Advanced HR Audit Techniques
Instructor
Ronald Adler
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Webinar Description
Overview
As HR departments become more integral to organizational strategy, traditional audit methods are no longer enough. “Advanced HR Audit Techniques” takes your audit skills to the next level by integrating data analytics, risk-based auditing, and strategic alignment into your audit process. This session equips HR leaders with innovative tools and frameworks to evaluate compliance, effectiveness, and HR’s contribution to business outcomes.
Description
This advanced-level session is designed for experienced HR professionals who want to go beyond compliance checklists and routine reviews. It focuses on high-impact auditing strategies, including predictive analytics, workforce metrics, audit sampling, and root cause analysis. Participants will learn how to uncover deeper organizational risks, measure policy effectiveness, and develop audit reports that drive strategic change.
Whether you are preparing for a major regulatory audit, restructuring your HR systems, or simply seeking to future-proof your HR function, this session provides the critical thinking and technical skills required for a comprehensive, insightful, and forward-looking HR audit.
Why You Should Attend
- Move beyond basic audits and develop a deeper, more strategic audit approach
- Discover advanced tools for identifying hidden HR risks and inefficiencies
- Use data and metrics to assess the effectiveness of HR programs and initiatives
- Build audit reports that influence senior leadership decisions
- Learn how to apply root cause analysis and risk-weighted auditing
- Ensure that your HR function is agile, compliant, and aligned with business strategy
Who Will Benefit?
- Senior HR Managers and Directors
- HR Compliance Officers
- HR Auditors and Internal Auditors
- HR Analysts and Workforce Planners
- CHROs and HR Executives
- Risk and Governance Professionals
- Consultants involved in HR audits or compliance evaluations
Areas Covered in the Session
- Risk-based HR auditing: Prioritizing audit areas based on exposure and impact
- Advanced audit techniques:
- Audit sampling and testing procedures
- Trend and pattern analysis
- Root cause analysis
- Process mapping and control evaluations
- Integrating HR metrics and KPIs into audit assessments
- Auditing strategic HR areas:
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
- Succession planning
- Talent management and retention
- Workforce planning
- Legal and regulatory updates affecting advanced audits (e.g., pay transparency, AI in hiring, remote work laws)
- Leveraging technology: HR audit software, dashboards, and automated tools
- Building and presenting executive-level audit reports
- Continuous auditing and building a culture of accountability
Meet your speaker
Ronald Adler
Ronald Adler is the President-CEO of Laurdan Associates, Inc., a veteran-owned, human resource management consulting firm specializing in HR audits, employment practices liability risk management, HR metrics and benchmarking strategic HR-business issues and unemployment insurance issues. Mr. Adler has more than 39 years of HR consulting experience working with U.S. and international firms, small businesses and non-profits, printers, insurance companies and brokers, and employer organizations.
Mr. Adler is an internationally recognized thought leader on HR auditing and is the developer the Employment-Labor Law Audit™ (ELLA®), the nation’s leading HR auditing and employment practices liability risk assessment tool. He is an adjunct professor at Villanova University’s Graduate Program in Human Resources Development and teaches courses on HR auditing and HR management. He is also a certified instructor for the CPCU Society and conducts courses on employment practices liabilities.
Ronald has served on two national task forces developing professional standards in human capital measurement and performance management. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and serves as a subject matter expert (SME) to SHRM on HR metrics and workplace issues.
He is a member of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce and chairs the Chamber’s unemployment insurance subcommittee. Mr. Adler has also been a member of the U.S. Chamber and its Labor Relations Committee.