Course Overview

This advanced programme equips internal audit professionals with practical approaches to assessing organisational risks, evaluating controls, detecting potential fraud and improving audit quality. It incorporates AI-assisted testing and documentation, data analytics, cybersecurity assurance and AI governance, while retaining the essential foundations of professional internal auditing.

The programme is designed to address the needs of Caribbean organisations that must strengthen financial integrity, regulatory compliance, digital resilience and accountability while making effective use of limited audit resources.

Benefits of attending

Participants will learn how to:

• Build risk-based audit plans aligned with organisational priorities.
• Improve audit testing, evidence collection and control evaluation.
• Identify fraud indicators and investigate financial irregularities.
• Strengthen AML/CFT, financial reporting and compliance controls.
• Use AI to support audit planning, documentation and analysis.
• Apply data analytics to identify duplicate payments, unusual transactions and exceptions.
• Assess cybersecurity, technology and AI governance risks.
• Validate AI-generated findings and maintain professional accountability.
• Prepare clear audit reports with prioritised, actionable recommendations.
• Improve remediation tracking and audit function effectiveness.

Who should attend

Chief Audit Executives, Heads of Internal Audit, Internal Audit Managers, Senior and Internal Auditors, Audit Supervisors, Risk Managers, Compliance Officers, Fraud Risk Professionals, Financial Controllers, Governance Professionals and internal control specialists.