Management Systems Auditor focused on Internal Audit Leadership

Qualify as a Management Systems Auditor & Lead Internal Audit with Confidence.

Behind every internal audit programme that leadership actually listens to, there is someone who knew how to plan it, resource it, run it, and report findings that drive change. That person could be you.

This bundle pairs the Management Systems Auditor course, the complete ISO 19011:2026 auditing foundation for internal and external auditors, with Focus on Internal Audit Leadership, a focus course built for the people who own the internal audit function. You learn the full auditing methodology first, with remote auditing methods from ISO/IEC TS 17012:2024 integrated throughout. The focus course then turns to leadership: positioning internal audit so it carries weight in your organisation, building and maintaining the audit programme, developing internal auditor competence, and delivering internal audits from preparation through reporting and corrective action follow-up.

The bundle is open to everyone. No prior auditing experience is needed, and it works whether internal audit landed on your desk last month or you have been running audits for years and want the qualification to match.

The auditing methodology you build here also transfers to other structured audit contexts, including but not limited to the NDIS Practice Standards, the National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS), and legislative compliance auditing.

You will be issued with an Exemplar Global Statement of Attainment covering AU26 and TL26 on successful completion of Management Systems Auditor, and a Certificate of Completion for Focus on Internal Audit Leadership.

Who this bundle is for

Internal audit is often the job handed to someone on top of their day job, and the people who do it well quickly become the ones their organisation leans on. This bundle is for anyone ready to own that role properly, with the capability and the credential to back it up:

• People who have just been handed responsibility for their organisation's internal audit programme
• Internal auditors ready to move from participating in audits to leading the whole programme
• Quality, safety, environment, and compliance professionals who carry internal audit as part of a broader role
• Audit programme managers formalising how they plan, resource, and evaluate internal audit activities
• Team leads developing internal auditor competence across their organisation
• Consultants who establish or improve internal audit programmes for clients
• Anyone building auditor credentials with a first-party audit focus

What you'll be able to do after this bundle

Leading internal audit means your name is on the programme, not just the checklist. By the time you complete both courses, you will be able to:

• Plan, conduct, and lead management system audits using a consistent ISO 19011:2026 methodology
• Position internal audit within your organisation so its findings carry weight with leadership
• Build and maintain an internal audit programme that stands up to certification body scrutiny
• Develop and evaluate internal auditor competence across your team
• Prepare, conduct, and close internal audits, from initiation and opening meetings through evidence gathering and reporting
• Write internal audit reports that leadership reads and acts on
• Drive corrective actions and follow-up so findings turn into improvement rather than paperwork
• Demonstrate two Exemplar Global competency units plus focused internal audit leadership training to employers and certification bodies

What you'll learn

Two courses, one structured learning pathway. Each theme below builds on the one before it.

Auditing any management system with confidence

Before you can lead internal audit, you need to master auditing itself. The Management Systems Auditor course builds that foundation using ISO 19011:2026 and ISO/IEC TS 17012:2024 for remote auditing.

You will learn the seven auditing principles, how to plan and manage an audit programme, collect and evaluate evidence, run opening and closing meetings, document findings, and lead a team through a complete audit from initiation to follow-up.

Making internal audit matter inside your organisation

Plenty of internal audit programmes exist on paper and change nothing. The focus course tackles why, starting with what internal audit is actually for: assurance, conformance, improvement, risk visibility, and support for management decision-making.

You will work through who is accountable across top management, programme managers, auditors, and process owners, and the failure patterns that undermine all of it, from checklist-driven auditing to findings that go nowhere.

Building a programme that runs on risk, not habit

An audit schedule is not an audit programme.

You will establish programme objectives against organisational priorities, schedule and track audits by risk and process importance, manage independence and objectivity, then monitor, review, and improve the programme over time, working through the Internal Audit Programme Resource worksheet by worksheet so what you build is a working programme.

Developing the auditors around you

Competent auditors are made, not found. You will define the competence requirements that matter in your organisation, record which auditors meet them using the Internal Auditor Competence Matrix, and track capability as development happens.

The Internal Audit Leadership Toolkit then gives you structured onboarding, observation, review and feedback, and coaching records, alongside the leadership practices that keep auditors consistent and supported.

Delivering internal audits people take seriously

The final module is the delivery cycle end to end. Preparing an audit properly, which means confirming objectives, scope, criteria, method, access, and communication rather than sending a calendar invite. Conducting the audit when it is short, informal, or run solo.

Writing reports where the wording is evidence-based, because copy that is too vague cannot be acted on and copy that is too dramatic gets argued with. Then corrective actions and follow-up, so findings close properly. The audit tools from the Management Systems Auditor course are put back to work here in a first-party context.

For the full module-by-module breakdown across both courses, see the Modules tab above.

Tools and resources included