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How Strong is Your Organization’s Governance?
Evaluating your audit organization’s governance may not be the most thrilling activity, but it’s crucial for everything to run smoothly. Here’s a guide to help determine how strong your governance structure really is!
Auditors: Allies for Local Government Leaders
This guest post by Mark Funkhouser highlights how auditors are allies for both the community and government representatives.
Scope Limitations Render an Auditor Useless
Scope limitations are barriers put up by the auditee to prevent the auditor from finding out the truth and destroy an auditors independence.
Fraud, Waste or Abuse?
Fraud, waste and abuse are all similar with one major difference: CRITERIA! Fraud is the only reportable condition as the other two are subjective and not based in criteria.
Nurture Your Professional Network Now
Don’t wait for an emergency to start building your professional network, which is like a spider web of connections to people and organizations to catch you if your career falters.
The Auditee Calls the Shots
The auditee ultimately calls the shots and decides how to respond to a risk. Yes, we can highlight the risk in our audit report and recommend action, but the auditee makes one of four moves regarding that risk…
Audit Leader vs. Audit Manager
Audit managers are great! They get the job done. But can they look up from their work to make sure the team heads in the right direction? That takes true leadership and more than just a few risks.
5 Domains of the New IIA Global Internal Audit Standards
The new IIA Global Internal Audit Standards become effective January 9, 2025 and are organized into 5 domains covering the profession’s purpose, ethics, governance, management and performance.