Chartered Internal Auditor

• You’ll need a Certified Internal Auditor designation achieved within the last 3 years or more than 5 years in internal auditing with management experience. 
• You’ll need to hold Professional membership with the Chartered IIA. 

The assessment for Professional Conferral is the final step in your journey towards Chartered membership. Follow the steps below once you have completed both Modules 1 and 2:

1. Register on the Professional Conferral. You will receive an invoice for £400, payable within 30 days by either yourself or your employer.
   
   
2. When you have submitted the form, we will review to see if you are eligible for the assessment before giving you access to the Professional Conferral site.
   
   
3. Use the guidance provided to identify a suitable problem and define your problem statement using the available templates.
   
   
4. Book your slot with the assessor and submit your problem statement. Central to your assessment is this problem statement, to be submitted to your assessor once you have booked your assessment slot.
   
   
5. Prepare for your assessment by reviewing the recommendations to address the problem defined. You will need to spell out clearly why you are recommending a certain course of action, and why you are recommending this approach instead of any other.
   
   
6. Submit your presentation and detailed notes to your assessor no later than one week before your assessment.
   
   
7. The assessment will take place online and will be only you and the assessor (although somebody might attend from time to time as an observer for quality assurance purposes). All assessments will be recorded and moderated.

All the support you need will be on the Study System. We have provided you with detailed guidance around the key areas, like how to identify a suitable problem for you to use in your assessment, formulate your problem statement correctly and documentation to be submitted prior to your assessment. We have also provided templates that you can use in your preparation for the assessment.

As part of your learning programme, we'll provide you with micro-courses and resources.

You'll be assessed at a post-graduate level, and you'll need to read more widely than the reading materials we provide.

Additional recommended reading includes:

·                Chartered IIA resources

·                Media and current affairs

·                Other printed and online sources

We suggest you consider purchasing a recognised book on strategy.  There are many different books that are very good, but we think the following may be very useful. 

For Module 1: Strategy

Rating: Essential read

Whittington, R., Regner, P., Angwing, D., Johnson, G., and Scholes, K. 2020. Exploring Corporate Strategy. 12th edn. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd. 

A comprehensive book on strategy, addressing everything from strategic analysis and implementation, to change and leadership.  

For Module 1: Strategy

Rating: Good to read

Jones, G.R. 2013. Organizational Change Theory, Design and Change. 7th edn. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd. 

Jones focuses on organisational structures, offering a different angle on organisational theory from Whittington et al. In this way, his book complements Whittington et al well. In addition, the book addresses organisations across the globe, so you learn a range of approaches to organisational design. 

For Module 1: Strategy & Module 2: Leadership

Rating: Good to read

Schein, E.H. 2017. Organizational Culture and Leadership. 5th edn. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.  

A well-respected book that explores the relationship between leadership and organisational culture. However, it's quite a lengthy book, so it can feel a bit intimidating. Nonetheless, if culture and leadership is an area that you want to explore, then this book is well worth a read. 

Getting hold of the books 

Note that we’ve listed the most recent editions of the books. However, you may find earlier editions are all you need, and these will be cheaper, particularly second hand ones. There are many sites online that sell second hands books, including some universities and charities. 

You might find you can get hold of business and management books from your local library, too. 

The syllabus will be updated to reflect the new Standards. 

The intake for September 2024 and March 2025 will be assessed on the existing standards and syllabus.  Cohorts commencing their studies in September 2025 will be examined against the new Standards and syllabus. As this will be the first review of the Chartered by Learning syllabus, we expect that there will be further changes to the pedagogy and the assessment methodology.  These will be communicated in due course, and we will support students who are currently on programme to transition to the revised syllabus and program. 

The publication date of the new syllabus has not been agreed yet and will be communicated as soon as this has been confirmed. 

Spring 2024

Autumn 2024

Chartered by Experience (CBE) is an experiential route to Chartered Internal Auditor status for experienced internal audit leaders.

To be eligible to apply, the following criteria must be met:
The applicant must first join the Chartered IIA as an affiliate member.
Eligible applicants will be internal audit leaders.

This means that they are able to demonstrate:

• responsibility for discharging the responsibilities of Chief Audit Executive as set out in the Global Internal Audit Standards.
• attendance at an audit committee (or equivalent) in their capacity as an internal audit leader. This should be regular attendance at the committee, requiring the applicant to have a relationship with the committee and its members. The applicant will be involved in audit committee meetings (rather than just observing, or preparing papers for a colleague to present).
• regular engagement with senior executive management in their capacity as an internal audit leader. 
• line management / people management responsibilities within an internal audit function.
• ownership / accountability for internal audit quality (even if some elements of this are delegated  to other team members). 
• recent internal audit leadership experience covering the above criteria for a period of at least 18 months. This would ideally be in a current role but could be within a recent role during the past five years. 

For large / complex organisations and internal audit functions:
For large internal audit functions and / or complex organisations an eligible applicant may hold a head of internal audit role below a group head of internal audit. Where this is the case the applicant must have a clear responsibility for leading the internal audit service for a clearly defined area (for example a subsidiary or geographical region). 
Where the organisation is complex, it is likely that there will be junior audit committees based on corporate structure, geographic region, or business divisions. Formal responsibility to attend one or more of these junior audit committees meets the eligibility criteria.

For small internal audit functions (3 or fewer full time internal auditors) 
We recognise that for small internal audit functions, there may not be a significant line management role for the head of internal audit. This should not prevent audit leaders from small internal audit functions from applying. We also recognise that in some smaller functions, the job title of the individual leading the internal audit function may not reflect a ‘head’ or ‘chief’ role. The candidate should make clear in their submission their role and how it meets the eligibility criteria.

For multi-client providers (for example a shared service or a professional services firm)
Eligible candidates who are employed by a multi-client provider will be able to demonstrate that they fulfil the role of head of internal audit and the eligibility criteria for one or more named clients / customers.  

• You’ll need a Certified Internal Auditor designation achieved within the last 3 years or more than 5 years in internal auditing with management experience. 
• You’ll need to hold Professional membership with the Chartered IIA.