High-Impact Audit Reports

Writing the audit report can be the most difficult task of the audit. It is challenging to distill all the information you gathered on the audit into a single product. It doesn't help that multiple layers of audit management—and the client—want to see it and change it! After you finish, you're not even sure decision-makers will read it. The audit report process may never be quick, but it can be efficient and logical. Synthesizing your audit results will take some thought, but there are techniques you can use to manage those thoughts. And getting the right people to read your report is simply a matter of respecting their time.

In this course, you will learn:

• How to get the client to take your recommendations using the persuasive audit format
• How to increase the readability of your report
• What the standards say about audit reports
• How to write audit reports and audit findings—step-by-step
• How to write as a team
• How to cut report review time
• When to use graphics and tables to get your message across
• How to create eye-catching graphics and tables

Who should attend: Auditors who write or review audit reports

Length: 8 to 16 hours