Course Description:
A combined assurance model effectively co-ordinates the efforts of management and internal and external assurance providers, increases their collaboration and develops a shared and more holistic view of the organisation’s risk profile.
The essence of combined assurance is effective co-ordination and collaboration between management and internal as well as external assurance providers to ensure that risks are well managed so that organisations can achieve their objectives. This training seeks to look at the role and contribution that effective risk management plays in ensuring the effectiveness of a combined assurance model and provide guidance on how to develop a model that is truly risk-based.
Training and tools will assist to:-
- Equip Risk Practitioners and Assurance Providers with tools that will help them develop a risk based combined assurance model or enhance an existing one to ensure that risk management is able position to make an effective contribution to the achievement of organisational goals.
- Develop a combined assurance framework and plan that define the roles, responsibilities and accountability for the combined assurance process.
- Support audit and risk committees in making their control statements in the integrated report regarding the effectiveness and efficiencies of their control environment.
- Develop dynamic reporting that provides insights into assurance of top risks and key mitigating controls, and their impact on achieving the organisation’s objectives and performance.
- Share insights on where assurance works well
Scope: Global Mode of training: Virtual Time: From 9:00am to 12:00pm
Dates:
August, 24 – 28, 2020
Oct 26-30, 2020
November 16-20, 2020
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