment
• Operational Auditing: Evaluating Procurement and Sourcing
• Operational Auditing: Evaluating the Supply Chain
• Building a Sustainable Quality Program
• Risk-based Auditing: A Value Add Proposition
• Small Audit Shop: Doing More with Less
• Value-added Business Controls: The Right Way to Manage Risk
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INTERPERSONAL SKILLS These courses equip you to influence people, policies, and change.
Audit Manager Tools and Techniques Lead effectively in an internal auditing environment. Learn to manage the roles and relationships of the diverse parties involved in the auditing process. Maintain lines of communication with the CAE and executive management, and problem solve while motivating a team and delegating tasks. As an audit manager, you must not only be an efficient auditor, but also an effective communicator, teacher, and active listener. This course focuses on providing new managers with the tools needed to lead effectively in an internal auditing environment. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Establish clear and effective communication. • Build rapport. • Identify the difference between leadership and management, and why both qualities are needed in an organization. • Identify strategies that audit managers can use to manage change with audit staff. • Monitor and provide feedback to audit staff. • Discover strategies for coaching and providing 360-degree feedback. • Discuss audit report considerations and methodologies that add value for audit clients. • Employ the innovative problem solving process. • Discuss ways to market the audit function. Course Duration: 4 days / CPE Hours Available: 32 Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
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Auditor-in-charge Tools and Techniques Lead a high-performing audit team. Whether you are a recently promoted auditor-in-charge, assuming the role, or seeking a refresher, this informative session covers the organizational, time management, and problem solving skills necessary to manage a successful team. Leading an audit team not only requires a great deal of knowledge, it also requires dedication, efficiency, and effective leadership skills. Acquire the skills needed to lead with confidence. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Describe the duties of the auditor-in-charge. • Identify the tools and techniques used in audit planning. • Explain the auditor-in-charge supervisory responsibilities. • Estimate the resource requirements for a project. • Identify audit concerns, client reactions to audit concerns, ways to sell audit concerns, and the elements of an audit concern. • Identify the functions of audit reports, key IIA communication standards, and characteristics of effective reports. • Describe the keys to a successful exit conference. • Identify the criteria used by auditors-in-charge to determine if audit responses are adequate. • Discuss strategies for successful performance appraisal meetings. Course Duration: 4 days / CPE Hours Available: 32 Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
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Communication Skills for Auditors Project professionalism and convey ideas with ease through effective communication. Successful auditors are effective communicators, clearly conveying thoughts, ideas, and suggestions during meetings, presentations, interviews, and negotiations with audit customers and executives. Learn to respond to the styles of others, get your message across clearly, maintain poise, and project your own professionalism. Auditors at all levels will learn the best practices for presentations, interviewing, negotiations, and practice techniques for mastering public speaking. Through facilitator presentations, group discussions, case studies, practical exercises, and individual coaching and feedback, participants will learn to see themselves as others see them, in terms of style and the impressions they create, and increase their ability to reach negotiated agreements in a wide range of audit situations. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Apply the Communication Model to written and verbal business communication. • Analyze communication breakdowns to identify potential causes. • Utilize public speaking techniques designed to enhance your confidence and composure. • Recognize personal social styles and how they impact communications. • Apply techniques for communicating effectively among differing personal social styles. • Practice specific interview techniques, including effective listening and questioning. • Demonstrate best practices for negotiations, including strategies for handling confrontation. Course Duration: 4 days / CPE Hours Available: 32 Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
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Leadership Skills for Auditors Implement the tools and techniques of effective leadership. Strong leadership qualities are imperative to running any audit team at the highest possible level. In this course, audit leaders, supervisors, and managers will learn tools and techniques for cultivating and maintaining an effective and efficient team, keeping them motivated and efficient through the entire audit process. Various teaching methods will help attendees focus on the needs of individuals and improve communication abilities within an audit team as well as with customers. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Discuss techniques and attributes associated with leaders.
Additional interpersonal skills courses You may benefit from:
• Use motivational theories and techniques to motivate others.
• Audit Reports: Better Design,
• Gauge your own leadership style and skills. • Discuss styles of conflict management and their applications in the workplace. • Explain how effective communication is essential to effective leadership. • Identify methods for effective problem-solving approaches to decision making and potential pitfalls. • Implement methods for evaluating, reprimanding, and counseling audit staff. Course Duration: 4 days / CPE Hours Available: 32 Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
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• Creative Problem-solving Techniques for Auditors
• Effective Writing for Auditors
BUSINESS ACUMEN These courses equip you to analyze, manage, and improve processes in order to meet business and stakeholder objectives.
Analyzing & Improving Business Processes (NEW) Gain the tools and techniques that can be used in any process analysis engagement. The best way to build business process analysis skills is by doing the work, and this course is full of hands-on applications using case studies and the participants’ understanding of their own processes to apply these tools and techniques often. For staff auditors, it will provide solid instruction on how the tools can be used to analyze any environment. For auditors-in-charge, it will provide an arsenal of tools that can be used in completing audit assignments. For audit managers, it will provide the information necessary to direct others in completing these analyses as well as demonstrate how to appropriately review the completed work. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Apply the concepts of “objective” and “risk” to any process. • Apply the concept of “process components” to the review of individual processes. • Employ process mapping techniques to produce a visual depiction of any process and be able to identify opportunities for improvement. • Apply customer mapping techniques to the examination and analysis of business processes, focusing on improving the organization’s interaction with customers. • Use concepts, techniques, and skills learned in spaghetti mapping to analyze process workflows and identify opportunities for improving the workflows.
Additional Business Acumen courses You may benefit from: • Assessing Risk: Ensuring Internal Audit’s Value
• Communication Skills for Auditors • Creative Problem-solving Techniques for Auditors
• Leadership Skills for Auditors • Lean Six Sigma Tools for Internal Audit Fieldwork
• Lean Six Sigma Tools for Internal Audit Planning
• Model concepts, techniques, and skills learned to optimize accountabilities and responsibilities in business processes. Course Duration: 2 days / CPE Hours Available: 16 Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
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Critical Thinking for Internal Auditors Develop or refresh familiar concepts of critical thinking, professional skepticism, and professional judgment. Learn and apply critical thinking concepts to planning and executing an audit, to being alert to negative indicators during an audit, and to judging the significance of issues and how to report them. Apply these concepts to various stages of an audit – from preparation and planning, to assessing and testing, to communicating and reporting. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Develop a professional judgment framework. • Demonstrate critical thinking. • Apply business risk assessment concepts to planning and interviewing. • Interpret concepts of assessing and testing.
• Review audit scenarios and options for courses of action. • Describe effective evaluation and documentation of findings – CCCER: Criteria, Condition, Cause, Effect, Recommendation.
• Determine sufficiency of evidence. • Identify when to expand testing. Course Duration: 2 days / CPE Hours Available: 16
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Project Management Techniques Assess the value of applying project management tools and techniques. Apply the knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques that enable a project team to balance the demands of scope, time, cost, quality, resources, and risk to produce a product, service, or result that meets stakeholder needs, expectations, and specifications with effective project management. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Plan the scope, time, and cost management of the audit engagement. • Identify quality, human resources, communications, and risk management issues.
• Monitor and control scope, change, performance, and risk management as well as time and cost management — earned value — in an audit engagement.
• Lead a project team. Course Duration: 2 days / CPE Hours Available: 16
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STRATEGIC THINKING These courses enable you to develop, plan, and implement strategic solutions that achieve organizational objectives.
Lean Six Sigma for Internal Audit Planning (NEW) Employ Lean Six Sigma methodology during an internal audit engagement. Gain exposure to some of the basic Lean Six Sigma tools that can be used during the planning phase of an internal audit to enhance audit effectiveness, provide deeper insights into business operations, and identify process streamlining opportunities. The fundamental objective of the Lean Six Sigma methodology is the implementation of a measurement-based strategy that focuses on process improvement and variation reduction. Lean Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (e.g., errors) and minimizing variability in business processes by using a set of quality management and statistical tools. These tools can be used independently or in conjunction with existing audit methodologies, tools, and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to practice and apply the skills learned during the course through case study and exercises, which should enable them to integrate the tools and techniques into their audit engagement activities. Upon completion of the Planning course, you will be able to: • Correlate the Lean Six Sigma methodology to the phases of an internal audit. • Prepare a project charter that states the scope, outlines the objectives, and delineates the roles and responsibilities for a project. • Complete a RACI diagram that is useful for clarifying decision-making assignments in cross-functional/departmental projects and processes. • Produce a SIPOC diagram that captures key suppliers, inputs, process steps, outputs, and customers of a selected process. • Map the value stream of a given process to analyze the flow of materials and information required to bring a product or service to a customer. • Construct an “as-is” spaghetti diagram adapted from a process flowchart that highlights the number of key steps and spatial relationships of a particular process. • Perform a waste walk and recognize common wastes in a business process. • Utilize the 5S workplace organization methodology to assess work space efficiency and effectiveness. Course Duration: 2 days / CPE Hours Available: 16 Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
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Lean Six Sigma for Internal Audit Fieldwork (NEW) Employ Lean Six Sigma methodology during an internal audit engagement. Gain exposure to some of the basic Lean Six Sigma tools that can be used during the fieldwork phase of an internal audit to enhance audit effectiveness, provide deeper insights into business operations, and identify process streamlining opportunities. The fundamental objective of the Lean Six Sigma methodology is the implementation of a measurement-based strategy that focuses on process improvement and variation reduction. Lean Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (e.g., errors) and minimizing variability in business processes by using a set of quality management and statistical tools. These tools can be used independently or in conjunction with existing audit methodologies, tools, and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to practice and apply the skills learned during the course through case study and exercises, which should enable them to integrate the tools and techniques into their audit engagement activities. Upon completion of the Fieldwork course, you will be able to: • Correlate the Lean Six Sigma methodology to the phases of an internal audit. • Use a control chart to determine process capability. • Apply Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints to identify and resolve process bottlenecks. • Employ a cause-and-effect (Fishbone) diagram to determine the root cause(s) of process breakdowns. • Practice the “Five Whys” technique for drilling down to the ultimate root cause of issues. • Build a Pareto chart to assist with highlighting the vital, most common causes of defects in a given process from among the various other causes. • Construct a “to-be” spaghetti diagram that streamlines the number of key steps and spatial relationships of a particular process. • Use Poka-yokes to build controls into rather than onto a process. Course Duration: 2 days / CPE Hours Available: 16
additional strategic thinking courses You may benefit from:
Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
• Analyzing & Improving Business Processes
• Critical Thinking for Internal Auditors • Project Management Techniques
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SPECIALIZED DISCIPLINES These courses equip you to enhance your expertise within specific audit disciplines.
Data Analysis for Internal Auditors (NEW) Improve the effectiveness of your audit planning. In order to have a cost-effective and value-added audit, you need to make maximum use of the tools available to the auditor in planning. Learn about the analysis of large data sets, particularly how to summarize data, display data, and determine the appropriate measures for describing data. The course includes determining the types of evidence needed and the various evidence collection methods. Ensure that your results can be generalized to total populations. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
additional specialized discipline courses You may benefit from: • Assessing Your Organization’s Risk Management Process
• Auditing Derivative Strategies
• Evaluate shapes of distribution relevant to their important characteristics.
• Auditing Investment Activities
• Determine which measure of central tendency and variation to use based on the frequency of distribution.
• Auditing the Cloud
• Evaluate the important differences between a set of data and a chosen benchmark standard using shape, central tendency, and variation.
• Corporate Governance: Strategies for
• Determine when to use correlation and linear regression.
• Financial Auditing for Internal Auditors
• Determine the type of evidence needed to evaluate the effectiveness of controls and their appropriate evidence collection.
• Health Benefits Administration Auditing
• Discuss the differences among census, judgmental, and random sampling. • Create a questionnaire. • Identify evidence collection methods and tools as well as data collection that can be performed with allotted resources. Course Duration: 1 day / CPE Hours Available: 8
• Contract Auditing Internal Audit
• Human Resources: Auditing Your HR Function
• Operational Auditing: Evaluating the Supply Chain
• Operational Auditing: Evaluating Procurement and Sourcing
• Operational Auditing: Influencing Positive Change
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• Sarbanes-Oxley Primer: Charting Your Course
• Sarbanes-Oxley: Assessing IT Control
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Building a Sustainable Quality Program (Updated) Create the foundation for a cost-effective quality assurance and improvement program (QAIP) for your internal audit activity. Identify opportunities to improve your internal audit activity’s ability to add value and improve operations — and develop actions to move forward on the path to quality. This is one of two IIA courses designed to assist participants with their internal audit activity’s ability to comply with Standard 1300. It focuses on how to build quality into your internal audit activity and create a cost-effective ongoing review program (Standard 1311). This course will also help participants determine where they are on the path to quality and their level of readiness for an external assessment. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Learn how to apply The IIA’s International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) quality standards to establish an effective QAIP within their internal audit practice.
• Experience developing metrics and designing reports of results of their internal audit’s QAIP. • Assess the readiness of their internal audit activity for an external quality assessment.
• Gain experience with the quality assessment process model and related tools contained in the new Quality Manual to identify areas of focus for their own QAIPs.
Course Duration: 2 days / CPE Hours Available: 16
• Practice building the two key components of an effective QAIP: ongoing and periodic assessments.
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Performing An Effective Quality Assessment (Updated) Realize the benefits of an effective quality assurance and improvement program. This is one of two IIA courses designed to assist participants with their internal audit activity’s ability to comply with Standard 1300 and, more importantly, realize the benefits of an effective QAIP. This course focuses on the assessment process that is used in a periodic internal assessment (Standard 1311) and an external quality assessment (Standard 1312). Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Examine the process flow and tools in the new IIA Quality Assessment (QA) Manual and identify opportunities for improvement. • Practice using the QA Manual tools to plan, perform, and evaluate the results of an external quality assessment case study. 26
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SPECIALIZED DISCIPLINES
Statistical Sampling for Internal Auditors Examine the concept of strategic sampling. Appropriate for audit executives, audit managers, and auditors in both public and private sectors, the course includes different methods of random sampling (simple, stratified, dollar unit, stop/go) and non-random sampling (quota, judgmental); explains how to calculate sample size and adjust for population size and resource constraints; and examines the concept of strategic sampling to get the most information for minimum cost, including how to combine results and extrapolate, and what to report. Time is provided for participants to raise issues and concerns they are currently facing in today’s environment and to apply what they have learned to audits currently underway, particularly typical challenges faced by auditors in sample selection, data interpretation, generalization, and representativeness. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Employ random sampling techniques. • Identify non-random sampling techniques. • Apply the binomial equation formula to calculate sample size. • Employ methods for adjusting sample size. • Practice combining results, given a scenario. • Describe elements within the report. • Track key information at a high level throughout the planning phase. Course Duration: 2 days / CPE Hours Available: 16 Visit www.theiia.org/Seminars for more information.
The IIA also has a robust curriculum in these areas of specialization: • Financial and Compliance Auditing • Fraud • Governance • Information Technology
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Explore Vision University, The Institute of Internal Auditors’ premier CAE development program. • Get a running jump-start on the key insights that make CAEs successful. • Have a clear action plan for implementing key aspects of the CAE Strategic Framework. • Benchmark ideas with and leverage the collective knowledge of experienced facilitators. • Establish a lasting, diverse peer CAE network. Admission to Vision University is limited to 25 participants and by application only. Ensure your placement, apply today at www.theiia.org/VisionU. For more details and additional program dates, visit www.theiia.org/VisionU or call +1-407-937-1342.
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here is a difference between knowing you’re competent and showing you’re competent. While you might be confident that you possess the various skills and attributes that comprise hot lists like the Top 5 Skills CAEs Want You to Have and The 7 Attributes of Highly Effective Internal Auditors, bridging the gap between your reality and your stakeholders’ perception of your ability to add value can prove arduous if you are not armed with the right tools. In today’s business environment, career success is dependent on staying on the leading edge of technical skills development and cultivating interpersonal skills, such as effective communication. In fact, the 2012 Global Pulse of the Profession Report, issued by The IIA’s Audit Executive Center, cites effective communication and similar soft skills as the skills needed by today’s internal auditors to advance in their careers. According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ report, Internal Audit 2012, today’s chief audit executives (CAEs) are striving to create audit teams that possess a diverse set of skills focused on the assessment and analysis of risk related data, as well as fraud prevention and detection.
Other skills in demand include the ability to test and evaluate internal controls, audit and assess IT environments, and address the organization’s risk and governance issues. So the question becomes: How can you put your best foot forward and attest to the breadth of your abilities without appearing boastful or putting yourself in an uncomfortable situation? Let your credentials do the talking. IIA professional certifications such as the Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA) and the Certification in Risk Management Assurance™ (CRMA) are globally recognized credentials that demonstrate you possess the technical knowledge necessary to meet stakeholder demands. The pursuit and maintenance of an active certification demonstrates that you are committed to continuous learning, one of the attributes identified by IIA President and CEO Richard Chambers and Robert Half International Senior Executive Director Paul McDonald in The 7 Attributes of Highly Effective Internal Auditors. A continued investment and focus on your professional development can pay big dividends – creating opportunities for career advancement and growth and increased earning potential. In the Audit Executive Center’s 2012 Internal Audit Compensation Study,
CRMA Introductory Offer: Take advantage of introductory pricing and no application fee when you register by June 30 and sit for the CRMA exam by Aug. 31. US $150 IIA Members US $250 Nonmembers www.theiia.org/goto/CRMA
CIAs report earning as much as 40 percent more than their peers without the credential. With the 40th anniversary of the CIA program on the horizon, the introduction of a new 3-Part CIA exam, and the inaugural offering of the CRMA exam beginning in July, there could not be a more exciting time to become IIA certified. Show the world you are a competent and committed professional. Visit www.theiia.org/certification to get started on the path of earning a valuable key that can unlock the door to your next opportunity. www.theiia.org/Training
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The IIA is pleased to launch a groundbreaking new program: 2013 INDUSTRY LABS. Designed for CAEs and Audit Directors, Industry Labs will focus on unique industry-specific challenges impacting the profession as determined by participants. CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Carolyn D. Saint, CIA, Vice President, Internal Audit, 7-Eleven Inc. Sanjay Singh, CIA, CPA, CMA, Vice President, Internal Audit, Starbucks Coffee Company.
INDUSTRY LABS ■ Energy ■ Financial Services ■ Healthcare ■ Hospitality/Restaurants ■ Pharmaceutical ■ Retail
Join us for 2013 Industry Labs, bring your specific challenges, and come ready to share your ideas and solutions.
To learn more, visit www.theiia.org/goto/IndustryLabs today! 130532
Expand Your Horizons with 2013 IIA Conferences 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CENTRAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE
July 14–17, 2013 Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center / Orlando, FL Join colleagues from nearly every continent for the profession’s largest educational and networking event — the 2013 International Conference. ”One World, One Profession, One Destination.”
September 29–October 2, 2013 Hilton Columbus at Easton / Columbus, OH Hone your skills and professionalism in a regionally focused training opportunity led by multi-sector subject matter experts. It’s where audit ideas and innovation take flight.
GOVERNANCE, RISK, AND CONTROL CONFERENCE (IIA/ISACA) August 19–21, 2013 Arizona Biltmore Hotel / Phoenix, AZ Remain at the forefront of your organization’s GRC efforts by tapping into the shared experiences of practitioners who know what it takes to build and lead a high-performing audit function.
New in 2013! INDUSTRY LABS: A MOSAIC OF IDEAS September 23–24, 2013 Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing/ Philadelphia, PA Attend The IIA’s new facilitated forum for fostering ideas and sharing solutions for practitioners in select industries including pharmaceutical, financial services, healthcare, and more.
ALL STAR CONFERENCE October 14–16, 2013 The Roosevelt New Orleans / New Orleans, LA Invest in learning from the “best of the best!” The All Star Conference features encore presentations from The IIA’s highest-rated speakers on a variety of topics. And for the first time ever, the conference is in the Big Easy — home of Cajun cooking, jazz, and one of the “Best American Cities to Visit.”
MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE November 3–6, 2013 Hyatt Regency Minneapolis / Minneapolis, MN “Know No Boundaries” as you benefit from regionally focused training led by some of the industry’s recognized audit professionals.
IT AUDIT AND AUDIT CONTROLS CONFERENCE (IIA/MIS) November 18–22, 2013 Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel / Boston, MA Access today’s cutting-edge audit and information security topics from recognized industry experts.
To register, visit www.theiia.org/Conferences
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THE TRAINING YOU NEED WITH THE FLEXIBILITY YOU DEMAND Training at the speed of change! In this fastpaced world, The IIA provides the world-class training you need to succeed – at a price you can afford – delivered right to your desktop.
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Earn valuable CPEs today at your convenience! Whatever your professional development needs, IIA eLearning offers the variety and quality of essential topics you require, right at your fingertips. For a limited time, The IIA is offering 20% OFF* all of our remaining 2013 eSeminar courses. Visit www.theiia.org/eLearning to register today! New to eLearning? Check out our FREE Members-only Webinars to experience the flexibility of online learning. Visit www.theiia.org/goto/webinars for more information.
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International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) Updated for 2013 The IPPF 2013 edition features The IIA’s Definition of Internal Auditing, Code of Ethics, Standards, and Practice Advisories in hard copy and all IPPF elements on CD-ROM.
Sawyer’s Guide for Internal Auditors, 6th Edition This 6th edition is a three-volume set providing insight on Sawyer’s philosophy and emerging issues and trends of the internal audit profession.
Enterprise Risk Management: Achieving and Sustaining Success Your roadmap for translating complex ERM concepts into concrete guidance.
Combined Assurance: Case Studies on a Holistic Approach to Organizational Governance Internal audit researchers have provided an indepth look at how six multinational organizations are in the process of implementing and benefiting from combined assurance.
CAE Strategic Relationships: Building Rapport with the Executive Suite
Auditing Social Media: A Governance and Risk Guide
Through CAE Strategic Relationships, you can revitalize relationships, enhance communications, and build better rapport with your executive suite today.
From delivering value to governance, Auditing Social Media equips you to successfully partner with your business in achieving its social media goals.
Quality Assessment Manual for the Internal Audit Activity
The Marketing Strategy: A Risk and Governance Guide to Building a Brand
The Quality Assessment Manual is a must-have reference for every internal audit activity and chief audit executive’s resource library.
Learn how these two opposites can work together to drive an organization’s marketing success.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 3rd Edition
Auditing Outsourced Functions: Risk Management in an Outsourced World
The third edition of the Internal Auditing textbook is now available to give students access to the most current information available.
Many times outsourcing partnerships are a great success. However, outsourcing can also have unintended results. Navigate the hidden risks of outsourcing. www.theiia.org/Training
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CIA EXAM Have you been looking for a way to differentiate yourself from your peers and elevate your skills? As the only globally accepted designation for internal auditors, the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) continues to be the credential by which you, as an internal audit professional, can demonstrate your knowledge and competence to facilitate and manage today’s complex internal audit responsibilities.
This year, the CIA exam transitioned from a 4-part exam to a 3-part exam. Candidates can now register for the new 3-Part CIA English-language exam, which will begin testing on July 1, 2013.
With testing just around the corner, it’s time to prepare. Although it can be a time-consuming process, your CIA exam preparations can provide as much benefit to your career as the credential itself.
“Maintaining the quality, credibility, and relevance of our certifications program is important not only to The IIA but to all who hold and are pursuing our designations. Therefore, we look forward to the release of the updated, reorganized, and condensed exam. Moving from four parts to three will result in candidates being able to complete the program quicker, while still ensuring they can apply the knowledge required to attain the globally recognized certification, allowing them to take advantage of the professional edge.” ~ Cyndi Plamondon, CIA, CGAP, CFSA, CCSA, CRMA Vice President Professional Certifications
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Six years ago, The IIA recognized an unmet need for a premier quality CIA review program that would support CIA candidates around the globe. The IIA enlisted a team of CIA-certified industry experts, both academics and practitioners, to create the most comprehensive and effective CIA training program available. The result? The IIA’s CIA Learning System. This interactive review program combines reading materials and online study tools to teach and reinforce the entire global CIA exam syllabus in a flexible, mobile, and on-demand format.
velopment team was assembled once again to reorganize and add new content and update the study tools to make them even more relevant to today’s internal audit professional. “We had a wide range of subject matter experts working on the newest version of the Learning System; candidates are accessing decades of expertise and experience as they go through the program. We took care to ensure that the study materials were aligned with the exam syllabus enabling candidates to relate their study efforts directly to the exam.” ~ Patrick Copeland, CIA, CRMA, CISA, CPA Managing Director Copeland Partners LLC
What makes this system unique?
The Global Impact
1) Comprehensive study materials teach the entire CIA exam syllabus and are kept up-to-date with The IIA’s International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Standards), delivering the knowledge tested on the CIA exam and demanded by global employers. 2) Interactive online study tools reinforce topics, track and report your progress down to a topic-level, and can be accessed anywhere an Internet connection is available. 3) Flexible training options allow candidates to prepare on their own or with an expert instructor in a traditional or online classroom.
Since the Learning System’s introduction six years ago, The IIA has helped thousands of candidates prepare for the CIA exam in 158 countries worldwide. More than 45 colleges, universities, IIA chapters, and global institutes offer live and virtual facilitator-led courses. The IIA has updated the materials numerous times to ensure that it stays up-to-date with current Standards.
The announcement of the 2013 3-part CIA exam transition launched a major redesign and upgrade to The IIA’s CIA Learning System. The de-
“Over the past six years, The IIA’s CIA Learning System has helped thousands of candidates around the globe earn the CIA certification, has elevated the internal audit profession by enhancing job performance through knowledge and skill development, and has provided financial funding to support ongoing
research and programs for IIA members. I am proud of the new CIA Learning System for the 3-Part exam as it sets the bar for CIA exam review excellence.” ~ Richard F. Chambers, CIA, CGAP, CCSA, CRMA IIA President and CEO
What’s New for 2013? Newly updated and redesigned, The IIA’s CIA Learning System was introduced in April to teach the entire global 3-part CIA exam syllabus — helping candidates prepare to pass the 3-part exam and arming future audit leaders with critical tools and knowledge to excel in their internal audit careers. The new study materials contain 20 percent new and updated content. In previous versions of the CIA Learning System, the reading materials were only available as printed books, but now users can download the e-book version, as well. The online study tools also have been updated to be more mobile, convenient, and customized to make the most of your valuable study time. Start by creating a SmartStudy™ plan based on your strengths and weaknesses as identified by an online pre-test, then study on-the-go with mobile-optimized online study tools. For more information about The IIA’s CIA Learning System or to try a free demo, visit www.LearnCIA.com/3partcia
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2013 BRINGS YOU MORE. Members-only Webinars and Guidance Briefings
Access to the International Professional Practices Framework
Internal Auditor Magazine Subscription
Free Access to Mandatory and Supplemental Guidance
RĂŠsumĂŠ Posting Service
180,000-member Network
Exclusive Rates on IIA Conferences and Seminars
Free Research Publications from The IIA Research Foundation
Members-only Bookstore Rates and Quarterly Book Sale
Leadership opportunities within your local chapter
Partner Savings Program
Free CPE Reporting
Member Savings for Certifications
Support Your Success with 13 in 13 Each year you move forward in pursuit of your goals. And each year, The IIA supports you in that pursuit with new and enhanced benefits. We understand that every effort you make to distinguish yourself from your peers is essential to your career success. Throughout 2013, we will be emphasizing 13 of our key benefits that help you in this pursuit. Take a moment to learn more about these benefits, including the new cost-saving benefit of Free CPE Reporting, effective on Jan. 1, 2013. Visit www.theiia.org/goto/13in13.
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