Transforming audit delivery with AI
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29 January 2026 9:00am to 5 February 2026 5:00pm
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Training course
This first-of-its-kind course fuses deep audit expertise with practical generative AI techniques to both educate and inspire audit leaders. The course will run across two two-day sessions (four days in total) on the following dates: 29-30 January 2026 | 4-5 February 2026
This isn't your average internal audit or AI workshop
Today’s CAEs and audit managers must navigate increasingly complex organisational risks, evolving professional standards, and what is arguably one of the most disruptive technologies of our time.
• If you’re piloting AI (or thinking about it) and wondering what “excellence” really looks like…
• If you’re ready to go beyond basic ChatGPT prompts to structured, disciplined AI augmentation that drives tangible value…
• If you want to build a cohesive vision for your audit function’s future…
Led by two former CAEs, you’ll discover how to leverage AI across the full audit lifecycle — while maintaining rigour, compliance with IIA standards, and professional scepticism.
Course overview
- Senior Audit Managers ready to lead an AI-enabled transformation
- Chief Audit Executives seeking to combine operational excellence with innovation
- Innovation Leaders tasked with modernising audit delivery
By the end of this masterclass, you will:
• Master structured AI prompting for consistent, high-quality results
• Build custom AI tools aligned to your audit methodology
• Assess your AI adoption “maturity” — speed up, slow down, or pause where necessary
• Accelerate every audit phase through lean, agile applications — without compromising quality or QAIP/EQA
• Navigate ethical and professional considerations with confidence
• Lead AI transformation credibly — recognising both opportunities and risks
“This isn’t about using AI occasionally — it’s about embedding AI excellence into every aspect of audit delivery.”
— Stephen Foster
“We won’t just be AI cheerleaders. We’ll show you its power — and the risks if it’s not implemented with discipline.”
— James Paterson
What makes this course different?
Assignment-Focused, Not Theory-Driven
Every technique is grounded in real audit delivery challenges — scoping dilemmas, work programmes, root cause analysis, reporting issues
Multi-Platform Mastery
Hands-on practice with e.g ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot — no vendor lock-in
Dual Facilitator Model
James Paterson (author of Lean Auditing & Beyond the Five Whys) and Stephen Foster (CIA tutor, AI specialist) provide expert guidance and perspective
Immediate Implementation
Leave with ready-to-use templates, prompts, workflows (inc. projects), and custom GPT/CoPilot agent templates to deploy immediately
Hands-On, Practical, Transformative
• Case studies drawn from participant experience and tutor examples
• Breakout sessions for peer learning and benchmarking
• Live AI demonstrations applied to real audit tasks
• Take-home toolkit with prompts, templates, workflows
• Post-course support network for continued learning.
- Professionalism
- Performance
- Environment
- Leadership and communication
28 CPE points
*Please note that the price for this training course is excluding VAT*