Format: Online
Internal audit functions are navigating a new era in a world of emerging and rapidly evolving risks, economic disruption, accelerating technological transformation and increasing stakeholder expectations. This environment requires internal auditors to focus on significant risks, remain agile, and balance assurance and advisory services, all while conforming to the Global Internal Audit Standards (Standards) and Topical Requirements. Based on the current and prior Standards, ensuring and demonstrating conformance requires a deliberate, evidence-based approach that integrates documentation discipline, engagement execution, and performance.
This webinar demystifies how to evaluate conformance with the IIA’s Topical Requirements and applicable Standards and how these requirements fit within the Quality Assessment (QA) framework. Participants will gain practical insights drawn from IIA Quality Services’ extensive internal audit experience, deep knowledge of the Standards, and vast assessment experience — including common conformance gaps, leading practices, and actionable techniques to strengthen their audit methodology and performance.
Whether you are preparing for an External Quality Assessment (EQA), conducting an internal self-assessment or enhancing your audit methodology, this session equips you with the clarity and tools needed to demonstrate conformance and performance and deliver quality results expected by stakeholders with confidence.
DATE: Sep 15, 2026
TIME: 12:00 PM–1:00 PM ET
One (1) NASBA CPE will only be awarded to participants on the live broadcast who are logged in for a minimum of 50 minutes and engage on at least three poll questions per each hour of the event.
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By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
Learning Objective(s):
- Explain how the IA’s Topical Requirements complement the Global Internal Audit Standards risk-based focus.
- Identify practical insight into the evidence required by the Standards to demonstrate conformance across engagement planning, performing, and communicating results.
- Demonstrate awareness of common conformance gaps observed during quality assessments and understand how to remediate them.
- Apply practical techniques to strengthen audit methodology by embedding Topical Requirements into templates, workflows, and review processes without incremental effort to ensure conformance and demonstrate conformance during internal and external assessments.
SPEAKERS
Warren Hersh, CIA, CPA, CISA, CFE
Director, IIA Quality Services LLC
Warren Hersh as the Director of IIA Quality Services, Warren has been involved in hundreds of EQAs over the years. Warren was previously Auditor General and interim CFO for New Jersey Transit, Comptroller for the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX), and Internal Audit Director at Jefferson Wells and BDO Seidman. With 40+ years of experience in internal auditing, risk management, fraud prevention/detection, project management, business process analysis/improvement, corporate governance, and IT. He has conducted external quality assessment reviews in many industries. Warren served on The IIA’s International Internal Audit Standards Board for 12 years and the International Public Sector Committee for three years. Warren served on the advisory committee for the new IIA Quality Assessment Manual. Warren is a former President of the IIA - Philadelphia Chapter and currently serves on it’s Audit Committee. Warren is also a co-author of the upcoming publication Applying the Global Internal Audit Standards to Drive Organization Value which is scheduled to be released later in 2026.
Keith Kahl, CIA, CPA, CRMA, CGMA, qAC+
Lead Quality Advisor, IIA Quality Services LLC
Keith Kahl is a qualified External Quality Advisor with experience (since 2021) leading external quality assessments and he facilitates IIA Audit Leaders Network’s CAE roundtables. He was a member of the IIA’s Global Quality Assessment (QA) Manual Task Force, senior advisor on IIA’s Vision 2035 project, and co-developed IIA Quality Services’ Principles Effectiveness (maturity) Framework. Keith is also a co-author of the upcoming publication Applying the Global Internal Audit Standards to Drive Organization Value which is scheduled to be released later in 2026. His career spanned 40 years in external and internal audit (22 years as a Chief Audit Executive), tax, finance and accounting, investor relations, and operations at global, multi-billion dollar, NYSE companies. He has a BBA in Accounting from Cleveland State University (Cleveland, OH) and an MBA in International Business from DePaul University (Chicago, IL). Keith served on both the Chicago and Houston IIA Board of Governors and led CAE roundtables in Chicago and Houston.