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Original IGATI Catalog Description:

INTERMEDIATE AUDITING

CPE Credits: 40

Length: 5 Days

Course Overview

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge you need to effectively perform the duties and responsibilities of a senior auditor.  Topics not covered in “Introductory” are presented including: Supervision, Illegal Acts, Information Technology, Monetary Benefits, Statistical Sampling, and Dealing with Difficult People.

Course Learning Objectives

Upon the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

  • Recognize Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques and information technology concepts,

  • Calculate and report monetary benefits,

  • Implement steps normally taken during survey phase of the audit, including risk assessments,

  • Understand needed supervisory skills,

  • Review and evaluate internal controls,

  • Detect and report illegal acts (fraud),

  • Use Statistical Sampling,

  • Deal with difficult people,

  • Develop audit findings, and

  • Understand and apply various standards.

Who Should Attend?

Auditors with 2 or more years of Federal audit experience. Generally at the GS-11 and GS-12 level.  Ideally, auditors should attend this course no sooner than one and a half years after the “Introductory Auditor Training” course. Also, experienced professionals who are from non-audit disciplines and who are entering OIG organizations as a GS-11 or above, might prefer this course as an alternative to the 2-week “Introductory Auditor Training” course.

Prerequisite: Attendance in our “Introductory Auditor Training” or 1 1/2 years performance audit  experience.

Field of Study: Accounting and Auditing

Course Level: Intermediate

 

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