Quality doesn't happen by accident. It starts with leadership.
This course helps audit partners and directors understand the quality management requirements of ISQM 1, ISQM 2, and ISA 220 (Revised), and how to implement them effectively within their firms. Learn how each component of the quality management system fits together, where your responsibilities lie, and how to create a culture of quality that protects both your firm and your clients.
Self-paced · ~1 hour · 12 modules · 1 final quiz · LEAF Bronze Verifiable CPD Certificate
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The cost of getting quality wrong
Many firms focus on engagement performance but overlook the broader quality management system that supports consistent audit quality.
Partners and directors need to understand how governance, ethics, resources, monitoring, remediation, and engagement performance work together. When responsibilities are unclear or quality risks are not properly managed, deficiencies can go unnoticed until they result in inspection findings, reputational damage, or costly remediation efforts.
With regulators placing increasing emphasis on quality management, understanding your responsibilities under ISQM 1, ISQM 2, and ISA 220 (Revised) is essential for protecting your firm and maintaining public trust.
What you'll be able to do after this course
- Understand the quality management requirements of ISQM 1, ISQM 2, and ISA 220 (Revised)
- Apply the firm's risk assessment process to identify and respond to quality risks
- Understand governance and leadership responsibilities within a system of quality management
- Evaluate ethical requirements and acceptance and continuance procedures
- Assess the role of resources, information, and communication in supporting quality
- Strengthen engagement performance, monitoring, and remediation processes
- Improve quality management documentation and inspection readiness
Lead quality with confidence
Practical. Self-paced. Focused on implementation.
Develop a clear understanding of your responsibilities and learn how to contribute to a quality-focused culture within your firm.
First mission completely free.
$26.00
Elevating the standards of all auditors and those seeking to become auditors by upholding the principles of legislation, regulation, and quality audit management and performance.
Quests Curriculum
- 6 Levelss
- Coaching By LEAF
- Communities Support
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Levels 01 Introduction
Get an overview of audit quality management, why it matters, and how partner responsibilities contribute to a firm's overall system of quality management. Mission included in this level: 1. Welcome & Introduction
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Levels 02 Quality Risk Assessment
Learn how quality management evolved from traditional quality control approaches and understand how to identify, assess, and respond to quality risks within your firm. Missions included in this level: 2. From Concerns to Quality Management, 3. Quality Risk Assessment
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Levels 03 Elements of Quality Management
Explore the key elements of a quality management system, including governance and leadership, ethical requirements, acceptance and continuance, resources, information and communication, and engagement performance, and understand how they work together in practice.Missions included in this level: 4-9
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Levels 04 Monitoring and Remediation
Understand how firms monitor the effectiveness of their quality management systems, identify deficiencies, and implement appropriate remedial actions to drive continuous improvement.
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Levels 05 Documentation
Learn the documentation requirements of ISQM 1 and how to demonstrate the design, implementation, operation, monitoring, and remediation of your firm's quality management system. Mission included in this level: 11. Documentation
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Levels 06 What Does LEAF Do?
Discover how LEAF supports audit firms in strengthening audit quality through training, quality management solutions, inspections support, and professional development initiatives. Mission included in this level: 12. What Does LEAF Do?