30 Skills for Auditors
Auditors do not wake up one day with all the skills necessary to do their job. They need to develop the necessary skills through study and deliberate practice. I ran across this list a long time ago and have used it to develop myself and advance my career. I would recommend reviewing this list and selected 4-5 skills that you would like to develop over the next year and put a plan together to accomplish that. Opportunities will present themselves and doors will open when you invest in yourself and in your skills.
Influence: Wielding effective tactics for persuasion
Communication: Sending clear and convincing messages, listening
Management (Policies and procedures, Staffing , Priority setting, planning, performance management, and customer focus, Time management, achieving goals and tasks, and organizational skill
Leadership: Inspiring and guiding groups and people, building organizational commitment, and entrepreneurial orientation
Change catalyst: Initiating, management, and coping with change
Conflict management: Negotiating and resolving disagreements
Collaboration and cooperation: Working with others toward shared goals
Team capabilities: Creating group synergy in pursuing collective goals
Operational and management research tools
Forecasting
Project management
Business process analysis
Balanced scorecard
Risk and control assessment techniques (including self-assessment)
Governance, risk, and control tools and techniques
Data collection and analysis tools and techniques
Problem-solving tools and techniques
Computer-assisted auditing techniques (CAATs)
Definition of internal auditing
Code of ethics
International standards for the professional practice of internal auditing (attribute standards, performance standards)
Financial accounting and finance
Managerial accounting
Regulatory, legal and economics
Quality
IT
Governance, risk and control
Organizational theory and behavior
Industry knowledge
