An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Analytical and Auditing Skills

Using Data as a Basis for Action

08 - 12 Dec 2025
London
| $5950
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Introduction

Audits inspect internal control systems, ensuring they are sufficiently strong and working properly. An effective audit helps organizations achieve goals and objectives by measuring overall performance and productivity based on transactions and business records. Further, audits reduce risk and protect against fraud. Audits provide investors and shareholders with trusted information concerning financial statements and how well an organization is run.

Audits depend on the collection and analysis of data.  Many companies have plenty of data but little information. The ability to analyse data and interpret the findings is a critical skill. It enables us to make correct assertions, based on facts, and helps companies make the right decisions in complex situations. It also provides an audit trail and mitigates risk.

This Analytical and Auditing Skills training course equips trainees with the skills to extract secrets from data against tight deadlines and provides clear and consistent standards for analytical work. This is a highly practical  training course, with the emphasis on learning by doing rather than “Death by PowerPoint”. Nearly all of the time is spent with delegates working through case studies and exercises.

This GLOMACS training course will highlight:

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

Training Methodology

Participants will receive a thorough training on the subjects covered by the training course outline with the instructor utilising a variety of proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques. The training course methodology is the use of case studies and practical exercises. Trainees perform their own analysis on databases supplied by the instructor.

Analytical and Auditing Skills

Who Should Attend?

Benefits to the organisation from sending employees to this training course include:

  • Robust internal control systems
  • Reliable measures of performance
  • Reduced operational risk
  • Protection against fraud
  • Improved shareholder and investor confidence
  • Improved decision making

Learning Journey Breakdown

  • Steps in the Analytical Process
  • Organising and Collecting Data
  • Evaluating Data and Addressing Information Gaps
  • Communication
  • Creativity
  • Critical Thinking
  • Research
  • Qualitative Analysis
  • Continuous Variables
  • Charts and Graphs
  • Mean
  • Standard Deviation
  • Normal Distribution
  • Discrete Variables
  • Patterns and Seasonality
  • Correlation vs. Causation
  • Data Cleansing – duplicates
  • Data Cleansing – outliers
  • Common vs. Special Causes
  • Control Chart
  • Pareto Analysis
  • Indices
  • The Responsibilities of an Auditor
  • Attributes of Effective Auditors
  • Planning & Preparation
  • Developing Audit Documentation
  • Conducting an Audit
  • Effective Questioning
  • Collection and Analysis of Objective Evidence
  • Maintaining Independence
  • Identifying Improvement Opportunities
  • Developing and Documenting Audit Findings
  • Discussing and Preparing Audit Conclusions
  • Using Graphs and Charts as Appropriate
  • Presenting Findings and Conclusions
  • Follow-up

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