Developing an effective Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP) and getting the most from an External Quality Assessment (EQA)

Kuvaus

Sisäisen tarkastuksen laadunvarmistus IIA:n standardien mukaisesti

Jotta sisäisen tarkastuksen toiminto täyttää IIA:n Global Internal Audit Standards™ -vaatimukset, tarvitaan säännöllistä sisäistä laadunvarmistustoimintaa. Lisäksi organisaatiolta edellytetään riippumatonta ulkoista laadunarviointia (External Quality Assessment, EQA) vähintään viiden vuoden välein.

Näiden arviointien avulla varmistetaan, että sisäinen tarkastus toimii kansainvälisten standardien mukaisesti, tuo lisäarvoa johdolle ja tukee tehokasta riskienhallintaa sekä hallintoa.

Every Internal Auditor, Audit Manager and Chief Audit Executive has a part to play in their team’s quality assurance and improvement programme (QAIP). Most obviously, Chief Audit executives must develop, implement, and employ a QAIP covering the internal audit function and its diverse activities. QAIPs vary in depth and detail, but all should be aimed at adding value and delivering insight.

To ensure your internal audit function conforms to the IIA’s Global Internal Audit Standards™, regular internal quality assurance activity is required, as well as an independent external quality assessment (EQA) – at least once every five years. However, many internal audit teams have not undertaken such an exercise and many team members do not fully appreciate what is needed to achieve successful benefits and outcomes through their QAIPs and in an EQA.

This course will help you improve your QAIP, reduce significant findings from an EQA, and help you turn these important processes into a positive experience that can enhance the internal audit function’s added value, efficiency, and effectiveness.

John has undertaken over 55 EQAs in the UK, Ireland and internationally. He will draw upon his extensive, practical experience to help show what does, and doesn’t work, when it comes to QAIPs and EQA reviews.

Who should attend?

This course has been designed to be relevant to Chief Audit Executives, Internal Audit Managers and Senior Internal Auditors, and Internal Auditors, as well as key stakeholders such as Audit Committee members, with varying levels of practical experience.

It is of most relevance for those wanting to review and improve their own working practices, methodologies or quality assurance and improvement programmes, as well as those who are considering commissioning an EQA in the next few years.

Course programme

A blend of theoretical, technical, discursive, and practical approaches covering:

• What is quality and quality management
• The key elements of a quality assurance and improvement programme (QAIP)
• Internal quality assessments – common practices and pitfalls
• What an effective improvement programme looks like – good practices
• Understand how an external quality assessment (EQA) process works
• Preparing for and getting the best from an EQA
• Common lessons from EQAs
• Challenges involved in implementing an effective QAIP and how to overcome them

The course includes facilitator input, topical examples, short practical discussions and interactive group exercises to reinforce the learning and build upon your existing knowledge.

IIA Global CPE competency areas covered

• Professionalism (Professional development)
• Leadership and Communication (Internal audit strategic planning and management)
• Leadership and Communication (Quality Assurance and Improvement Program)

Cancellation policy:

• In case of cancellation 30 days before the start of the course, 0% of the participation fee must be paid.
• In case of cancellation 30-15 days before the start of the course, 50% of the participation fee must be paid.
• In case of cancellation 15 days or less before the start of the course, or no-show, 100% of the participation fee will be invoiced. This applies regardless of the reason, such as illness.

You can transfer your place to a colleague free of charge. Email sisaiset.tarkastajat@theiia.fi and let us know who will replace you.

Last registration day for this training is 17.11.2025. After that you can ask available spots by email at sisaiset.tarkastajat@theiia.fi.

📚  CPE 7