{"product_id":"audit-report-writing-for-new-auditors","title":"Audit Report Writing for New Auditors","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e17th November, 2026 | 13:30 - 17:00 CET\u003cbr\u003e18th November, 2026 | \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13:30 - 17:00 CET\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #404040;\"\u003eFundamentals first – before bad habits and AI shortcuts set in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"color: black;\"\u003eAn audit report is internal audit’s business card – for many stakeholders, it’s the only contact with audit they will ever have. Yet most new auditors learn testing first, documentation second, and writing on the job – if at all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThis workshop builds the foundation in the right order: what audit reports are for, who actually reads them, and what those readers need – because stakeholders drive what auditors write. From there, it moves to the audit finding, the building block of every report, and what makes a finding effective.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"color: black;\"\u003eAI will happily draft a finding for anyone. But a writer who doesn’t yet know what a good finding looks like cannot judge what AI hands them. This workshop builds that judgment – brains first, then AI.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThis is a working workshop: activities build the skill of constructing effective findings step by step, with group and trainer feedback – participants leave having written real findings, not just heard about them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eWhat changes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -12.95pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.0pt 21.55pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eNew auditors understand the why before the how – reports exist to change something, not to document effort.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -12.95pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.0pt 21.55pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eStakeholder thinking starts on day one – who reads audit reports, and what each reader needs from them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -12.95pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.0pt 21.55pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eFindings stop being intimidating – writers know the pieces, how they fit, and where to start.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -12.95pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.0pt 21.55pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eFirst drafts become usable drafts – reviewers inherit workable material instead of blank-page struggles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -12.95pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.0pt 21.55pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eConfidence arrives early – before the fear of the empty page sets in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eFor: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eNew internal auditors – and anyone writing their first audit reports, whatever path brought them to audit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eNext step: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eDeep Dive: Findings, when they’re ready to go deeper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eWorking material: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eEverything is provided – no prior audits, findings, or reports needed. Participants learn what a good finding looks like from the start – not from past reports sitting in the archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrainer:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\"\u003eTracie Marquardt is a 2024 and 2025 Beacon Award recipient and sought-after Audit Results Strategist. She helps Chief Audit Executives and their teams transform audit results through communication, leadership, and productivity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\"\u003eAs an audit reporting expert, Tracie addresses audit's core challenge: deriving and communicating results that add value to stakeholders. She guides teams in redesigning outdated audit report templates and builds their capability to deliver exceptional reporting at the intersection of human judgment and AI-driven communication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\"\u003eTracie has trained 13,000+ international internal auditors across industries. 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