Effectively overseeing data analytics
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21 May 2025 12:00 am - 12:00 am
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Training course
This course equips managers with the knowledge they need to oversee teams who use data analytics in their work.
Course overview
Are you an audit manager overseeing data analytics within the team? Do you feel lost in the world of data analytics? Or are unsure of some of the terminology and approaches used around data?
You're not alone! data analytics is relatively new, and many managers oversee teams using data, but lack the technical background themselves.
Based around our highly successful "Data Analytics for Auditors" course. This session is designed specifically for audit managers like you. We'll bridge the data knowledge gap, giving you the confidence to effectively oversee data analytics within the team.
Audit Managers or those responsible for overseeing analytics audit work
- Learn about the key data analytics approaches that your auditors use.
- Understand why these techniques are crucial for reliable and consistent audits.
- Learn how to document analytics so that the audit team can progress towards being data self-sufficient
- Understand how to review and assess the analytics being undertaken by the team.
- the case for data analytics in internal audit
- an explanation of the data analytics process
- understanding data sources for internal audit, including alternative datasets
- high level understanding of data, data structures and data terminology
- explore key data practices and techniques that auditors should be using
- the data analysis lifecycle and how this relates to the audit process
- good analytics practice for audit planning
- good analytics practice for requesting data
- good analytics practice for audit testing
- good analytics practice for audit reporting
- how to set up a quality assurance process over your data analytics
For each stage of the audit, we will explore good / recommended practice, practical advice to spot good practice not being followed, and tips on making the best use of analytics.
- Performance (engagement fieldwork)
- Environment (information technology)
- Leadership and Communication (communication)
3 CPE points
*Please note that the price for this training course is excluding VAT*