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IT Audit for Accounting, Financial, and IT Professionals

  • Analytics & Tech
  • Finance & Investment
  • Innovation & Business Improvement
Next Intake: 1 Sep 2025 (Mon)
  • Basic
  • SkillsFuture
  • Short Courses

This module is conducted in-person.

Next course starts on
1 Sep 2025 (Mon) See Full Schedule
Fee
SGD2,180* (as low as SGD254 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

2 Full Days Weekdays

Level
Basic

Who Should Attend

  • Accounting and Finance professionals who seek to gain an understanding of why and how IT audits can be used for obtaining the assurances of system controls
  • IT professionals who want to understand how IT audits can be used to support accounting and financial services


PREREQUISITES

There are no prerequisites for this programme. Prior knowledge on any of the topics is not required.

Overview

As financial services sector organisations seek new methods of creating value, and actively leverage digital, disruptive technologies and operating models, they embrace innovation and immerse themselves in new approaches to deliver such value. It was observed that the more mature Internal Audit functions in the industry develop new tools and innovative capabilities in order to effectively respond or align themselves to such organisational developments and challenges.

An effective IT Audit team actively contributes to setting and delivering a vision, as part of the strategic direction of the audit function overall as well as the organisation. It seeks to keep pace with technological change, create value and enhance impact and influence not only across the CIO organisation but also more broadly.

The overall objective of this course is to allow participants to understand why and how IT audits are carried out to obtain an assurance of system controls in support of financial audits and internal audits.

Learning Objectives

  • Appreciate the IT environment, and how it is important to support business goals

  • Understand various types of IT audits, e.g., Audit of IT General Controls, IT Application Controls, penetration testing and application of data analytics for IT audits
  • Understand the key objectives of IT security
  • Appreciate various IT audit methodologies, e.g., The Institute of Internal Auditors’ “Global Technology Audit Guide: IT Essentials for Internal Auditors” and ISACA’s “IT Audit Framework: A Professional Practices Framework for IT Audit”

Assessment

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by Singapore Management University.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more infomation about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$654

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$654

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$2,180

(No Funding)

$2,180

(No Funding)

$2,180

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

Workfare Skills Support Scheme

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Company Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

  • Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
  • Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
  • Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
  • Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
  • Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here. 

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:

AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

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Trainers

Ng Cheng Hwa
Head of Business Controls
Cityneon Holdings
Ng Cheng Hwa
Head of Business Controls
Cityneon Holdings
Ng Cheng Hwa is a seasoned professional in audit, data analytics, and technologies, currently serving as the Head of Business Controls at Cityneon Holdings. In this role, he oversees global operations, focusing on financial, operational, and risk management. Prior to this, Cheng Hwa served in the Public Services for more than 19 years with various government agencies. Some of the key achievements include successful digital transformation and process improvements of government agencies for effectiveness and efficiencies. As a data professional, Cheng Hwa performs data extraction, transformation, loading (ETL) and modelling using Python and other machine learning tools for audits, data-driven solutions, continuous delivery and integration, automated testing, and monitoring to address new challenges in the future – exploiting the Value, Variety, Velocity, Veracity, and Volume of data.

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