Banking · Internal Audit & Operational Risk FinanceAdvanced

Internal Audit & Operational Risk in BFIs

Risk-based audits and operational risk tools that boards and NRB trust.

Taught by My Skill Lab Banking Faculty · Bank Audit & Risk Practitioners

What you'll learn

  • Explain how the board, audit committee, risk committee, internal audit and external audit fit together in a Nepali BFI.
  • Build a risk-based annual audit plan covering branches, head office functions and IT.
  • Perform branch audits with sampling, testing and clear working papers.
  • Use operational risk tools: RCSA, loss event data, KRIs and business continuity planning.
  • Write findings with root cause and practical recommendations, and track them to closure.

About this course

An advanced course for internal auditors, operational risk officers and branch control staff in Nepali BFIs. It covers governance and the audit committee under BAFIA, NRB's Risk Management Guidelines, risk-based audit planning, branch and IT audit techniques, operational risk tools such as RCSA, loss data and KRIs, and reporting findings that get fixed.

Course content

5 lessons
  1. 1Governance, Audit Committee and the Three LinesWhere internal audit and operational risk sit in a regulated bank.Preview
  2. 2Risk-Based Audit PlanningDeciding what to audit, how often and how deeply.
  3. 3Branch and Process Audit TechniquesSampling, testing and documenting branch audits.
  4. 4Operational Risk Management ToolsRCSA, loss data, KRIs, outsourcing and business continuity.
  5. 5Reporting Findings and Driving ClosureWriting reports that boards read and management fixes.