Evidence Collection and Analysis

Obtaining and analyzing the information you need to conclude on your audit objectives can be a difficult undertaking. This course will teach you how to obtain sufficient, appropriate audit evidence and analyze this evidence to support audit findings, including how to:

  • Design an evidence collection strategy
  • Assess sufficiency and appropriateness of evidence
  • Apply the three evidence collection techniques
  • Apply sampling and population analysis in an audit
  • Apply common quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques
  • Prepare reports that align with evidence

Who Should Participate?

This course is intended for auditors who want to hone their skills in applying evidence collection techniques and in evaluating audit evidence.

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Virtual

Agenda

This course is delivered over 3 days. Course agenda for in-person offerings will be available shortly.

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Course Format

Our instructors can come to you and provide you with an interactive course that includes individual and group exercises, lectures, and presentations. Contact us for more information.

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Pricing

Prices for in-person courses can be provided upon request.

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Agenda

This virtual course is delivered over 3 days. The course outline below is provided as a guide. Number of hours include teaching time and breaks.

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Course Format

This virtual course is delivered on our Adobe Connect platform. It includes a mix of instructor-led content, interactive exercises, and break-out sessions and will require up to 3 hours of individual work outside course hours.

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Pricing

Member: $1,029

Non-member: $1,329

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Day 1 | 6.5 hours

  • Basic evidence and evidence collection concepts
  • Evidence collection strategy
  • Professional judgement – sufficiency and appropriateness
  • Evidence collection techniques

Day 2 | 6.5 hours

  • Evidence collection techniques (continued)
  • Data analytics

Day 3 | 6.5 hours

  • Sampling
  • Quantitative analysis
  • Qualitative analysis
  • Preparing reports that align with evidence
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Accreditation

Course hours can be submitted for CPE or CPD credits, subject to approval by IIA, CPA Canada, or other professional associations.

Testimonials

“It was great, very engaging and the format was really good for virtual learning – very dynamic.”

“The course was lively and highly informative. The use of real-life scenarios/examples made it easier to relate course contents to actual performance auditing.”

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