Value for Money and Performance Auditing - MIS Training
Value for Money and Performance Auditing - MIS Training
Value for Money and Performance Auditing - MIS Training
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<strong>Value</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>Money</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
<strong>Auditing</strong><br />
Course focus <strong>and</strong> features<br />
<strong>Value</strong> <strong>for</strong> money <strong>and</strong> per<strong>for</strong>mance audit are subjects that are<br />
often dismissed as being relevant only to the public sector.<br />
However, the techniques used can be of equal relevance,<br />
importance <strong>and</strong> value to the private sector model.<br />
This course aims to bring some clarity to the subject (indeed what is<br />
the difference between “value <strong>for</strong> money” <strong>and</strong> “per<strong>for</strong>mance” audit?!)<br />
<strong>and</strong> to equip c<strong>and</strong>idates to underst<strong>and</strong> a range of techniques <strong>for</strong><br />
assessing the economy, efficiency <strong>and</strong> effectiveness of their business<br />
areas, functions, services <strong>and</strong> projects.<br />
How auditors can add value by<br />
assessing value <strong>for</strong> money<br />
The course provides practical advice <strong>and</strong> significant h<strong>and</strong>s-on<br />
participation to ensure that c<strong>and</strong>idates leave with knowledge not<br />
only of the theory behind VFM, but also how to put that theory<br />
into practice. A range of scenarios will be covered, with<br />
c<strong>and</strong>idates being given an opportunity to consider relevant topics<br />
of their choice. Participants will receive sample documents,<br />
diagrams <strong>and</strong> checklists that will support them in applying the<br />
concept within their day jobs.<br />
The course is designed <strong>for</strong> internal auditors who are looking to<br />
exp<strong>and</strong> their remit into VFM / per<strong>for</strong>mance reviews <strong>and</strong>, as such,<br />
a basic underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> experience of internal audit<br />
procedures is ideally assumed.<br />
Course Director<br />
Jane Needham<br />
Jane Needham is an independent consultant <strong>and</strong> trainer<br />
specialising in corporate governance, risk management <strong>and</strong><br />
business process improvement.<br />
Jane’s career started by training as a Chartered Accountant<br />
with Ernst & Young in Manchester, <strong>and</strong> then working <strong>for</strong> a<br />
number of years at ICI plc, both in the Group Internal Audit<br />
function <strong>and</strong> in a finance line-management role. Jane then<br />
returned to her home isl<strong>and</strong> of Guernsey in the Channel<br />
Isl<strong>and</strong>s, where she was appointed Director of Risk &<br />
Assurance <strong>for</strong> the isl<strong>and</strong>’s government. As part of this role,<br />
Jane was Chief Officer of the States of Guernsey Audit<br />
Commission, a pre-cursor to the recently established isl<strong>and</strong><br />
Public Accounts Committee. During her time with the Audit<br />
Commission, a statutory value-<strong>for</strong>-money review body, Jane<br />
carried out <strong>and</strong> commissioned a number of VFM /<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance reviews into various aspects of isl<strong>and</strong> life.<br />
Jane is a non-executive director of a custodian division of<br />
HSBC <strong>and</strong> a member of the Audit, Risk & Remuneration<br />
Committee <strong>for</strong> a regulatory authority. She recently sat as a<br />
member of the working party drafting the new National<br />
Occupational St<strong>and</strong>ard <strong>for</strong> Risk Management in the Financial<br />
Services Sector. As well as a member of the ICAEW, Jane is<br />
also a member of the Institute of Risk Management <strong>and</strong> an<br />
associate member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.<br />
Who Should Attend<br />
Chief Internal Auditors, Internal Audit Managers, Lead Auditors<br />
<strong>and</strong> experienced Audit Practitioners (private, public <strong>and</strong> not<strong>for</strong>-profit)<br />
Prerequisite: Internal Audit skills <strong>and</strong> experience<br />
(at least st<strong>and</strong>ard of “Fundamentals of Internal <strong>Auditing</strong>”<br />
course)<br />
Advanced Preparation: None<br />
<strong>Training</strong> Type: Group-Live<br />
Learning Level: Intermediate<br />
Price: GBP £1,795<br />
CPEs: 22<br />
Telephone:<br />
+44 (0)20 7779 8456<br />
Email:<br />
training@mistieurope.com