Analytical Audit Skills and Evidence Training Course

Name: Analytical Audit Skills and Evidence Training Course
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Advanced analytical methods for auditors who assess risk, test evidence, investigate exceptions, and develop defensible findings.

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Duration: 5 days
Format: Classroom
Cities: Trabzon, Dubai, Milan, London, Riyadh, Rome and more
Next session: 11 – 15 October 2026, Trabzon
Average fee: 5,800 €

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Overview

The Analytical Audit Skills and Evidence Training Course is a five-day advanced course for internal auditors, audit supervisors, risk and compliance professionals, finance assurance staff, and control specialists who leave with an Analytical Audit Workpaper Pack. The course develops problem framing, risk analysis, evidence evaluation, data reliability, audit sampling, root-cause analysis, professional judgment, finding development, and audit reporting. Agile Leaders Training Center delivers this course on analytical audit skills and evidence.

Who Should Attend

Internal audit functions responsible for engagement planning, testing, findings, and reporting
Audit supervision functions responsible for reviewing evidence, judgments, and workpapers
Risk and compliance functions responsible for control evaluation and exception analysis
Finance assurance functions responsible for transaction testing and data reliability
Control functions responsible for root-cause analysis and corrective action follow-up

The course assumes participants perform or review audit procedures and leaves out foundation-level audit concepts, certification preparation, and organization-specific policy approval.

Departments and Industries

The course supports analytical audit execution across regulated, asset-intensive, and service organizations.

Internal audit, risk, compliance, and governance departments
Finance, controllership, quality, and operational assurance functions
Banking, insurance, manufacturing, and energy organizations
Healthcare, education, hospitality, and public service organizations
Technology, telecommunications, logistics, and retail organizations

Learning Objectives

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

Analyze audit problems, objectives, risks, and evaluation criteria
Evaluate relevance, reliability, sufficiency, and contradictory evidence
Apply data profiling, exception analysis, and audit sampling methods
Use root-cause tools and professional judgment to assess findings
Build concise audit findings, conclusions, and reporting messages
Build an Analytical Audit Workpaper Pack

Course Agenda

Day 1: Analytical Audit Framing

Audit Problem Statement and Objective Canvas
Process Risk and Control Mapping Method
Engagement Criteria and Assertion Matrix
Professional Skepticism Questioning Protocol
Audit Hypothesis and Test Design Sheet

Day 2: Evidence and Judgment

Evidence Relevance Reliability and Sufficiency Matrix
Corroborative and Contradictory Evidence Review Method
Data Accuracy Completeness and Applicability Test
Source Traceability and Chain-of-Evidence Map
Professional Judgment Decision Record

Day 3: Analytics and Sampling

Audit Data Profiling and Quality Checklist
Trend Ratio and Variance Analysis Method
Duplicate Gap and Outlier Detection Rules
Risk-Based Audit Sampling Selection Matrix
Exception Prioritization and Follow-Up Register

Day 4: Causes Findings and Reports

Five Whys Root-Cause Analysis Worksheet
Cause Condition Criteria Effect Finding Model
Finding Significance and Risk Rating Matrix
Evidence-to-Conclusion Reasoning Map
Concise Audit Message and Executive Summary Structure

Day 5: Analytical Audit Practice

Suggested Exercise: Problem Framing and Risk Map Review
Suggested Exercise: Evidence Reliability and Judgment Challenge
Suggested Exercise: Data Exception and Sampling Analysis
Suggested Exercise: Root-Cause Finding and Report Simulation
Capstone Exercise: Analytical Audit Workpaper Pack

Practical Exercises

The course includes suggested activities that connect analytical decisions to traceable audit evidence and reporting.

Suggested activity: frame an audit problem and link objectives, risks, controls, criteria, and procedures.
Suggested activity: assess a mixed evidence set for reliability, contradiction, sufficiency, and documentation gaps.
Suggested activity: profile data, select a risk-based sample, and prioritize exceptions for follow-up.
Suggested activity: present an Analytical Audit Workpaper Pack containing findings, conclusions, and reporting messages.

FAQs

Who suits the Analytical Audit Skills and Evidence Training Course?

Internal auditors, supervisors, risk and compliance professionals, finance assurance staff, and control specialists suit the course; it assumes experience performing or reviewing audit procedures.

How do analytical audit skills differ from foundation-level internal audit training?

Analytical audit skills focus on framing problems, challenging evidence, analyzing exceptions, exercising judgment, and developing findings, while foundation-level training focuses on core roles, terminology, and engagement stages.

How is audit evidence evaluated during an analytical audit?

Audit evidence is evaluated by testing its relevance, reliability, sufficiency, source traceability, consistency, and relationship to the engagement objective and risk.

How does audit sampling support analytical audit work?

Audit sampling supports analytical work by selecting items according to risk, population characteristics, objectives, and expected exceptions, then linking results to defensible conclusions.

What belongs in an Analytical Audit Workpaper Pack?

An Analytical Audit Workpaper Pack links the problem statement, risks, criteria, tests, evidence, samples, exceptions, judgments, root causes, findings, conclusions, and reporting messages.

Conclusion

Participants leave with an Analytical Audit Workpaper Pack that connects problem framing, evidence evaluation, analytics, sampling, judgments, findings, and reporting. The work product improves how engagement decisions are documented and reviewed. It supports traceable conclusions and concise communication across financial, operational, compliance, and technology audits.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Trabzon	Week 41, 2026 11 – 15 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€6,800
Dubai	Week 43, 2026 19 – 23 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,500
Milan	Week 43, 2026 19 – 23 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
London	Week 44, 2026 26 – 30 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Riyadh	Week 44, 2026 1 – 5 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Rome	Week 45, 2026 2 – 6 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Baku	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,000
Barcelona	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Abu Dhabi	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,700
Phuket	Week 47, 2026 22 – 26 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€6,000
Frankfurt	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Cairo	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,100
Kuala Lumpur	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,200
Nice	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Accra	Week 49, 2026 6 – 10 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,100
Berlin	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Johannesburg	Week 50, 2026 13 – 17 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,500
Dubai	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,500
San Diego	Week 53, 2026 28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€14,000
Amsterdam	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewThe Analytical Audit Skills and Evidence Training Course is a five-day advanced course for internal auditors, audit supervisors, risk and compliance professionals, finance assurance staff, and control specialists who leave with an Analytical Audit Workpaper Pack. The course develops problem framing, risk analysis, evidence evaluation, data reliabi…

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Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

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Analytical Audit Skills and Evidence Training Course