Format

This course will be delivered via Zoom on Wednesday 4 March 2026  from 9.30am to 1pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.

Who should attend

This course is suitable for accountants, auditors, and other business professionals, both from practice and in business, from across the island of Ireland. It will be of particular interest to those who undertake the audit of group companies, be it as Group Auditor or Component Auditor.

Course overview

While the exact content of this webinar will be agreed closer to its airing, some of the likely issues to be covered will include:

• An overview of the requirements under the latest UK & Irish versions of ISA 600, including the current expectations of the work of both the Group and Component Auditors in their review of Group Financial Statements.
• The recuring key weaknesses that Professional Standards have identified in their review work of such Group Audits at our member firms, as well as how to address these; and
• Documenting your work in this area to the required level of detail and how our soon to be released Group Audit Work Programme can help you maintain appropriate work papers for such audits.

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Have a better understanding of how to complete and document a Group Audit to meet the latest requirements in this area.

Speaker Bios

Conal Kennedy - FCA, Conal is the Executive Head of Technical Advocacy in Chartered Accountants Ireland. Over the last 20 years, Conal has provided compliance advice and support to practices throughout Ireland,  as well as coached and advised many practices through major change events such as mergers, acquisitions and retirements. He has also advised on practice development and marketing.

Jeremy Twomey - FCA, Jeremy in his role as Head of Practice Consulting works alongside his team to support our member practitioners across our service areas, with a particular focus on compliance support, training and our associated advisory services. Jeremy is a Fellow of the Institute, having trained with Ernst & Young; he has held senior management positions across both financial and professional services, as well as the public sector. 

Contact us

If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930