Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Test Your Knowledge

    • Test Your Knowledge

  • 2

    Handouts

    • Handouts - Overview of Internal Control

  • 3

    Overview of Control

    • Control Processes

  • 4

    Control Classifications

    • Primary Controls

    • Secondary Controls

    • Application Controls

    • Time-Based Controls

    • Criteria or Standards-Based Controls

    • People-Based Controls

    • Control Matrix and Segregation of Duties

  • 5

    SECTION REVIEW: Control Classifications

    • SECTION REVIEW: Control Classifications

  • 6

    Management Controls

    • Roles and Responsibilities of Key Internal Control Personnel

    • Organization and Policies

    • Procedures and Employee Management

    • Accounting, Budgeting and Reporting

  • 7

    SECTION REVIEW: Management Controls

    • SECTION REVIEW: Management Controls

  • 8

    Control Frameworks, Objectives and Components

    • Control Frameworks

    • Control Objectives

    • Components of Internal Control

    • The CoCo, COBIT Model - and its Five Key Principles

    • The eSAC Model

    • Soft Controls

    • Conclusion

  • 9

    SECTION REVIEW: Control Frameworks, Objectives and Components

    • SECTION REVIEW: Control Frameworks

  • 10

    Exercises

    • List of Scenarios

    • Scenario 1

    • Scenario 1 - Questions

    • Scenario 2

    • Scenario 2 - Questions

    • Scenario 3

    • Scenario 3 - Questions

  • 11

    CASE STUDY

    • CASE STUDY

    • CASE STUDY - Questions

  • 12

    QUIZ: Overview of Internal Control

    • Quiz : Internal Control Part 1

Instructor

CPA, CIA, FRIAcc, EnP, REB, REA, MICB

Jeff-Mike Smith Sule

Jeff-Mike Smith Sule is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Accountants based in Singapore, a Certified Internal Auditor under The Institute of Internal Auditors, a Certified Bookkeeper under The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers based in United Kingdom, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and an Accredited Accounting Teacher.  He has four active professional licenses under PRC, to wit, Certified Public Accountant, Real Estate Appraiser, Real Estate Broker, and Environmental Planner. Jeff graduated Magna Cum Laude from Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Manila with a bachelor degree in accountancy. He placed Top 7 in the 2010 CPA Licensure Examination and Top 2  in the 2014 Real Estate Appraiser Licensure Examination. Jeff is currently an internal audit manager at American Data Exchange Company. He also held various management positions in ÆON Credit Service (Philippines), Inc., a Japanese non-bank financing company, namely Internal Control Manager, Portfolio Manager, Control Manager and Internal Audit Manager. Jeff also previously did IT and financial audit at Ernst & Young - Sycip Gorres Velayo and Company (SGV). He was also a faculty member of various educational institutions which include Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Mapua Institute of Technology, Far Eastern University, Philippine Christian University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila Integrated Review Schools Corporation, Shield Professionals Review and Training Center, and ExcelCIA Knowledge Institute Inc. He was also an accreditor of the Association of Local Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (ALCU-COA).Jeff shares his knowledge and expertise as a PICPA lecturer and a national speaker on topics that involve external and internal audit, IT audit, real estate and environmental planning, accounting and taxation, bookkeeping, business process management and organizational transformation.

Program Description and Objectives

Internal controls are the standards and rules used by companies to ensure that they achieve their stated goals in the marketplace. Profitability is not only achieved through high sales, but also from controlling costs and limiting excessive spending. 

This course provides an overview of internal control – its principles, objectives, components, and frameworks. 

Participants should understand and appreciate the significance of the different control classifications, management controls, control objectives and components, as well as the different frameworks of internal control.