Public Sector Performance Information Auditing Course South Africa

Performance information has become an increasingly important focus area in the public sector environment. This public sector performance information auditing course South Africa aims to give practical guidance on how internal auditors in national departments, provincial departments, government components, constitutional institutions, and public entities can positively influence the usefulness and reliability of performance information throughout the performance information cycle.

This public sector performance information auditing course South Africa is designed to address the needs highlighted in South Africa’s National Development Plan — Vision 2030, with specific reference to improving the quality of education, skills development, innovation, and building the capacity of the state to play a developmental, transformative role.

With 70% practical content, this public sector performance information auditing course South Africa equips delegates with audit work programmes, template audit work papers, formal case studies based on real examples, and proven audit techniques.

Who Should Attend?

This course is aimed at all National Departments, Provincial Departments, and government components — internal auditors at junior management to senior management levels.

Level 1 — Entry or introductory level for those requiring a fundamental understanding of the subject.

Level 2 — Internal auditors who are already practicing internal audit and have a basic understanding of the subject.

Level 3 — Supervisory/competent/senior internal auditors: those who already have a sound, practical grasp of the fundamentals of internal auditing and manage staff.

Level 4 — Advanced internal auditors with an excellent understanding of topics being presented, who are interested in exchanging knowledge with instructors and other participants.

Please review the content and course levels before booking to ensure you are attending the right course.

Seminar Objectives

This course is aligned to the National Treasury Capacity Development Strategy (CDS) and the NDP 2030, striving to achieve four key strategic objectives:

• Support the development of an enabling environment
• Enhance organisational capacity
• Develop and empower a corps of competent and committed high-performance employees
• Create an environment that enables and sustains mutually beneficial stakeholder relationships

Course Content

Pre-Assessment on Performance Information Concepts

Upon completion of this course, each participant will be able to demonstrate practically, through advisory and assurance work, how to:

• Evaluate whether compliance with relevant legislation, frameworks, and policies has been achieved in the development of the Strategic Plan (SP) and Annual Performance Plan (APP)
• Analyse and interpret the requirements related to the SP and APP of a public institution
• Determine consistency and alignment between the mandate of the institution, strategic outcomes, outputs, performance indicators, APP, quarterly performance reports (QPRs), and annual performance reports (APR)
• Ensure that controls around the development, maintenance, and reporting of the SP and APP are appropriately designed and effectively implemented
• Identify priority areas for audit through inspection of the budget, risk identification process, and mandate of the institution
• Develop an adequate audit programme to address identified risks
• Effectively audit performance information in terms of Usefulness/”SMART” criteria and Reliability criteria (validity, accuracy, and completeness)

Delegates are provided with:

• Audit work programmes
• Template audit work papers
• Formal case studies based on real examples
• Audit techniques

Relevant GIA Standards Covered:

• Standard 9.1: Understanding Governance, Risk Management and Control Processes
• Standard 9.4: Internal Audit Plan
• Standard 13.3: Engagement Objectives and Scope
• Standard 13.4: Evaluation Criteria
• Standard 13.6: Work Program
• Standard 14.1: Gathering Information for Analysis and Evaluation
• Standard 14.2: Analysis and Potential Engagement Findings
• Standard 14.5: Engagement Conclusions
• Standard 15.1: Final Engagement Communication

Formal Assessment on Actual Case Study

Post-Assessment to Determine Knowledge Transfer

Details

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Contact:
Project Coordinator: CPD and Events
mduduzi@governanceacademy.co.za | 011 609 1761 Ext 401