AI for Audit, Fraud and ForensicsRisk-Based Internal Audit, Fraud Prevention and Detection, and Forensic Accounting
Email: info@tlfirst.com
Telephone: (UK) +44 208 663 6400
(Ng) +234 815 104 0000 / + 234 815 204 0000
Overview
Most internal audit functions in West African public institutions and corporates still operate a compliance-checklist model designed for a paper era, while the transactions they oversee are now increasingly digital.
This programme closes that gap. It moves delegates from compliance auditing to risk-based, data-led assurance, and shows them precisely where analytics and artificial intelligence strengthen detection and where they create false confidence. Delegates gain working forensic and analytic technique rather than theory, and return with a plan their audit committee can approve. Delivery is practitioner-led and clinic-based; there is no lecture-only module in the design.
What You Will Gain
Participants will learn how to:
- Apply risk-based, data-led internal audit approaches.
- Identify and assess fraud risks in procurement, payroll, revenue and assets.
- Use AI and analytics for fraud detection and continuous auditing.
- Apply forensic accounting and digital evidence techniques.
- Strengthen fraud prevention, investigation and asset recovery.
- Understand AI governance, data protection and accountability in audit.
- Develop a practical audit plan and fraud risk register for their organisation.
Programme
Day 1 — Risk-Based, Data-Led Assurance
Day 2 — Fraud Risk: Anticipation, Detection and Prevention.
Day 3 — Forensic Accounting, Investigation and Recovery.
Day 4 — Study Tour, Peer Review and Action Planning.
Day 5 — Actions and strategy development
Who Should Attend?
- Public sector: Auditors-General, Accountants-General, Directors and Heads of Internal Audit, and Audit Committee chairs and members
- Corporate and financial services: Chief Audit Executives, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Financial Officers, and Heads of Compliance and Financial Crime
- Investigation and enforcement: Senior investigators and forensic accountants in anti-corruption, financial intelligence and law enforcement agencies
Programme Fee
£3,000 | Early booking and institutional group rates available.
International Delegate Support
TL First can provide official programme and visa-support documentation following confirmed registration, together with assistance relating to accommodation options, airport transfers and programme logistics.
Logistics
Visa invitation letters
Official letters confirming the event, venue and dates — issued promptly to support your application.
Accommodation
Hotel options at negotiated group rates, close to the London training venue.
Airport transfers
Ground transport and transfers arranged on request for a seamless arrival
A dedicated coordinator
One named point of contact from confirmation through to your return home.
Certificate
Participants will receive a Certificate in AI for Audit, Fraud and Forensics –
Risk-Based Internal Audit, Fraud Prevention and Detection, and Forensic Accounting
Dates & Locations
19 – 23 Oct 2026 (Accra)
30 Nov – 04 Dec 2026 (London and Oxford)
22 – 26 March 2027 (London and Oxford)
Reserve your place
The programme is deliberately limited to a senior executive cohort to support meaningful interaction, workshops and peer review.
