1. QIAL: Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership
Demonstrate Your Leadership Excellence

2. What is QIAL?
The QIAL – Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership – Is the only qualification program that addresses the specific requirements to be successful in leadership roles in internal auditing. The QIAL allows candidates to demonstrate leadership excellence in the following areas:
Dynamic leadership of the audit activity
Delivering powerful insights
Remaining at the forefront of global leading practice
Communicating with impact
Powerful personal effectiveness
Optimizing persuasiveness and influence
Managing interpersonal relationships strategically
Critical analysis and evaluation
Originality of thought
Change management
Advocacy
Ethical authority

3. Who Will Benefit from QIAL?
QIAL is ideal for the following types of candidates:
Aspiring Leaders
New Leaders
Experienced Leaders
Experienced Instructors

4. Aspiring Leader: What Can QIAL Do For Me?
The QIAL provides you with credibility by demonstrating you have key leadership competencies valued by executives and stakeholders.
Elevate your status by demonstrating your knowledge of key leadership competencies
Stand out among your peers when being considered for a leadership role
Develop key leadership skills and knowledge for the next stage of your career

5. New Leader: What Can QIAL Do For Me?
The QIAL will help provide the focus you need to become the best audit executive you can be.
Gain credibility by demonstrating core leadership competencies
Provide focus to maximize your impact as a audit executive
Sharpen key skill areas directly related to internal audit leadership success

6. Experienced Leader: What Can QIAL Do For Me?
The QIAL will sharpen the essential skills that have brought you success and develop new ones to solidify future achievements.
Sharpen key leadership skills that have brought you success in your career
Maximize the impact your internal audit team by further developing your strategic mindset
Remain on the forefront of global best practices

7. Experienced Instructor:
What Can QIAL Do For Me?
Experienced Instructor:
The QIAL allows you to demonstrate and impart a forward-thinking and progressive leadership perspective to your students.
Enjoy added credibility by demonstrating progressive leadership knowledge and mindset
Sharpen your skills to maximize the impact you have on the profession
Remain on the forefront of global best practices

8. QIAL Eligibility Chart
Eligibility Requirements
CIA
Experience
Other Eligibility
QIAL Pathway
Aspiring Leader
Yes
Five years’ internal audit or related area
Program Pathway 1
New Leader
10 years’ general management
Now working as an audit executive No
15 years’ general management
Experienced Leader
10 years’ general management including three as an audit executive
Audit executive for three of the last five years
Program Pathway 2
15 years’ general management including three as an audit executive
Experienced Instructor
10 years’ experience as an instructor of senior practitioners in internal auditing or engaged in postgraduate academic research in internal auditing or related subjects
15 years’ experience as an instructor of senior practitioners in internal auditing or engaged in postgraduate academic research in internal auditing or related subjects

9. Steps to Achievement

10. QIAL Pathways to Achievement
Aspiring Leaders and New Leaders begin their QIAL journey by selecting Program Pathway 1.
Experienced Leaders and Experienced Instructors may begin their QIAL journey by selecting Program Pathway 2*.
*Candidates have the option of completing the three case studies, or submitting a Portfolio of Professional Experience (PPE) or any combination of the two.

11. Must be Scheduled After Completion of Case Studies/PPE
QIAL Methodology
After you complete your Case studies or PPEs, the process then culminates with the Presentational and Panel Interview stage.
QIAL Methodology​
​Description
​Time
Three Case Studies​
​Candidates critically analyze an extensive set of complex information and produce a written response providing penetrating insights for a senior-level audience.
​3 – 4 hours per case study
Portfolio of Professional Experience​ (PPE)
​Experienced AEs may opt to replace the three case- study exams and document their own professional experience with supporting evidence. ​
Presentation
​Candidates present to a senior-level panel on a set topic followed by a question and answer session.
​20 minutes
Interview​
​A panel interview draws upon personal and professional experience.
​90 minutes
Pathway 1
Pathway 2
Must be Scheduled After Completion of Case Studies/PPE

12. What is the QIAL Investment?
The QIAL investment is made over the course of your qualification journey, per the schedule below. The journey can be completed over a four-year period.
QIAL Investment Table
IIA Member
Nonmember
Application
US$250
US$300
Case Study or PPE unit 1
US$450
US$600
Case Study or PPE unit 2
Case Study or PPE unit 3
Presentation
US$950
US$1,150
Interview
US$1,450
US$1,750

13. The Voice of QIAL
“The QIAL has aligned my priorities as a leader and reinforced my mindset that we are agents of change with a challenging but exciting and evolving task on our hands.” Joanne Paula Traice, QIAL – Director, Group Internal Audit & Risk, DP World I’m now a member of an elite global club of qualified CAEs. Further, I’ve gained additional respect from my subordinates and have earned the admiration of many of my peers. In short, I believe I am a better CAE as a result of the QIAL experience.” Farah Araj, CIA, QIAL – Chief Audit Executive, National Holding, LLC “To me it [QIAL] signifies excellence and recognition as it further enhances my status in the field of internal auditing. Completing the QIAL also provided me with the professional development I was seeking.” Aldrin Sequeira, QIAL – Chief Internal Audit Officer, Jumeirah Group

14. Start Your QIAL Journey Today!
Demonstrate Your Leadership Excellence
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