Business Analysis and Information Technology

Professional Education Classes - Professional Development

This is the third of four modular-based courses designed to prepare participants for success on the four part Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination. Key areas covered in this course include Business Processes, Financial Accounting and Finance, Managerial Accounting, Regulatory, Legal and Economics, and Information Technology. The course utilizes enriched educational experience, most current information and business tools that are immediately applicable in any organization or business environment. Ultimately, the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) credential is the only globally accepted designation for internal auditors. It is the standard by which internal auditing professionals demonstrate their competency and professionalism in the internal auditing field.

Textbook: The IIA's CIA Learning System

Instructor: Robert Riegel, Jr.
3 session(s): Sat: Apr 17-May 1 / 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Registration fee: $995       

Who should attend

Chief Audit Executives, Audit managers and staff, Audit Directors, Risk management staff, business, finance and accounting students. Ultimately, any professional in business who is seeking preparation for the CIA examination or career changers wishing to enter the internal audit field with appropriate training and credentials.

You should take this class if:

I you would benefit professionally from achieving the full CIA designation by passsing this section of the examination.

After this class, you will be able to

• To prepare participants for success on the relevant section of the CIA examination by increasing their auditing skills and knowledge in the following areas:
• Business processes
• Financial accounting and finance
• Managerial accounting
• Regulatory, legal, and economics
• Information technology

What will be covered

• Business Processes
  Quality Management (Level A)
  The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Framework (Level A)
  Forecasting (Level A)
  Project Management Techniques (Level P)
  Business Process Analysis (Level P)
  Inventory Management Techniques and Concepts (Level P)
  Marketing-Pricing Objectives and Policies (Level A)
  Marketing-Supply Chain Management (Level A)
  Human Resources (Level P)
  The Balanced Scorecard (Level A)

• Financial Accounting and Finance
  Basic Concepts and Underlying Principles of Financial Accounting (Level P)
  Intermediate Concepts of Financial Accounting (Level A)
  Advanced Concepts of Financial Accounting (Level A)
  Financial Statement Analysis (Level P)
  Cost of Capital Evaluation (Level A)
  Types of Debt and Equity (Level A)
  Financial Instruments (Level A)
  Cash Management (Treasury Functions) (Level A)
  Valuation Models (Level A)
  Business Development Life Cycles (Level A)

• Managerial Accounting
  Cost Concepts (Level P)
  Capital Budgeting (Level A)
  Operating Budget (Level P)
  Transfer Pricing (Level A)
  Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis (Level A)
  Relevant Cost (Level A)
  Costing Systems (Level A)
  Responsibility Accounting (Level A)

• Regulatory, Legal, and Economics
  Impact of Government Legislation and Regulation on Business (Level A)
  Trade Legislation and Regulations (Level A)
  Taxation Schemes (Level A)
  Contracts (Level A)
  Nature and Rules of Legal Evidence (Level A)
  Key Economic Indicators (Level A)

• Information Technology
  Control Frameworks (Level A)
  Data and Network Communications/Connections (Level A)
  Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) (Level A)
  E-Commerce (Level A) 111-316
  Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) (Level A)
  Functional Areas of IT Operations (Level A)
  Encryption (Level A)
  Information Protection (Level A)
  Evaluate Investment in IT (Level A)
  Enterprise-wide Resource Planning (ERP) Software (Level A)
  Operating Systems (Level A)
  Application Development (Level A)
  Voice Communications (Level A)
  Contingency Planning (Level A)
  Systems Security (Level A)
  Databases (Level A)
  Software Licensing (Level A)
  Web Infrastructure (Level A)

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