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Consultancy Skills for Auditors

Developing professional consultancy skills to strengthen auditors’ effectiveness and advisory practice

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Why Choose This Course

The Consultancy Skills for Auditors training course equips audit professionals to bridge traditional assurance work and effective consulting. Modern internal audit functions are increasingly expected to provide meaningful advisory insights alongside their established assurance responsibilities. Participants learn to apply consulting techniques that strengthen governance, improve internal controls and add measurable value to organisational performance. The course provides a structured approach to supporting management through balanced, professional advisory services.

Participants examine how consulting practices complement assurance duties by drawing on internal audit expertise in risk management, control evaluation and governance. They address challenges associated with advisory assignments, including maintaining independence, improving communication and aligning their work with organisational objectives. Interactive activities, case studies and practical group exercises enable participants to apply relevant consulting tools within their own working environment. By the course conclusion, auditors will better understand how consulting skills increase internal audit’s value, improve management collaboration and support stronger organisational outcomes.

This Consultancy Skills for Auditors training course will highlight:

  • Integrating consulting practices with traditional assurance responsibilities
  • Applying consulting techniques to strengthen governance and internal controls
  • Using audit expertise to provide actionable recommendations
  • Leveraging risk management, control evaluation and governance experience
  • Maintaining independence when undertaking advisory assignments
  • Improving communication and alignment with organisational objectives
Why Choose Consultancy Skills for Auditors
Course Goals

What are the Goals?

This consultancy skills course for auditors aims to equip delegates with the consulting competence, communication abilities, and advisory tools needed to expand internal audit’s value beyond conventional assurance into meaningful organisational advisory work.

Upon completing this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Apply consultancy principles within internal audit: Comprehend internal audit’s consulting role, its relationship to audit committee requirements, and its contribution to governance and risk management.
  • Manage consultancy engagements: Prepare for and carry out the principal stages of a consultancy engagement, from the initial assessment to developing solutions and communicating results.
  • Communicate effectively: Use strong writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills to create and deliver consulting outputs that are clear, credible, and actionable.
  • Employ consultancy tools and techniques: Use process benchmarking, gap analysis, and client satisfaction management in the context of audit consulting.
  • Handle conflict and political dynamics: Address conflicts of interest, political matters, and stakeholder sensitivities that emerge during consultancy engagements within organisations.
  • Enhance organisational capabilities: Support fraud awareness, ethics and conduct programmes, compliance frameworks, and continuous assurance as part of the wider consulting role.
  • Recognise business development opportunities: Identify and make use of opportunities to broaden the advisory value provided by the organisation’s internal audit function.

Who is this Training Course for?

This Consultancy Skills for Auditors training course is designed for:

  • Internal Auditors
  • Senior Internal Auditors
  • External Auditors
  • Audit Managers
  • Audit Supervisors
  • Audit Team Leaders
  • Internal Audit Consultants
  • Risk and Assurance Managers
  • Governance, Risk and Compliance Auditors
  • Quality Assurance Auditors
Learning Approach

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This Consultancy Skills for Auditors training course applies an engaging, interactive learning methodology intended to maximise comprehension and practical capability. Participants learn through a blend of instructor-led tuition and collaborative activities that strengthen real-world consulting techniques.

This Consultancy Skills Course for Auditors will incorporate:

  • Case studies demonstrating consulting challenges within audit environments
  • Group discussions, team-based exercises, and problem-solving activities
  • Videos and scenario-led learning to support deeper engagement
  • Assessments before and after the course to measure knowledge development
  • Facilitated sessions that encourage participants to assess and test concepts

This blended methodology ensures auditors build the confidence and skills required to use consulting tools effectively within their organisations.

The Course Summary & Outline

  1. Day 1
    The Traditional Role of the Internal Auditor
  2. Day 2
    The Consulting Activities of Internal Auditing
  3. Day 3
    The Consulting Engagement and Skills
  4. Day 4
    Consulting Tools and Techniques in an Organization
  5. Day 5
    Effective Consultancy in Organization
Recognition

Certificate

Delegates who successfully complete the Consultancy Skills for Auditors training course are awarded the Wallstreet Academy Certificate of Completion, recognising their achievement and commitment to professional development. Participants receive 25–30 credits, with the final allocation based on their verified attendance throughout the course.

Each Guided Learning Hour represents 60 minutes of attendance. Attendance is documented in line with the quality management principles of ISO 9001:2015, supporting accurate and consistent record-keeping.

Frequently Asked Questions

Key outcomes of this course include: apply consultancy principles within internal audit: Comprehend internal audit’s consulting role, its relationship to audit committee requirements, and its contribution to governance and risk management; manage consultancy engagements: Prepare for and carry out the principal stages of a consultancy engagement, from the initial assessment to developing solutions and communicating results; communicate effectively: Use strong writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills to create

Key outcomes of this course include: employ consultancy tools and techniques: Use process benchmarking, gap analysis, and client satisfaction management in the context of audit consulting; handle conflict and political dynamics: Address conflicts of interest, political matters, and stakeholder sensitivities that emerge during consultancy engagements within organisations; enhance organisational capabilities: Support fraud awareness, ethics and conduct programmes, compliance frameworks, and continuous assurance as pa

Key outcomes of this course include: recognise business development opportunities: Identify and make use of opportunities to broaden the advisory value provided by the organisation’s internal audit function. The course provides a structured approach to supporting management through balanced, professional advisory services.

The training aims to develop consultancy-related skills for use in a professional auditing context. Its emphasis is on helping participants understand the consulting capabilities associated with being an auditor. Individual skills are not itemised in the provided course material.

This course is designed for Internal Auditors, Senior Internal Auditors, External Auditors, Audit Managers, Audit Supervisors and Audit Team Leaders. Modern internal audit functions are increasingly expected to provide meaningful advisory insights alongside their established assurance responsibilities.

This course is designed for Internal Audit Consultants, Risk and Assurance Managers, Governance, Risk and Compliance Auditors and Quality Assurance Auditors. Participants learn to apply consulting techniques that strengthen governance, improve internal controls and add measurable value to organisational performance.

Yes. The Consultancy Skills for Auditors training course equips audit professionals to bridge traditional assurance work and effective consulting.

Key outcomes of this course include: apply consultancy principles within internal audit: Comprehend internal audit’s consulting role, its relationship to audit committee requirements, and its contribution to governance and risk management; manage consultancy engagements: Prepare for and carry out the principal stages of a consultancy engagement, from the initial assessment to developing solutions and communicating results; communicate effectively: Use strong writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills to create

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