Autumn Internal Audit 2024
Event summary
With the introduction of the new audit standards this event includes some topical and timely sessions focusing on the changes that the new standards will bring.
CIPFA will be providing details around the consultation of both the new standards and the CIPFA Code. We will be able to answer any questions you may have around both consultation documents.
Date
07 October 2024
Starts: 10:00
Ends: 15:30
Location
Webinar
Standard price
£310.00 excl VAT
Network Member Price
£285.00 excl VAT
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About this event
Who should attend?
This event has been curated to help Heads of Audit during their period of change as well as Audit Managers and Senior Auditors who will be communicating the change.
How will you benefit from attending?
- An update of the new internal audit standards
- Details of what professional courage looks like in reality and strategies to adapt
- Discussion around key risks on all audit plans currently
- Strategies to help implement the new standards
- Details of Performance Audit
CPD hours
This event carries 6 CPD hours.
Topics
- Alternative service delivery
- / Audit
- / Ethics
- / Governance
- / Internal audit
- / Local government
- / Performance improvement and policy
- / Professional development
Speaker - Diana Melville, Governance Advisor, Better Governance Forum (BGF)
Diana is lead advisor for the Better Governance Forum and is CIPFA’s representative on the Internal Audit Standards Advisory Board. She is a CIPFA-qualified accountant and a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Prior to joining the institute in 2008 she was head of internal audit at Salisbury Council, and held other audit roles in local government and at the National Audit Office. She is part of the CIPFA working group that developed the Good Governance Framework for Local Government (2016) and supports other CIPFA policy initiatives and publications on governance, internal audit and counter fraud.
Speaker - Naomi Whitmore
Naomi is a CIPFA-qualified accountant. She joined CIPFA in 2023 after spending 18 years working in the public sector in both finance and auditing roles. She has worked in both in-house audit teams as well as public sector audit partnerships. She has experience of working across all levels of local government as well as auditing the police, fire, NHS partnerships and education establishments. Naomi delivers events to new auditors, sharing her experiences in internal audit.
Speaker - Florence Bastos, CIPFA Public Finance Advisor
Florence is a financial advisor in CIPFA’s Policy and Technical team. She joined CIPFA in 2023, bringing a wealth of experience from her private sector, NHS, and local authority background. Florence’s expertise lies in strategic financial management, which she leverages to improve organisational performance. She also provides financial and commercial insights that facilitate sound investment and contracting decisions in the public sector. Florence qualified as a Chartered Accountant while working in the tax practice at PwC.
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