How we have attempted to make our templates meet the criteria of the IIA’s International Standards for the Professional Practice of...

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...

It’s amazing that in today’s age, with the amount of technology, security and surveillance in place, that someone thinks they can get...

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...

Prior to conducting a Findings and Actions Workshop with the business and key audit stakeholders, its important to make sure all...

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

On Monday 23 September 2019, news spread that the 178 year old business had collapsed. This has been a long time coming for the company....

The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors last week dropped their 'Risk in Focus 2020' report. The report compiles the results of...

As auditors, I am sure we have all, at some time or another, questioned the purpose of what we are doing. As we are sitting in the cramp,...

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...

The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors this week released draft Code of Practice and sought feedback from audit professionals and...

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

It's 2019 and the weather has gone crazy. Paris experienced its hottest day on record this year. Cape Town counted down the day days to...

It was almost ironic the timing. Whilst performing an audit (and being told by the business area "... how under resourced, and...

With all the focus currently on Big 4 audit firms and the quality of their audits, it has made me question the amount, we as auditors,...

On 2 April 2019, Rachel Reeves MP, Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee, presented the...

But what else can we do to improve our audit quality? The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (ICAANZ) last...

Helping with audit recommendation implementation. They're loathed by everyone. Loathed by recommendation owners who are charged with...