I N T E R N A L A U D I T O R S K I L L S A N D C A P A B I L I T I E S

Sessions will cover skills and competencies that will help internal auditors enhance both their own audit skills as well as increasing the capabilities of their internal audit function.

CS 1-8
Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs – How Do You Succeed?
Larry Harrington, Raytheon Company
Bob Hirth, Protiviti

Internal auditors need many skills to succeed. Those skill sets change over time and must be constantly improved. In order to succeed and deliver value to their organizations, internal auditors need to focus on many different skills in three major areas; general technical knowledge, audit process knowledge, and personal and professional skills.

The skills covered in this presentation have been validated by thousands of internal auditors during the last 4 years, including hundreds of CAEs.

In this session, participants will learn:

Skills needed to succeed as an internal auditor and ultimately as a CAE today and in the future.
Top skills areas rated by over 700 internal auditors where improvement is needed most, regardless of current capability.
Viewpoints and auditor skill implications on the application of The IIA’s revised Standards in areas such as IT Governance, Fraud, use of data analytics, quality and others.
How to take more control of their own career to succeed in today’s fast changing environment.

FIELD OF STUDY: AUDITING

CS 2-8
Can You Save Time in a Bottle?
Diane Bogino, Performance Strategies

There are many time management tools available for our use. We all know tricks, tips, and tactics for saving time. We have acquired time proven systems and procedures for beating the clock. So why are we still running out of time at the end of the day?

In this session, participants will learn how to:

Distinguish between the myth and reality of time management.
Identify time wasters that may impact your own personal overall time use effectiveness.
Understand how poor time management may prevent you from achieving your personal best.
Discover how communication and interacting with others can influence your use of time.
Determine solutions for your own personal time management success.

FIELD OF STUDY: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

CS 3-8
Cultivating and Developing Audit Leader Soft Skills
Rachel Tullos, Colonial Pipeline

Businesses want leaders who generate results by being both technically strong and having great relationship skills. The path to greater success in most companies, big and small, is more quickly achieved by improving one’s relationships than it is by becoming a better technician. Yet, many leaders are unwilling to guide others on interpersonal skills.

In this session participants will learn how to:

Deliver notable results by improving interpersonal skills.
Effect change in your leaders by improving communication.
Lead and guide others to improve relationships.
Generate ideas for developing audit leader soft skills without spending big dollars.

FIELD OF STUDY: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

CS 4-8
Productivity Leaps for You and Your Department
Felipe Velasquez, OSI Systems

In the current environment more internal audit departments are being asked to do more with the same or less resources. In this session we will cover practical, cost-saving tools and techniques to meet this mandate and increase audit efficiency and effectiveness. The presentation will focus on the three ingredients that make up productivity; people, processes and IT systems. Discussion will illustrate the links and interdependencies of these three ingredients of productivity. We will illustrate examples from the simple to the elaborate such as the effective use of smart phones to the use of web-based document management systems/data analytics to increase audit productivity. Tools and techniques from this session can apply to departments of all sizes and to all levels in your department.

In this session participants will:

Learn how a 3-person audit department utilizes the same tools available to large departments at a fraction of the cost.
Identify and utilizing unknown IT resources that already exist in your company. Avoid the pitfalls of third party software solutions.
Identify core competencies on an individual and department wide basis. Determine what “world class” and “best in class” mean to you and your department.
Learn how to effectively promote the use of technology in audits by incorporating a data driven approach.
Learn how to cultivate critical relationships in your company to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

FIELD OF STUDY: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION

CS 5-8
Internal Audit Excellence, More Than Just Numbers: How do You Select, Train and Retain the Very Best IA Professionals?
Greg Redmond, Chevron
Patty Miller, Deloitte & Touche

Internal Audit is doing more with less, with ever increasing responsibilities and higher stakeholder expectations. The best departments adapt, train and look outside the box for their talent. This session will discuss needed/desired auditor skills, the 21st century economy and approaches to retaining your most valuable asset – your internal auditors.

In this session, participants will learn how to:

Align your human resource strategy to your organization’s mission.
Attract and select the right talent to your team.
Offer training and career development.
Retaining the best talent

FIELD OF STUDY: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

CS 6-8
How Can Internal Auditors Use the Lean Six Sigma Methodology?
Renato Triscuizzi, Embratel – Telmex International

In this new Century, the Internal Audit Department needs to focus on the final client and results. We need to understand what Lean Six Sigma is, how to present strategies in order to improve processes and add value to the companies. Using the strategy of Lean Six Sigma, we select internal audit projects or scope more profitable for the companies and show measured results.

In this session, participants will be able to:

Understand Lean Six Sigma methodology.
State the Lean Six Sigma on the Market.
Describe the structure of the program in Embratel.
Implement the strategy of the LSS by Internal Audit.

FIELD OF STUDY: AUDITING

CS 7-8
The Project Saboteur
Dion Kotteman, Dutch National Audit Authority

It is amazing to see that every project on earth has opponents, without this truth being described or understood properly. There are always those that benefit from the failure of a project. There are many cases where people take action to deliberately destroy a project.

People have the inclination to adjust truth to suit themselves and thus serve their own interests: more power, more income, more respect. An example of this is the credit crisis; data is manipulated to suit one’s own interests, matters are portrayed in a better light and budgets are intentionally drawn up incorrectly. All this with the express aim of influencing decision-making processes. This is the world of project sabotage.

In this session participants will:

Come to understand project sabotage as a phenomenon.
Learn to recognize project undermining actions.
Start to learn how to deal with project sabotage, when it occurs.

FIELD OF STUDY: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT