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Certificate in Internal Audit Excellence (CIAE) Meirc Plus Speciality Training

Certificate in Internal Audit Excellence (CIAE)

Why Attend

As organizations face an increasingly complex risk landscape, the expectations placed on internal audit leaders and their teams continue to grow. To remain effective and influential, internal audit functions must evolve beyond traditional compliance-focused reviews, and deliver strategic assurance, advice, and insight that drive real business impact.

This comprehensive and interactive course is designed to help internal audit professionals develop and implement more relevant, risk-focused audit plans. Participants will explore the latest techniques for identifying and assessing key and emerging risks, applying a mix of assurance and advisory approaches that add real value to your stakeholders.

This course provides practical guidance and real-world case studies to help participants develop and execute effective internal audit plans that align with organizational priorities. Participants will learn innovative audit techniques to enhance risk coverage, deliver strategic insights that support leadership decision-making, and strengthen stakeholder relationships with clear, actionable findings.

By the end of this course, participants will be better prepared to lead an impactful internal audit function, address today’s most pressing risk topics, and positioned as a trusted advisor within their organization.

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Overview
Course Methodology

An interactive mix of theoretical and practical approaches; including facilitator-led input sessions, group presentations, discussions, question and answer sessions, and team and individual exercises based around practical internal audit situations.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Design internal audit plans that provide impactful assurance, strategic advice, and foresight on key risks and emerging issues
  • Elevate internal audit engagements beyond compliance to establish oneself as a strategic and trusted advisor
  • Engage key stakeholders by effectively communicating audit findings and demonstrating the value of governance, risk, and assurance insights
  • Analyze a diverse range of internal audit topics to develop insightful engagement objectives, scopes, and methodologies
  • Contribute at a strategic level by applying audit insights to enhance business success and organizational resilience
Target Audience

This course is suitable for senior internal auditors and audit professionals who aim to better understand how to plan, audit, or review new, topical and emerging areas of governance, risk and control.  

Target Competencies
  • Internal audit strategic planning and management
  • Internal audit plan and coordinating assurance
  • Organizational governance
  • Risk management
  • Internal audit engagement Planning
Course Outline
  • Internal audit planning
    • Assurance, advice, insight and foresight
    • Developing an effective internal audit plan
    • Reviewing the right subjects, at the right time, in the best way
    • The best mix of internal audit assurance and advisory work
    • Getting stakeholder buy-in and engagement
  • Auditing key topics
    • Effective risk management on paper and in reality
    • Assessing risk management maturity in practice
    • Auditing risk management and adding real value
    • Key procurement priorities, risks and controls
    • Auditing procurement and adding real value
    • A toolkit for auditing fraud and corruption risk
  • Auditing human resources and people risks
    • Talent management, human resources and people risk
    • The challenges and opportunities of auditing people risk
    • Delivering insightful assurance and advice on people risk
    • Auditing HR strategy and governance and workforce planning
    • Auditing talent management, learning and development
    • Auditing employee engagement, retention and motivation
  • Auditing Information Technology (IT) risks
    • IT governance, service delivery, processes and risks
    • The challenges and opportunities of auditing IT risks
    • An IT audit universe and plan to deliver insightful assurance
    • Auditing IT governance, strategy and planning
    • Auditing IT security without being a specialist
    • Auditing management information and data privacy
  • Auditing new and emerging risks
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) priorities
    • Auditing key elements of ESG – climate and sustainability
    • Auditing key elements of ESG – social responsibility
    • Auditing key elements of ESG – governance and reporting
    • Auditing culture, ethics and conduct
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Meirc Professional Certificate (MPC)

MPC certified courses by Meirc Training & Consulting are designed for those willing to challenge themselves and go the extra distance. Participants who fully attend an MPC course and successfully complete the test on the last day, will receive a Meirc Professional Certificate (MPC), in addition to the one they receive for full attendance. MPC certificates are regionally recognized and can be quite valuable when applying for more senior roles within the organization or outside.

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Schedule & Fees

2025 Schedule & Fees

Location & Date
2 - 6 Nov, 2025
Dubai
English
Venue to be assigned
Fees
Per participant

USD 6000

Fees + VAT as applicable

(including coffee breaks and a buffet lunch daily)

Discount Plans & Cancellations Policy

Meirc reserves the right to alter dates, content, venue, trainer, and to offer courses in an integrated virtual learning (IVL) format whereby face to face classroom participants and virtual learners participate simultaneously in the same course in an interactive learning experience.

Tax Registration Number: 100239834300003

Virtual Learning
Course Contact
Alissar N.
+971 56 682 4136
[email protected]
Contact me if you have any questions.
I speak English & Arabic!