AQM – Audit Quality Management Specialist Certificate
What is the value of an AQM Specialist certificate?
For the SAI Auditors
As an SAI auditor, you are taking a significant step towards enhancing your career and contributing to the future of audit quality management. The certificate offers you an opportunity to gain specialised education grounded in a robust competency framework, helping you develop the expertise necessary to drive impactful quality management practices. This is your chance to elevate your professional profile, gain recognition, and contribute to a global movement towards continuous improvement in audit quality.
For the SAI
Quality management sits at the core of a professional SAI. Effective quality management impacts SAI effectiveness, credibility and trust in the SAI. The certificate offers an opportunity to equip SAI auditors with specialised education based on the established competency framework, while your SAI provides the local context needed for them to truly maximise their skills. Beyond improving audit quality within your SAI, they will also have the chance to engage with the broader international community through IDI’s Shared Services Arrangements that can facilitate sharing of their knowledge and learning from others.
Value for the SAI Auditor
Professional Recognition
Earning the Certificate in AQM recognises expertise, enhancing career prospects and distinction within the public sector as leaders in audit quality management.
Credibility
Certification adds credibility, reinforcing role as trusted professionals within the SAI. It boosts confidence in managing quality systems and contributes to both personal growth and organisational success.
Professional Competence
The certificate provides tailored education on quality management specific to the public sector, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to implement the new approach to audit quality management. You will have access to high-quality resources that offer the latest insights and best practices in areas of audit quality management.
Continuous Learning and Growth
The certification opens doors to ongoing education and career advancement, supporting professional development while empowering SAI professionals to lead continuous improvements in audit quality.
Professional connections
Certification establishes a global network and the opportunity to share best practices and collaborate with peers worldwide, ensuring they stay at the forefront of audit quality management.
Value for the community
When a Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) states that it has conducted its audit in line with the International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAI), it’s an important assurance to the users of the audit, giving them confidence in its accuracy and reliability. But for this statement to carry weight, the SAI must have a System of Audit Quality Management (SoAQM) that aligns with the revised ISSAI 140. That’s where the AQM Specialist comes in. By helping SAIs set up and implement an effective SoAQM system, the AQM Specialist ensures the SAI has a solid foundation to confidently back up its claim. This, in turn, gives the whole community greater assurance that audits are carried out in line with ISSAI, supported by a quality management system that strengthens the SAI’s credibility.
Through this certificate, your SAI is not only building internal capacity but also playing a key role in the global effort to improve audit quality.