Clear Audit Report Writing

This workshop provides auditors with a concrete writing process that will guarantee better organization, clarity, and conciseness of their audit status updates and reports.  During the day, the participants work through several hands-on lessons and apply the techniques to common audit scenarios.

Workshop length:

1- or 2-day workshop

Objectives:

• Master a logical process for writing clear and persuasive audit comments and executive summaries.
• Improve efficiency and effectiveness in transferring the right information from work papers to reports.
• Target writing based on what management and audit committee need to know.
• Convey risks and implications of findings.
• Develop self-confidence related to writing skills.

Topics:

• Planning your report content while considering readers and categories of information
• Formatting according to purpose and readers
• Persuading your reader
• Selecting key information for the executive summary and observations
• Strengthening your audit comments in six steps
• Freewriting your ideas naturally
• Highlighting your most important findings and information
• Writing strong recommendations
• Revising paragraphs, sentences, and words for readability
• Editing for conciseness and clarity
• Proofreading for perfection