Training Module
Training Module
Audit Programme Management
Understand audit programme governance, risk-informed audit portfolios, supplier audit integration, resourcing, and programme-level reporting
Understand
Implement
Manage
Audit
Training module overview
Many organisations can run individual audits, but struggle to steer an audit programme as a coherent system: priorities drift, supplier audits sit “outside” the programme, schedules become rigid, and results remain fragmented. The outcome is activity without reliable assurance.
This module focuses on the programme manager’s work: designing and governing an audit programme (internal and supplier) from single-entity to group-level, maintaining consistent quality, consolidating programme-level insight, and driving continual improvement. It stays explicitly at programme level: audit execution, interviewing, evidence collection, and supplier-audit fieldwork are handled in other modules.
Many organisations can run individual audits, but struggle to steer an audit programme as a coherent system: priorities drift, supplier audits sit “outside” the programme, schedules become rigid, and results remain fragmented. The outcome is activity without reliable assurance.
This module focuses on the programme manager’s work: designing and governing an audit programme (internal and supplier) from single-entity to group-level, maintaining consistent quality, consolidating programme-level insight, and driving continual improvement. It stays explicitly at programme level: audit execution, interviewing, evidence collection, and supplier-audit fieldwork are handled in other modules.
Target audience
Audit programme managers (single site to group-level)
Senior internal auditors moving into programme responsibility
Integrated management system owners coordinating multiple audit teams
Procurement / vendor assurance stakeholders who interface with supplier audit planning (programme level)
Second-line assurance or compliance functions coordinating audit coverage across units
Audit programme managers (single site to group-level)
Senior internal auditors moving into programme responsibility
Integrated management system owners coordinating multiple audit teams
Procurement / vendor assurance stakeholders who interface with supplier audit planning (programme level)
Second-line assurance or compliance functions coordinating audit coverage across units
Agenda
Role and boundaries of audit programme management
Programme responsibility vs. individual audit responsibility
What this module covers (and what it intentionally does not)
Programme governance and operating model
Roles, decision rights, escalation, and independence at programme level
Interfaces with system owners, procurement, and leadership routines
Risk-informed audit portfolio design (multi-year and annual)
Using existing context, risks, and priorities as inputs to coverage decisions
Setting audit scope, depth, and frequency at programme level
Supplier audit integration at programme level
Supplier segmentation for coverage decisions (criticality, dependency, impact)
Coordination points: access, confidentiality, contractual interfaces
Scheduling and resource planning
Building schedules that remain workable under change
Assigning auditors: competence, independence, and conflicts (programme controls)
Consistency and quality across audits
Programme standards: templates, expectations, and calibration approach
Competence maintenance and variability reduction (programme governance view)
Programme monitoring, consolidation, and reporting
Tracking coverage and delivery without turning it into KPI design work
Consolidating themes and systemic issues for management visibility
Continual improvement of the audit programme
Learning loops, feedback, and annual re-baselining of the programme
Updating governance, portfolio logic, and quality controls over time
Workshop (case-based)
Build a 12-month internal + supplier audit programme pack from a provided case
Produce: governance snapshot, audit portfolio, resourcing assumptions, and a programme-level insight summary
Role and boundaries of audit programme management
Programme responsibility vs. individual audit responsibility
What this module covers (and what it intentionally does not)
Programme governance and operating model
Roles, decision rights, escalation, and independence at programme level
Interfaces with system owners, procurement, and leadership routines
Risk-informed audit portfolio design (multi-year and annual)
Using existing context, risks, and priorities as inputs to coverage decisions
Setting audit scope, depth, and frequency at programme level
Supplier audit integration at programme level
Supplier segmentation for coverage decisions (criticality, dependency, impact)
Coordination points: access, confidentiality, contractual interfaces
Scheduling and resource planning
Building schedules that remain workable under change
Assigning auditors: competence, independence, and conflicts (programme controls)
Consistency and quality across audits
Programme standards: templates, expectations, and calibration approach
Competence maintenance and variability reduction (programme governance view)
Programme monitoring, consolidation, and reporting
Tracking coverage and delivery without turning it into KPI design work
Consolidating themes and systemic issues for management visibility
Continual improvement of the audit programme
Learning loops, feedback, and annual re-baselining of the programme
Updating governance, portfolio logic, and quality controls over time
Workshop (case-based)
Build a 12-month internal + supplier audit programme pack from a provided case
Produce: governance snapshot, audit portfolio, resourcing assumptions, and a programme-level insight summary
Course ID:
HAM-APM-1
Audience:
Auditor
Domain:
Agnostic
Available in:
English
Duration:
7 h
List price:
CHF 550
Excl. VAT. VAT may apply depending on customer location and status.
What you get
Learning outcomes
Define an audit programme charter that clarifies governance, roles, and escalation routes
Build a multi-year and annual audit portfolio that is risk-informed using existing organisational inputs (without teaching risk methods)
Integrate supplier audits into the audit programme with clear coverage logic and interfaces to procurement/contract owners
Create an audit schedule and resource plan that accounts for competence, independence, and change
Set programme-level consistency controls (templates, calibration routines, quality expectations) without teaching audit execution methods
Consolidate audit results into programme-level themes suitable for management visibility and management review input
Run a structured improvement cycle for the audit programme based on feedback, delivery data, and context changes
Define an audit programme charter that clarifies governance, roles, and escalation routes
Build a multi-year and annual audit portfolio that is risk-informed using existing organisational inputs (without teaching risk methods)
Integrate supplier audits into the audit programme with clear coverage logic and interfaces to procurement/contract owners
Create an audit schedule and resource plan that accounts for competence, independence, and change
Set programme-level consistency controls (templates, calibration routines, quality expectations) without teaching audit execution methods
Consolidate audit results into programme-level themes suitable for management visibility and management review input
Run a structured improvement cycle for the audit programme based on feedback, delivery data, and context changes
Learning materials
Slide deck
Participant workbook
Certificate of completion
Slide deck
Participant workbook
Certificate of completion
Templates & tools
Audit programme charter (roles, decision rights, escalation)
Multi-year audit programme plan template
Annual audit schedule template
Auditor competence & independence assignment matrix (programme-level)
Supplier segmentation and coverage decision guide (programme-level)
Programme monitoring log (coverage and delivery tracking)
Cross-audit theme consolidation sheet (programme-level insight)
Programme-level management report template
Lessons learned and improvement log for programme updates
Audit programme charter (roles, decision rights, escalation)
Multi-year audit programme plan template
Annual audit schedule template
Auditor competence & independence assignment matrix (programme-level)
Supplier segmentation and coverage decision guide (programme-level)
Programme monitoring log (coverage and delivery tracking)
Cross-audit theme consolidation sheet (programme-level insight)
Programme-level management report template
Lessons learned and improvement log for programme updates
Prerequisites
This module assumes participants can already operate comfortably in the internal audit domain and understand the difference between programme management and audit execution. In particular:
Solid understanding of audit principles, evidence thinking, and auditor judgement
Familiarity with how audit findings are formulated, reported, and followed up
Basic familiarity with supplier/outsourced relationships (helpful for programme-level integration)
This module assumes participants can already operate comfortably in the internal audit domain and understand the difference between programme management and audit execution. In particular:
Solid understanding of audit principles, evidence thinking, and auditor judgement
Familiarity with how audit findings are formulated, reported, and followed up
Basic familiarity with supplier/outsourced relationships (helpful for programme-level integration)
Strongly recommended preparatory modules
Audit Reporting & Follow-up: Findings, Reporting, and Verification of Closure
Understand how to write evidence-based findings, structure audit reports, and follow up agreed actions to verified closure.
7 h
Audit Reporting & Follow-up: Findings, Reporting, and Verification of Closure
Understand how to write evidence-based findings, structure audit reports, and follow up agreed actions to verified closure.
7 h
Audit Reporting & Follow-up: Findings, Reporting, and Verification of Closure
Understand how to write evidence-based findings, structure audit reports, and follow up agreed actions to verified closure.
7 h
Conducting Confident, Objective, and Insightful Audit Conversations
Interview planning, questioning, and conversation control for reliable audit evidence
7 h
Conducting Confident, Objective, and Insightful Audit Conversations
Interview planning, questioning, and conversation control for reliable audit evidence
7 h
Conducting Confident, Objective, and Insightful Audit Conversations
Interview planning, questioning, and conversation control for reliable audit evidence
7 h
Helpful preparatory modules
The modules below prepare for an optimal learning experience – but are not strictly necessary for participants to follow.
Audit Foundations: Principles, Evidence & Judgement
Core audit mindset, evidence logic, materiality-based focus, and audit test plan design.
7 h
Audit Foundations: Principles, Evidence & Judgement
Core audit mindset, evidence logic, materiality-based focus, and audit test plan design.
7 h
Audit Foundations: Principles, Evidence & Judgement
Core audit mindset, evidence logic, materiality-based focus, and audit test plan design.
7 h
Continuous learning
Follow-up modules
Follow-up modules
After completion of this module, the following modules are ideal to further deepen the participant's competence.
After completion of this module, the following modules are ideal to further deepen the participant's competence.
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