Organisations publish financial reports to communicate their performance, financial strength and liquidity to a range of stakeholders. Although external auditors confirm the veracity of financial statements, it is important that you, as an internal auditor, can interpret these statements so that you are able to use the information intelligently in your audit work.
The course introduces you to the statement of financial performance (income statements), the statement of financial position, cash flow statements, and annual reports.
There are differences between the financial reports of public companies, public sector organisations and charities, but many aspects are similar. Small UK organisations use UK specific accounting standards but many of the rules which guide presentation is similar to those of international accounting standards. We will primarily use the international accounting standards in this course, but we will occasionally reference UK standards.
This online course is only open to UK residents and UK VAT of 20% will be charged.
Who should do the course?
The course is aimed at internal auditors with little or no understanding of financial reports and their use in internal audit work. You will find this course useful if you are:
- an internal auditor who wants to understand how to use and interpret financial reports in engagements, or
- a senior internal auditor who wants to understand how financial reports can be used in audit work.
What will I learn?
After completing this course you will be able to:
- describe the purpose and contents of the statement of financial performance and the statement of financial position;
- use analysis of the two statements in internal audit work;
- interpret cash flow statements and use this analysis in internal audit work; and
- explain the purpose and contents of an annual report.
What will I do?
The course consists of learning material, two interactive mind maps and a quiz. You will be recorded as having completed the course when you have worked through the learning material and achieved 80% on the quiz. On completion, you will be able to download the course summary. We will email your certificate of completion, which details the CPE points.
You have 90 days to complete the course; however, it shouldn’t take you more than three hours to do so.
Technical requirements
The course is wholly online so you will need access to an internet-enabled device.
CPE competency areas covered
Internal audit delivery
Critical thinking
3 CPE points
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