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Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Live Webcast

Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain IV - Part 1 (X4-6875132)

11:00 AM - 1:05 PM EST
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2.4 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

The new Global Internal Audit Standards were released on January 9, 2024, and will become effective January 9, 2025. The previous version, the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, released in 2017, remains approved for use during a one-year transition period. The Global Internal Audit Standards guide the worldwide professional practice of internal audit. They serve as a basis for evaluating and elevating the quality of the internal audit function. The Standards use 15 guiding principles with five separate domains that enable effective internal audit implementation and examples of evidence of conformance. The Global Standards are organized into five domains.

  • Domain I: Purpose of Internal Auditing
  • Domain II: Ethics and Professionalism
  • Domain III: Governing the Internal Audit Function
  • Domain IV: Managing the Internal Audit Function
  • Domain V: Performing Internal Audit Service

DESIGNED FOR

Internal Auditors, Auditors, CFO's, CEO's, Controllers, Finance and Accounting Professionals, Board Members, Audit Committees

BENEFITS

  • Evaluate Domain IV – Managing the Internal audit function
  • Examine Principle 9 – Plan strategically
  • Evaluate Standard 9.1 – Understanding governance, risk management and control processes
  • Evaluate Standard 9.2 – Internal audit strategy
  • Evaluate Standard 9.3 – Methodologies
  • Evaluate Standard 9.4 – Internal Audit Plan
  • Evaluate Standard 9.5 – Coordination and reliance

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Internal Audit
  • GIAS
  • Standards
  • Institute of Internal Auditors
  • Accounting
  • Auditing

COURSE LEVEL

Update

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Lynn Fountain

Lynn Fountain, CGMA, CRMA, M.B.A.

AICPA

Lynn Fountain, CGMA, CRMA, MBA Overland Park, Kansas Ms. Fountain has over 30 years of experience in the business profession, which includes public and industry accounting and over 20 years within internal and external auditing combined. She is a nationally recognized trainer and speaker and also a published author. She is a subject matter expert and specializes in Internal Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley, Enterprise Risk Management, Fraud, Governance and Compliance. Ms. Fountain has held two Chief Audit Executive positions for international companies. She has also been instrumental in the establishment of ERM, Sarbanes-Oxley and Governance frameworks. Ms. Fountain has developed and delivered leading edge training sessions on the new COSO framework and has assisted companies in identifying risk gap analysis in their individual processes. She currently executes two highly recognized e-workshops for the Institute of Internal Auditors, one on Fraud and the second on Ethics. Both workshops have incorporate aspects of COSO 2013. Ms. Fountain is in the process of authoring a publication for the IIA Research Foundation on aspects of fraud auditing. The publication is due out in 2015. In addition, she has performed as an adjunct instructor for the School of Business for Grantham University and the School of Business at the University of Kansas. Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas.