The Audit Committee in Practice
When institutions fail, the first question is where was the audit committee? This programme prepares members to have a good answer — before the question is asked.
Format
Classroom · Live Virtual
Upcoming sessions
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The audit committee reads more, signs more and carries more than any other committee — usually with the least preparation. This programme covers the committee’s real work: interrogating financial statements and the estimates hidden inside them; running the relationship with external audit so independence is real; overseeing internal audit so the third line has teeth; and whistleblowing, fraud response and the sessions no one rehearses. Taught by practitioners who have sat on, reported to and audited for these committees.
What you will do
Who attends
Audit committee members and chairs; directors joining the committee; CFOs, CAEs and auditors who work with it.
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.The statements, adversarially read
- Estimates, provisions and the places management judgement hides
- Red flags in the numbers: what restatements later reveal
- The going-concern conversation nobody wants to start
II.The two audit relationships
- External audit: independence in substance, not just appearance
- Internal audit: charter, resourcing and the private session
- When the two disagree — and what the committee does about it
III.The sessions no one rehearses
- Fraud response: the first meeting after the allegation
- Whistleblowing oversight that people actually trust
- Reporting to the board: candour without panic
Frequently asked
Are these programmes suitable for board members?
They are designed for them. The governance curriculum addresses the duties directors personally carry — risk-committee oversight, ESG accountability, the questions to put to management. Participants leave able to interrogate a board pack, structure committee work, and document the oversight a regulator expects to see.
What makes the strategy programmes different from conventional corporate training?
Faculty are senior practitioners who have carried the decisions themselves — never career presenters. Strategy is worked as decisions with owners and consequences, not frameworks on slides: participants build positions on their own institution’s questions and defend them in front of the room.
Where can I find the programme fee?
BIZENIUS does not publish a rate card. Request the brochure or apply for a seat, and a senior practitioner replies within one business day with the brochure and a fee shaped to your format, location and any tailoring.
What formats do governance programmes run in?
Classroom, live virtual and hybrid, in English and French. Boards frequently commission private in-house sessions, tailored to their own charter, committee structure and regulatory context.
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