Audit seniors need to develop excellent analytical and personal skills, as well as having good technical knowledge. This seminar, aimed at those who are soon to take on, or have recently taken on, the in-charge role on audits, will provide participants with a range of practical tools enabling them to work effectively and efficiently in the audit field - and help develop their skills in managing audit juniors. Topics covered will include:

• Key planning considerations - including understanding the entity, materiality and preliminary analytical review
• Performing risk assessments and how it impacts on audit testing in the context of current market conditions
• Effective analytical procedures and key questioning skills
• Producing and critiquing evidence in more complicated areas of the audit
• Applying professional scepticism – how to question, and listen, effectively
• Reviewing the work of audit juniors, and managing and coaching them effectively