GDI-EC03 · Stage 3 · Division I
Executive Certificate in Audit, Risk & Compliance Governance.
Assure.
Lead assurance with financial acuity and the courage to interrogate evidence. Build coherent assurance over material risks and the decision processes that carry them.
8 weeks · 70–80 hours
Convened for
Who this is for.
- §Audit, risk and compliance committee members and chairs
- §Directors overseeing regulated, licensed or listed entities
- §Heads of internal audit and risk moving into board roles
- §General counsel and CROs advising boards on assurance
On completion
What you will be able to do.
- ·Interrogate the integrity of the financial reporting chain
- ·Challenge the completeness and calibration of the risk map
- ·Test the independence and evidence base of assurance functions
- ·Chair the committee under regulator and crisis conditions
Curriculum
Course content and modules.
Each module follows the GDI learning rhythm — Prepare, Interrogate, Practise, Produce, Reflect — and closes with board-usable evidence.
01
Week 1
The Assurance Mandate
The three lines, the assurance map and the committee's independent voice.
02
Week 2
Financial Reporting Integrity
Audit committee work: judgement, estimates, going concern and management letters.
03
Week 3
Risk Appetite & Tolerance
Setting and enforcing risk appetite; material, principal and emerging risks.
04
Week 4
Compliance, Conduct & AML
Regulatory posture, conduct risk, AML/CFT, whistleblowing and remediation.
05
Week 5
External & Internal Audit
Auditor independence, tender, quality; the internal audit charter and plan.
06
Week 6
Crisis, Fraud & Investigation
Committee work under crisis: disclosure, investigation, remediation and record.
07
Week 7
Committee Simulation
Live audit and risk committee under regulator and press pressure.
08
Week 8
Court of Assessment
Audit and risk committee pack, applied examination and crisis simulation.
Assessment Architecture
How you are assessed.
- Committee packAssembled audit & risk pack — 30%
- Applied examinationAssurance and reporting — 30%
- Crisis simulationLive committee response — 40%
Board-Ready Evidence
What you take back to the board.
- ·Audit and risk committee pack
- ·Applied examination
- ·Committee crisis simulation
Apply for the next cohort.
Admissions are by application and interview. Cohorts are limited.