Audit Planning and Execution Training Course offered by Imperial Corporate Training Institute is a structured professional programme designed to strengthen audit delivery through disciplined planning and controlled execution. Positioned within Financial Audit Training Courses, this course focuses on aligning audit objectives with organisational risk priorities, regulatory expectations, and governance standards across corporate environments.
The programme addresses audit planning and execution as an integrated discipline that supports audit quality, consistency, and credibility. Participants develop clarity on the end to end audit planning process, ensuring that audit engagement planning process activities are aligned with business operations, risk exposure, and assurance requirements. Emphasis is placed on establishing scope, timelines, and audit priorities that support effective decision making.
A core element of the course is the application of risk based audit planning supported by structured audit planning techniques and tools. Participants examine how audit scheduling and resource allocation directly influence audit efficiency and coverage. The course integrates professional audit planning skills with practical execution controls that support timely and accurate audit outcomes.
The programme further strengthens effective audit execution strategies by focusing on audit fieldwork and execution best practices, audit documentation and working papers, and audit execution and quality control. Participants gain a structured approach to delivering audits that meet audit planning standards and procedures while maintaining governance, accountability, and assurance integrity.
Objectives
- Strengthen professional capability in audit planning and execution
- Apply structured audit engagement planning process methodologies
- Implement risk based audit planning aligned with organisational priorities
- Improve use of audit planning techniques and tools
- Enhance audit scheduling and resource allocation practices
- Strengthen audit fieldwork and execution best practices
- Improve consistency in audit documentation and working papers
- Apply audit planning standards and procedures effectively
- Strengthen audit execution and quality control processes
- Improve coordination across end to end audit planning process
- Support governance through disciplined audit delivery
- Enhance professional audit planning skills across teams
Target Audience
- Internal auditors responsible for audit planning and execution
- Audit managers overseeing engagement planning and delivery
- External auditors managing complex audit assignments
- Risk and compliance professionals supporting audit functions
- Finance leaders involved in audit governance oversight
- Quality assurance professionals reviewing audit execution
- Corporate controllers involved in audit coordination
- Senior professionals transitioning into audit leadership roles
- Assurance professionals supporting audit delivery frameworks
- Public sector auditors managing structured audit plans
- Audit committee support professionals and advisors
- Professionals responsible for audit methodology implementation