29th September 2027

TIMING

COURSE CODE

SE29D7

SPEAKER

Maya Norbury

OBJECTIVES

This one-day course, targeted at those who are soon to start, or have recently started, working in audit, will provide a grounding in the concepts behind the audit process. It will also serve as a useful ‘back to basics’ for those who are returning to audit having worked away.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Team members who are new to auditing and anyone who needs a refresher on the basics of auditing.

TOPICS

• What an audit is and why it is performed
• Audit assertions and directional testing
• Key communication skills
• Producing effective working papers
• Systems and controls work – what, why and how?
• Auditing bank and fixed assets
• Fundamentals of analytical review and how it is used throughout the audit
• How to be ‘professionally sceptical’
• Picking samples and evaluating errors
• Important balance sheet and P&L tests
• Fundamentals of audit ethics
• Audit materiality fundamentals – what it is and why it matters

This course will be available live online. You will be emailed the link to join two days before the course date.

DISTRICT

All

COURSE FEE

A one-day seminar.  It may be attended on the Flexiticket using 2 places or for a single fee of £195+VAT