Format: Online
What does “Fully Achieves”, as defined in the IIA Quality Assessment Manual, require under the Global Internal Audit Standards — and how do high-performing internal audit functions (IAF) demonstrate it with strong, clear, and consistent governance and management practices, ethics and professionalism, and audit methodologies? In this practical, example-driven session, experts will walk through what an IAF needs to have in place to support a Full Achievement Conformance conclusion. The Fully Achieves rating makes the IAF eligible to be awarded the IIA Global Quality Certification.
The session emphasizes the Standards’ shift in expectations from “conformance only” toward conformance plus performance — and translates that into concrete, real-world examples of practices and operating rhythms that stakeholders and assessors recognize as high performance. Attendees will leave with a clear model of what “Fully Achieves” looks like in each Domain, how to avoid common gaps, and how to build a focused action plan to move from “Generally Achieves” to “Fully Achieves.” Attendees will also understand that the IIA did not raise the bar; rather, a Fully Achieves rating purely recognizes IAFs who fully achieve/conform to the Standards, which was not possible under the prior conformance rating scale.
DATE: May 12, 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 what a “Fully Achieves” conclusion really means under the Global Internal Audit Standards
- Assess the importance of strong board/audit committee and senior management support
- Apply the “conformance plus performance” mindset
- Identify common gaps that prevent IAFs from achieving a “Fully Achieves” rating
- Develop focused Standards aligned action plans
SPEAKERS
Warren Hersh, CIA, CPA, CISA, CFE
Director – IIA Quality Services
Warren Hersh is the Director of Quality Services for the IIA. He was previously Comptroller for the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX), Auditor General and interim CFO for New Jersey Transit, and Internal Audit Director at Jefferson Wells (now Experis) and BDO Seidman. With 40+ years of experience in internal auditing, quality assessment, 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 and has also helped to establish and improve internal audit functions. Warren served on the IIA’s International Internal Audit Standards Board for 11 years and the International Public Sector Committee for three years. Warren previously served as the President of IIA–Philadelphia and is currently on the Chapter Audit Committee. He presents frequently at industry conferences and is a CIA, CPA, CISA and CFE.
Keith Kahl, CIA, CPA, CFE
Lead Quality Advisor for IIA Quality Services
Keith Kahl is a qualified External Quality Advisor with experience (since 2021) leading/performing external quality assessments and he facilitates the 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. His total 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), and is a Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Chartered Global Management Accountant and holds a Certificate in Risk Management Assurance. Keith served on both the Chicago and Houston IIA Board of Governors and led CAE roundtables in Chicago and Houston.