Why you should have a strategy for your Internal Audit department and how to write one Similar to an organisation's own strategy, a...

Whilst each audit department should abide by the requirements as set out in the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF),...

Performing a periodic self assessment as part of your Quality Assurance Improvement Program The International Standards for the...

Example Internal Audit Reviews The Finance Department of any business is typically a key focal area for any Internal Audit team....

Timesheets, whilst painful, can offer a lot of benefits. We spoke about these benefits in a recent blog post (Time for timesheets)....

How to introduce your audit to a first time auditee Being audited for the first time can be scary; even more so if you don't actually...

Monitoring your department's key performance indicators Developing appropriate KPI's for an internal audit function is not easy....

Promoting the work of Internal Audit and raising awareness of who we are can help the business (and the audit function) in may ways....

Making sure you know where the audits are at, and who's doing what. Performing a weekly status update is a great way to ensure all audits...

How to develop your Internal Audit Strategic Plan through our Annual Planning process At the start of the year, we released our Guidance...

It's a document which I think isn't given the importance it deserves, but given the Internal Audit Charter s both a requirement of the...

An Audit Universe can be extremely valuable to any Internal Audit function. Regardless of the maturity of an organisation, how robust and...

If you want to know how well you have truly done on an audit, its best just to ask those you have audited. Enter, the audit satisfaction...

Harnessing the power of Microsoft Office Documentation is the one critical component of any internal audit, and for those who have worked...

Audit Reporting is one of the most crucial parts of the audit process. Its the final output from the audit and the main deliverable which...

You've done the planning, you've done the fieldwork, and now you have to deliver the outcomes of your work to the business area. How you...

As we progress through an audit, there will be a number of observations / findings / issues, which may warrant being included in the...

I am a firm believer that the quality of your audit workpapers is a direct reflection of the level of care, diligence, and effort which...

An Audit Work Program forms the backbone of your review. It's what brings the assignment plan / scoping document, fieldwork, and...

Whether operating as an in-house internal audit function, or performing internal audit services for a client, a budget is an important...