GUEST BLOG As the world became chaotic around us earlier this year, internal auditors were pushed to work remotely, upending a lot of the conventional wisdom about what an internal auditor’s job should entail. Similarly, external auditors found themselves in a completely new world. With clients closing their offices, audit Read More
When asked to reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic during on a recent interview on CNBC, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff remarked, “the business of business can no longer just be business.” Rather, he said, it must be to improve the state of the entire world. What might have been a controversial Read More
The role of internal audit has evolved over the years to more than just assurance, and leaders in internal audit need to respond to the new challenges and expectations facing them in the field. As firms recognize the unique value that internal auditors can bring to the company, to meet Read More
The Coronavirus Crisis has changed how internal audit operates in many ways, but it is the speed required to keep up with rapidly moving developments that may have the most lasting impact on the profession when the pandemic has passed. As Richard Chambers, president and CEO of the Institute of Read More
These are strange days. Many of us may feel like we are living out a dystopian movie as we walk around the neighborhood waving to neighbors, but knowing we can’t stop to chat and must keep at least six feet away. Grocery shopping has become an act of courage, and Read More
The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) will begin providing online testing early next month for all three parts of its Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam and for its exam to earn a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA). The professional association said it will begin offering the tests online, “to Read More
Due to the coronavirus stay at home orders, conducting actual inventory counts that might be required by an internal audit can be very difficult. In many areas right now, we are likely unable to go out to a client location and physically observe inventory like we’ve done in the past. Read More
Even before the coronavirus outbreak, it was clear that in today’s hyper-connected world, risks are moving faster than ever. As we see with the pandemic, a catastrophic event or set of circumstances can spring up quickly and change everything. While the coronavirus crisis brings with it a special set of Read More
For internal auditors, there may be nothing as frustrating as going back to an audit and finding the same deficiencies and problems year after year, audit after audit. It’s not uncommon for process owners and units to ignore audit findings and fail to make the recommended changes or fixes. When Read More
GUEST BLOG Nearly every internal auditor has a few stories to tell about audits that have gone off the rails. Most have encountered audit clients that can run the gamut from guarded, to uncooperative, to out-right hostile. Breaking through these difficult working environments and putting audit clients at ease is Read More
