Executive Education · Finance
Best Practices for Audit Committee
Strengthen the oversight, governance and reporting role of audit committees.
Programme overview
Build your professional perspective.
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with a high level understanding of the Audit Committee’s major fiduciary oversight and responsibilities which include: financial closing and reporting process, risk management process, Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR), external auditor services, external accounting and internal audit services, key governance controls, alternative communication controls, special investigations, audit committee management and reporting responsibilities.
Learning outcomes
What you will work towards.
- Know important developments for audit committees
- Identify the governance role of audit committee
- Gain audit committee management and reporting responsibilities
- Have capacity to have effective oversight of the external auditor
Programme outline
Explore the key topics.
- What Defines an Audit Committee?
- Good Corporate Governance
- The Influence of Audit Committee
- Audit Committee Challenges
- Compliance Programmes
- Risk, Fraud and Internal Control
- Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Financial Statement Review
- Managing the Relationship with Auditors
- Compliance and Ethics
- Audit Committee Reports and Assessments
Your next step
Plan your participation.
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