Includes
Customer Support
AUDIT REPORT WRITING FOR THE INTERNAL AUDITOR
Date: 3 days, Jan.15 - Jan.17, 2025
Workshop Fee:
205000
Location: 13, John Olugbo Street, Off Toyin Street, Ikeja - Lagos, NG
Website: http://www.avantgardenigeria.com
Avant-Garde Resources Center (ARC)
Course Description:
Objective
In today’s environment, the audit department is frequency measured on the quality of its primary output: the audit report. In many cases the effectiveness of the audit itself can be impacted by the quality of the audit report. As such, it is critical that the report is professional and communicated the desired message in a clear, concise and unambiguous way. This workshop will enable auditors to write and structure persuasive and impactful audit reports that will call their readers to action. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish barriers to effective communication and how to overcome them
- Structure the audit report for impact and present audit findings in a clear and concise manner
- Identify the target audience and adapt their writing accordingly
- Produce an organized and structured audit report draft
Content
Introduction to Report Writing
· Value of the Audit Report
· Elements of Written Communication
· Barriers of Written Communication
· Constructs of Written Communication
· The Writing Act
The Audit Report Findings and Structure
· Audit Findings and their Presentation
· Structuring an Audit Report
· Differing Types of Reports
Drafting the Audit Report
· Analyzing the Prospective Audience
· Writing the Draft
· Evaluation of the Draft
· Use of Clear Writing Techniques
· Setting Priorities
Interview and Interrogation
· Gathering of Relevant Information
· Getting Audit Evidences
· The Process and Methodology
Editing the Audit Report
· Editing Bottleneck
· Editing for Substance, Readability, Correctness and Style
· Building a Desire to Write Well
· Proofreading
· Editing Others’ Work
The Final Audit Report
· Production of the Final Version
· Selling the Report
· Supporting Evidence
· Conducting Report Presentations
· Responding to Questions
· Management Responses
FOR WHOM: All Internal Auditors, Directors, Heads of Departments, Managers, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Office Managers and others who are required to produce and edit audit reports.