Implementing Data Analytics in Internal Audit
Data analytics put to work inside the audit function — where analytics fit the audit lifecycle, and how teams move beyond sample-based testing.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
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Internal audit functions that still test by manual sampling cannot keep pace with the data their organisations generate. This programme addresses the practical question of putting analytics to work inside the audit function: where analytics belong in the audit lifecycle, which audit areas repay the investment first, and how a team builds the capability without stalling the audit plan. The cohort works through the adoption decisions chief audit executives actually face — from tooling and skills to presenting analytics-driven findings in a form audit committees can act on.
What you will do
Who attends
- Chief audit executives and chief internal auditors
- Internal audit teams and practising auditors
- Audit committee members and chief risk officers
- Heads of IT audit
- CFOs, chartered accountants and finance professionals
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Analytics in the audit function
- The case for analytics in internal audit
- Where analytics fit in the audit lifecycle
- Building team capability
II.From sampling to data-driven testing
- Fuller-population approaches to testing
- Prioritising use cases across the audit plan
- Skills and tooling decisions
III.Reporting and adoption
- Presenting analytics-driven findings
- Engaging the audit committee
- Sustaining adoption beyond the pilot
Frequently asked
Who should attend this data analytics course for internal audit?
Chief audit executives and chief internal auditors, internal audit teams and practising auditors, audit committee members, chief risk officers, heads of IT audit, and CFOs, chartered accountants and finance professionals. It addresses the adoption decisions chief audit executives actually face.
Do participants need a data science background?
No. The programme is a practical treatment of putting analytics to work inside the audit function — where analytics fit the audit lifecycle, which audit areas repay the investment first, and how a team builds the capability, including skills and tooling decisions, without stalling the audit plan.
Is the course available in-house and in French?
Yes. BIZENIUS delivers the programme in English and French, and an in-house edition can be tailored to your audit plan and the data your organisation generates. Sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request; fees and quotations are provided on enquiry.
Who teaches this
Practitioners, not presenters.
Led by practitioners who hold, or have held, the seats this programme prepares you for: group treasurers and heads of asset–liability management, chief risk officers, heads of credit and capital management, and former central-bank supervisors who examined the very frameworks they now teach. Between cohorts the same people advise banks on those frameworks, so what you learn is what is being defended in front of boards and regulators today.
What the bench brings
- Risk-based internal audit frameworks
- IT audit, information-security auditing and standards
- Model validation and regulatory review
- Controls over financial reporting
- Analytics, business intelligence and data warehousing
- Credit and enterprise decisioning with data
Where they have practised
Current and former practitioners — people who hold the seat today alongside those who have held it.
Sectors: Banking & financial services · Technology & fintech · Professional services · Insurance
Regions: Africa · the Middle East · Europe · Asia · the Americas
How they teach
- Live case studies from real institutions
- Worked exercises on realistic bank data
- Regulator-style challenge sessions
- Group problem-solving on realistic institutional cases
- Knowledge checks and a personal action plan
Cohorts are kept small so every exercise is worked on the participants’ own situations — in person or live virtual.
The faculty profile for your cohort is sent with the full agenda and the next dates when you enquire.Request brochure →
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