
Introduction
Internal control is an essential element in the control and prevention of fraud and corruption within government and private institutions. Controllers, managers, and internal auditors should understand investigative fraud principles and techniques to conduct investigations related to financial fraud within their organisations, as well as design and develop the internal control processes that play a fundamental role in protecting their organisations.
Key business benefits
- Understand the different types of fraud in the organization;
- Understand best practices in preventing and detecting fraud;
- Understand how to design and implement internal fraud control processes;
- Understand how to conduct fraud risk assessment, fraud audits, and fraud investigations.
Skills Acquired
- Designing and Deploying Internal Fraud Controls;
- Techniques and methods of investigating fraud;
- Principles of Fraud Risk Assessment.
Learning objectives
- The best practices in preventing and detecting fraud;
- How to design and implementation of internal fraud control processes;
- Best practice and techniques in the pre-planning to fraud;
- How to handle a fraud investigation, analyse evidence, and interview witnesses;
- How to conduct fraud risk assessment and fraud audit.
Day 1
Session 1
- Fraud and financial and administrative corruption: what it is and the fields;
- The nature of the follow-up, audit and review;
- The concept and the areas of financial and administrative irregularities and fraud.
Session 2
- The objectives and purposes of the discovery of administrative irregularities and financial fraud;
- Recoverable assets of embezzlement and fraud;
- The methods used in the embezzlement of cash.
Session 3
- Accounting errors and how to detect and treat;
- The role of auditing in the discovery of financial irregularities and fraud;
- Identify and assess the risk of fraud and corruption.
Session 4
- The discovery of administrative and financial fraud methods;
- Reasons to refrain from reporting fraud;
- The impact of information technology on fraud, embezzlement and financial manipulation. .
Day 2:
Session 1
- The role of internal control in the prevention and detection of fraud and financial embezzlement;
- Definition of internal control systems, internal control systems;
- Accounting control system.
Session 2
- Administrative Control System;
- Internal control system;
- Elements of the internal control system.
Session 3
- The possible manipulation and control procedures in the areas of sales - purchases - cash receipts - cash payments;
- The role of the External Auditor's observations on the system of internal controls to prevent fraud and manipulation;
- The role of internal audit in the prevention and detection of fraud and financial and administrative embezzlement.
Session 4
- The general framework of internal controls to prevent fraud and financial irregularities;
- Development of strategic plans for the investigation of fraud;
- Best practices in an investigation of internal and external fraud;
- Develop strategies to address the fraud.
Iyad Mourtada
Internal Auditing and Fraud Examination
Iyad Mourtada, CFE, CIA, CMA, CCSA, CRMA, CPLP, CSX, M.A. is an international speaker, trainer and author with a diverse background in internal auditing, risk management and fraud examination.
Over the last decade, Iyad have taught various unique auditing and fraud related courses to multinational corporations and government entities globally.
Iyad had used the modern psychology theories related to fraud combined with innovative, interactive and creative teaching methods to add value to the learning process of more than 10,000 professionals globally.
Iyad is the General Manager of OpenThinking, a leading business training company in Dubai and an authorized trainer with the ACFE to teach the CFE Exam Review Course in the UAE.
He is the author of several internal audit and anti-fraud books and frequent speaker in many international conferences for IIA, IMA and ACFE.
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