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Introduction

In many organisations, controls exist on paper but fail in practice due to inconsistent application, weak monitoring, or insufficient evidence. At the operational level, managers and supervisors are often expected to operate controls and support assurance without a clear understanding of what effective oversight looks like or how control performance should be demonstrated.

The Management Controls, Assurance and Oversight Course addresses this gap by focusing on the controls embedded in everyday work activities, such as approvals, reconciliations, access management, segregation of duties, exception handling, and supervision. The course builds practical capability in operating, evidencing, and explaining controls in a way that strengthens assurance outcomes, improves audit readiness, and reduces repeat findings.

Key focus areas include:

Understanding controls as management responsibilities
Strengthening key operational controls within processes
Evidencing control performance without unnecessary documentation
Supporting assurance and audit interactions professionally

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this Management Controls, Assurance and Oversight training course, participants will be able to:

Analyse the purpose of controls and their role in operational oversight
Identify and strengthen key controls within their own processes
Apply practical evidence standards that demonstrate control effectiveness
Respond confidently and professionally to assurance and audit requests
Improve monitoring and follow-up to reduce recurring findings
Integrate control discipline into normal management routines

Training Methodology

This Management Controls, Assurance and Oversight training course uses practical walkthroughs, audit simulations, and evidence-focused exercises grounded in real operational scenarios. Participants work with realistic examples, guided analysis, and application planning to ensure control improvements can be implemented immediately within their area of responsibility.

Who Should Attend?

This Management Controls, Assurance and Oversight training course is ideal for:

Managers and supervisors operating or overseeing control activities
Professionals responsible for procedures, SOPs, or control documentation
Staff interacting with internal audit, external audit, or regulators
Managers accountable for corrective actions and remediation
Operational professionals supporting assurance outcomes
Team leaders responsible for oversight and follow-up discipline

Course Outline

Day 1

Controls as management responsibilities, not admin tasks
Key control types: preventive, detective, corrective
Common control failures in operational environments
Mapping controls to risks and process steps
Identify key controls in your area

Day 2

Control design basics: clarity, ownership, frequency, thresholds
Approvals, segregation, reconciliations and exceptions
Evidence principles: sufficiency, accuracy, traceability
Avoiding over-control and control fatigue
Workshop: strengthen one weak control end-to-end

Day 3

Monitoring controls: testing, review and supervisor oversight
Exceptions: managing overrides and urgent work without exposure
Control drift: how it happens and how managers stop it
Maintaining control discipline across teams
Build your control monitoring routine

Day 4

Understanding assurance: internal audit, external audit, regulators
Audit readiness: what managers should always have available
Responding to audit questions professionally
Findings: root causes, action plans, due dates and owners
Simulation: audit interview and evidence request response

Day 5

Reducing repeat findings through stronger follow-up
Corrective actions: making them practical and sustainable
Building control culture in the team
Your controls and assurance improvement plan
Commitments and transfer plan

International Standards & Professional Alignment

Our training courses are aligned with internationally recognised professional standards and frameworks across leadership, strategy, finance, governance, risk, compliance, and audit. By integrating globally trusted models, we ensure learners develop practical, relevant, and industry-recognised capabilities.

Our trainings draw on leading international standards and professional frameworks, including ISO, ISACA, COSO, OECD, IIA, FATF, Basel, IFRS/ISSB, GRI, NIST, CPD, ILM and the OECD AI Principles. This alignment ensures consistency with global best practices across financial management, risk oversight, digital governance, sustainability, and strategic decision-making..

Designed in alignment with globally recognised professional bodies, our courses support continuous professional development, strengthen organisational capability, and provide clear pathways toward professional certifications valued worldwide.