Data Analysis for Internal Auditing
Intensive 5-day course · English, Arabic & European languages
- Duration5 days
- FormatClassroom or live online
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic or a European language
- CertificateARUK Certificate of Attendance
- FeeFrom £2,280 + VAT
Internal auditors and professionals involved in audit examine data analysis and sampling during a 5 day course with 7 modules. Delegates interpret patterns, trends and relationships, select sample methods and sizes, and identify anomalies. Statistical tools, Excel functions and visualisation support the work on audit evidence, fraud indicators, benchmarking and reporting.
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Group discount: 2 delegates 20% · 3 delegates 35% · 5 or more delegates 50%
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Online (live)
With a trainer, on dates to suit your team
This course can be taught live online by a trainer, in English, Arabic or any European language, for one person or a whole team.
£1,850 + VAT
Group discount: 2 delegates 20% · 3 delegates 35% · 5 or more delegates 50%
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Course overview
Complex processes require careful examination of audit evidence. The course addresses data analysis and smart sampling, including how to corroborate information, interpret patterns and identify relationships. Delegates examine how analysis affects sampling plans and practise designing representative samples for different audit situations, with attention to sampling and non-sampling risk.
Sampling methods have different benefits and risks. Random, stratified and systematic approaches are considered alongside interval, subjective, block, dollar unit and stop or go methods. Benchmarking includes Practice Advisory 2320 and Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) recommendations and publications, with peer and performance comparisons used to examine the effectiveness of analytical techniques.
Unusual results need interpretation. Group work uses real-time data bundles to turn raw information into knowledge, including red flags and departures from procedures or standards. Excel functions and queries accompany work on fraud indicators, sample-size adjustments and combined results, before delegates examine outliers, missing values and errors through statistical and visual methods that support reporting.
Course objectives
By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:
- Explain techniques used in analysing audit data
- Assess how data analysis affects audit sampling
- Use statistical tools to analyse information, manipulate data and sample audit evidence
- Apply sampling methods suited to different audit scenarios
- Identify anomalies and deviations in results to support audit reporting
Target competencies
- Data mining
- Risk mitigation
- Data analysis
- Interpretation of trends
- Detection of anomalies
Who should attend
This course suits:
- Internal auditors at all levels
- Internal controllers
- Risk officers
- External auditors
- Compliance officers
- Other professionals involved in internal audit
Training methodology
- Group exercises, cases and real-time data bundles support analysis of patterns, red flags and departures from procedures and standards.
- Practice with several sampling techniques addresses representative, efficient sample sizes for day-to-day audit work.
Course modules
- Module 1
Understanding data analysis in audit
- Definitions and development of data analysis
- Technology, data availability and growing challenges
- Effects of large data volumes
- Deciding when and how to corroborate data
- Reassessing the value and uses of data
- Extracting useful value from data
- Module 2
Choices in audit sampling
- Risks from sampling and non-sampling factors
- Statistical and non-statistical sample methods
- Random samples and a census of the population
- Distinguishing sample method from sample size
- Module 3
Benefits and risks of individual methods
- Sampling at random
- Using stratified samples
- Using interval samples
- Using subjective samples
- Using block samples
- Using systematic samples
- Using dollar unit samples
- Using stop or go samples
- Module 4
Standards, comparison and benchmarking
- Practice Advisory 2320 in audit analysis
- IIA recommendations and publications
- Benchmarking performance
- Development of big data
- Assessing the effectiveness of new analytical techniques
- Benchmarking against peers
- Module 5
Combining mining with audit sampling
- Selecting samples with different analytical methods
- Adjusting the size of samples
- Analysis using simple Excel functions and queries
- Including fraud red flags in sampling
- Practice in combining results across scenarios
- Module 6
Recognising anomalies and deviations
- Basic concepts of anomalies and deviations
- Their significance and effects on operations
- Techniques to identify, clean and transform data
- Outliers, missing values and errors
- Module 7
Analysing and displaying unusual findings
- Statistical methods for analysis
- Visual methods for detecting and displaying anomalies and deviations
- Examples and cases across industries and business areas
Certificate
Every delegate who completes the course receives an ARUK Training Certificate of Attendance.
Frequently asked questions
How do I register?
Choose a date and city in the schedule and press Register, or send us an enquiry. Our team confirms your place and sends an invoice.
Are fees shown with VAT?
Fees are shown per delegate and exclude VAT, which is added to the invoice where applicable.
Can this course be delivered for our team only?
Yes. Any ARUK course can be delivered in-house at your premises, in a meeting room we book for you, or 1-to-1.
Is this course available online?
Yes. We run it live online with a trainer, on dates that suit your team, for £1,850 + VAT per delegate.
Is there a group discount?
Yes. 20% for 2 delegates, 35% for 3 delegates and 50% for 5 or more delegates on the same course.
Can the course be delivered in Arabic or another language?
Yes. Our courses can be delivered in English, Arabic or any European language, by a trainer who teaches in that language. Mention your preferred language when you register or enquire.
What certificate will I receive?
An ARUK Training Certificate of Attendance.
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