Corporate Governance – Doing the right thing
Corporate Governance- Doing the Right thing By Arif Zaman Head of Internal Audit ,Emaar Industries & Investments, UAE Today so many companies fail in combating the wrongdoing despite proclaiming effective governance mechanism within the organization. Most of the wrong dong happen due to human greed….
Why Disempowering Internal Auditors is like Stabbing yourself in the Eye
Why Disempowering Internal Auditors is like Stabbing yourself in the Eye By Mikhail Ben Rabah, CIA, CFE, CRMA Government Audit Manager, Presidency of the Government, Tunisia. You may receive them warmly and friendly in your office with a big smile on your face but you…
Maximizing Executive Sessions with the Audit Committee
Maximizing Executive Sessions with the Audit Committee By Hal Garyn, Managing Director, Audit Executive Advisory Services, LLC Chief Audit Executives (CAE) generally have a dual reporting relationship: one “Administrative”, and one “Functional”. The “administrative relationship” provides for a day-to-day boss to get expense…
Webinars’ polling questions: How they make you a well-intentioned mole
Webinars’ polling questions: How they make you a well-intentioned mole By Mikhail Ben Rabah, CIA, CFE, CRMA Government Audit Manager, Presidency of the Government, Tunisia. Attending live webinars and webcasts is a common way for certified professionals to earn CPE credits and thus maintain their…
37-Point Check-up for Your ERP
37-Point Check-up for Your ERP By Dave Coderre President, CAATS, Chief Data Analyst, RiverAA COVID hasn’t really changed things for auditors – it has just brought things to the forefront that we should already have been doing. Things like: focusing on key risks to the…
Risk-based Audit Plans: Do You Have a Skills Gap?
Risk-based Audit Plans: Do You Have a Skills Gap? By Hal Garyn, Managing Director, Audit Executive Advisory Services, LLC IIA Standards require us to establish a risk-based internal audit plan. However, when focusing on the highest organizational risks it is highly likely we…
Control Performance Coefficient: a key control selection criterion
Control Performance Coefficient: A key control selection criterion By Mikhail Ben Rabah, CIA, CRMA, CFE Government Audit Manager, Presidency of the Government, Tunisia Selecting a control as a risk response is not an easy task for most organizations. Balancing control costs and benefits is a…
Auditing the Right Things and Auditing Them Right
Auditors need to look at more than financial risk and do more than draw statistical samples for review. Data analysis can support the identification and assessment of existing and highlight emerging strategic, legal, environmental, operational and HR risks as well as financial risk.
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