Skills for Leading and Managing Audit Projects Course

Module 1: Overview of Audit Mandates and Responsibilities

• Overall Purpose of Performance Audits
• Peter Drucker’s Definitions
• What is Integrity?
• Responsibilities of Auditors and Audit Organizations
• Key Legislative Audit Mandates
• The Universal Functions of Management
• Distinction Between Control and Controls
• OMB Definition of Management’s Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control
• Customers and Stakeholders

Module 2: Your Responsibilities and Challenges as a Senior Supervisor

• Role of Senior Supervisor Defined
• Supervising Audit Teams: Your Role, Attitudes, and Skills
• Your New Role
• Your New Attitudes
• Your New Skills

Module 3: Senior Supervisor’s Role in the Proposal and Survey Phases

• Proposal Phase
• Survey Phase
• Go, No Go Decision
• Suggested Strategy for Detailed Audit

Module 4: Senior Supervisor’s Role in the Planning Phase

• Defining the Audit Objectives
• Setting Milestones
• Determining Staff Needs for Field Work and Reporting
• Documenting the Audit Plan

Module 5: Senior Supervisor’s Role in the Field Work Phase

• Conducting the Field Work
• Your Field Work Audit Responsibilities
• Performance Appraisal Tips

Module 6: Senior Supervisor’s Role in the Reporting Phase

• Key Tasks in the Reporting Phase
• Using a Report Conference to Reach Agreements
• Processes for Preparing the Audit Report
• Preparing the Draft Audit Report
• Reviewing the Completed Report Draft for Quality

Module 7: Senior Supervisor’s Communication Responsibilities

• Communication is Critical
• Listening Skills
• Nonverbal Communications
• Communications with Customers and Auditees
• Communications with the Media

Module 8: Time Management

• Time – An Irretrievable Asset
• Time Management Tools
• Just Where Should You Spend Your Time?

Module 9: Becoming a Stronger Leader

• Leadership and Management Tenets
• Delegation – The Secret to Leadership
• The Test of a Leader
• Common Sense