Online: EU Financial Services for Internal Auditors Certificate (CFS-EU), April 2026 (IFACI)

The EU Financial Services for Internal Auditors Certificate offers essential knowledge and practical tools to advance your career in financial services auditing. 

EU Financial Services for Internal Auditors Certificate, a facilitator-led specialty certificate program, will provide you with critical intelligence, guidance, and practical applications to advance a career in financial services internal auditing. The program includes a general financial services foundations unit followed by more in-depth training on liquidity, model risk management, fraud, culture and conduct, and other mission-critical topics.

Passing the program exam demonstrates your competency in today’s most relevant topics and distinguishes you from your peers. 

Kursinnehåll

CONTENT

• Foundations of Internal Auditing in Financial Services
• Auditing Liquidity Risk
• Auditing Capital Adequacy & Stress Testing for Banks
• Auditing Model Risk Management
• Auditing Credit Risk
• European Unit Financial Services
• Assessing Market and Interest Rate Risk
• Auditing Culture and Conduct Risk in the Control Environment
• Assessing Cybersecurity Risk : roles of the Three Lines Model
• Assessing Fraud Risks
• Auditing Third-party Risk

   
 COURSE INFORMATION:
   
• Knowledge level: Intermediate
• Prerequisites: Tools for new auditors or 1+ years of experience in the financial services industry
• Delivery format: On-line virtual training, live sessions. The link will be sent by the event organiser (IFACI) prior to the event.

  
 PARTICIPANTS
   
  • Team leaders (2-3 years of experience)
  • Internal Audit Managers 
  • Senior and staff auditors 
 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
   
  • Demonstrate a firm understanding of the foundations of internal auditing in financial services.
  • Apply the concepts of The IIA’s International Professional Practices Framework, Financial Services Risk Framework, and other relevant frameworks to the organisation’s strategy and objectives.
  • Demonstrate a working knowledge the regulatory landscape and of key risks facing financial services organisations.
  • Conduct financial services focused engagements in conformance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
    

Participants who complete the course are eligible to sit for the certificate exam which is administered on The IIA’s LMS platform. Please contact your national institute for more information. This examination is open book and participants have 90 days following the course to take the examination.