In 2023, European Institutes of Internal Auditors launch the CFS-EU certificate across Europe. This instructor-led certificate program provides 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 the European Financial Services specific regulations, liquidity, model risk management, fraud, culture and conduct, and other mission-critical topics.

Participants have 90 days following the course to take the examination. For attending the meetings, you will receive 20 hours of CPE.

Next virtual classrooms:

11/09/2023 to 15/09/2023 (from 9:00 to 13:00 CET, 5 consecutive days)

9/10/2023 to 13/10/2023 (from 9:00 to 13:00 CET, 5 consecutive days)

13/11/2023 to 17/11/2023 (from 9:00 to 13:00 CET, 5 consecutive days)

Price: 1900€ net for members (2400€ net for non-members)

If you are interested in the above proposal, please fill out the form and send it to IIA Polska: office@iia.org.pl . The form will be forwarded to the course organizer, IFACI (IIA France). You can then expect direct contact from the organizer.

For more information, please refer to the attached files containing the details.

Current trainers

Elsa Redondo Cubero, COSO-ERM, CFS-EU

Elsa is Internal Audit Group Vice President (Financial Risks) at Santander, Madrid, Spain. She started in Internal Audit in 2001 and gained an extensive field experience through multiple assignments in various areas including treasury, ALM, asset management and depositary business, mainly in Europe, South America and China. She regularly participates, as a trainer and speaker, in internal audit training programs and workshops.

Frank Waatjes MBA, CIA, CFSA, RE, CISA, CRISC, CFS-EU

Frank is an experienced Operational Audit and IT auditor and trainer who worked for three large international banks in different first and third line functions in various countries.

Currently working for a large multinational bank, Frank and his colleagues are responsible for the global audit methodology. Part of his role is to provide a set of audit methodology related trainings to his approx. 450 audit colleagues located in 20+ countries, and other stakeholders as well as verifying whether audit teams conform to the bank’s audit methodology.

Frank has the accreditation in Internal Quality Assessment/Validation by the IIA.