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Module Description
Updated 2025 Syllabus
4 days of tuition
Prepare to pass the CIA Part 3 exam
Face-to-face (or virtual delivery)
Taught by real-world auditors
Learn (& network) with other professionals
Lunch provided
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Industry leading pass rates
"We train you to become professional auditors
- Not just to pass exams"
Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) Examination Expanded Test Specifications
Part 3 - Internal Audit Function
This instructor-led Part 3 CIA exam preparation course is designed to give candidates a comprehensive review of the topics covered on the Part 3 CIA exam. The course will provide in-depth analysis, reinforce your CIA knowledge, clarify topics, and build exam-day confidence.
It is appropriate for CIA candidates, internal auditors seeking professional development, and students in accounting, business, or financial degree programs.
During this course you will be able to:
- Discuss difficult topics with subject matter experts and peers
- Obtain study tips to help you stay on track to complete your CIA exam within your specific timeframe
- Work through practice exam questions
Please note: additional self-study time outside of the classroom will be necessary to prepare for the exam.
Section A: Internal Audit Operations (25%)
- Describe methodologies for the planning, organising, directing, and monitoring of internal audit operations
- Describe key activities for managing financial, human, and IT resources within the internal audit function
- Describe the key elements required to align internal audit strategy to stakeholder expectations
- Recognise the chief audit executive's responsibilities for building relationships and communicating with senior management and the board about various matters
Section B: Internal Audit Plan (15%)
- Identify sources of potential engagements
- Describe the processes to develop a risk-based audit plan
- Recognise the importance for internal auditors to coordinate with other assurance providers and leverage their work
Section C: Quality of the Internal Audit Function (15%)
- Describe the required elements of the quality assurance and improvement programme
- Identify appropriate disclosure of nonconformance with The IIA's Global Internal Audit Standards
- Recognise practical methods for establishing internal audit key performance indicators or scorecard metrics that the chief audit executive communicates to senior management and the board
Section D: Engagement Results and Monitoring (45%)
- Recognise attributes of effective engagement results communication
- Demonstrate effective communication of engagement results
- Determine whether to develop recommendations, request action plans from management, or collaborate with management to agree on actions
- Describe the engagement closing communication and reporting process
- Describe the chief audit executive's responsibility for assessing residual risk for the engagement
- Describe the process for communicating risk acceptance (when management has accepted a level of risk that may be unacceptable to the organisation)
- Describe the process for monitoring and confirming the implementation of management action plans
- Describe the escalation process if management has not adequately implemented an action plan
Got it! Here’s the refined version with only the numbered section titles and their first sentences:
Section A: Foundations of Internal Auditing (35%)
- Describe the Purpose of Internal Auditing according to the Global Internal Audit Standards
- Explain the internal audit mandate and responsibilities of the board and chief audit executive
- Recognise the requirements of an internal audit charter
- Interpret the differences between assurance services and advisory services provided by the internal audit function
- Describe the types of assurance services performed by the internal audit function
- Describe the types of advisory services performed by the internal audit function
- Identify situations where the independence of the internal audit function may be impaired
- Recognise the internal audit function's role in the organisation's risk management process
Section B: Ethics and Professionalism (20%)
- Demonstrate integrity
- Assess whether an individual internal auditor has any impairments to objectivity
- Analyse policies that promote objectivity and potential options to mitigate impairments
- Apply the knowledge, skills, and competencies required (whether developed or procured) to fulfil the responsibilities of the internal audit function
- Demonstrate due professional care
- Maintain confidentiality and use information appropriately during engagements
Section C: Governance, Risk Management, and Control (30%)
- Describe the concept of organisational governance
- Recognise the impact of organisational culture on the overall control environment and individual engagement risks and controls
- Recognise ethical and compliance-related issues
- Interpret fundamental concepts of risk type
- Interpret fundamental concepts of the risk management process
- Describe risk management within organisational processes and functions
- Interpret internal control concepts and types of controls
- Recognise the importance of the design, effectiveness, and efficiency of internal controls (financial and non-financial)
Section D: Fraud Risks (15%)
Module sessions
Date |
Month |
Location |
Price |
Enrol |
17/06/2025 to 20/06/2025 |
June |
Cardiff |
£995 |
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23/09/2025 to 26/09/2025 |
September |
Cardiff |
£995 |
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25/11/2025 to 28/11/2025 |
November |
Cardiff |
£995 |
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17/03/2026 to 20/03/2026 |
March |
Cardiff |
£995 |
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