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Part 3 - Internal Audit Function

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Module Description

Study Method: Training Center Location
Awarding Body: Certified Internal Auditor
  • 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

  • Fantastic, centrally located training venue

  • 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%)

  1. Describe methodologies for the planning, organising, directing, and monitoring of internal audit operations
  2. Describe key activities for managing financial, human, and IT resources within the internal audit function
  3. Describe the key elements required to align internal audit strategy to stakeholder expectations
  4. 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%)

  1. Identify sources of potential engagements
  2. Describe the processes to develop a risk-based audit plan
  3. 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%)

  1. Describe the required elements of the quality assurance and improvement programme
  2. Identify appropriate disclosure of nonconformance with The IIA's Global Internal Audit Standards
  3. 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%)

  1. Recognise attributes of effective engagement results communication
  2. Demonstrate effective communication of engagement results
  3. Determine whether to develop recommendations, request action plans from management, or collaborate with management to agree on actions
  4. Describe the engagement closing communication and reporting process
  5. Describe the chief audit executive's responsibility for assessing residual risk for the engagement
  6. Describe the process for communicating risk acceptance (when management has accepted a level of risk that may be unacceptable to the organisation)
  7. Describe the process for monitoring and confirming the implementation of management action plans
  8. Describe the escalation process if management has not adequately implemented an action plan

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Section A: Foundations of Internal Auditing (35%)

  1. Describe the Purpose of Internal Auditing according to the Global Internal Audit Standards
  2. Explain the internal audit mandate and responsibilities of the board and chief audit executive
  3. Recognise the requirements of an internal audit charter
  4. Interpret the differences between assurance services and advisory services provided by the internal audit function
  5. Describe the types of assurance services performed by the internal audit function
  6. Describe the types of advisory services performed by the internal audit function
  7. Identify situations where the independence of the internal audit function may be impaired
  8. Recognise the internal audit function's role in the organisation's risk management process

Section B: Ethics and Professionalism (20%)

  1. Demonstrate integrity
  2. Assess whether an individual internal auditor has any impairments to objectivity
  3. Analyse policies that promote objectivity and potential options to mitigate impairments
  4. Apply the knowledge, skills, and competencies required (whether developed or procured) to fulfil the responsibilities of the internal audit function
  5. Demonstrate due professional care
  6. Maintain confidentiality and use information appropriately during engagements

Section C: Governance, Risk Management, and Control (30%)

  1. Describe the concept of organisational governance
  2. Recognise the impact of organisational culture on the overall control environment and individual engagement risks and controls
  3. Recognise ethical and compliance-related issues
  4. Interpret fundamental concepts of risk type
  5. Interpret fundamental concepts of the risk management process
  6. Describe risk management within organisational processes and functions
  7. Interpret internal control concepts and types of controls
  8. 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
23/09/2025 to 26/09/2025 September Cardiff £995
25/11/2025 to 28/11/2025 November Cardiff £995
17/03/2026 to 20/03/2026 March Cardiff £995

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