The United States Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) recently issued a Compliance Supplement for 2019 that includes, for the first time, audit objectives for colleges and universities concerning ...

Whether your firm is small or one of the largest organizations in the country, it pays to develop and maintain a strategic audit plan, according to Lorin Venable, CPA, CGMA. As assistant inspector ...

One of internal audit's values is to tell management when the controls to manage risks and assure opportunities aren't working. Internal audit should have a plan for the work it will do, and by now we ...

A marketing plan audit is a comprehensive review used to evaluate marketing strategy, gauge return on investment and ensure meeting an organization's objectives. Simply, the audit will identify ...

When a company establishes itself in the marketplace, it relies upon its employees to help it do so. Employees represent one of the most important assets a company has; securing those assets is the ...

The Institute of Internal Auditors' new practice guide for internal auditing shares some good insights, but falls short in a few areas. The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has published a new ...

Big Data is powerful. It can also be daunting. The current data analytic landscape focuses on the use of “scripts” that can identify duplicates and quantitative outliers. Yet, there is little guidance ...

Internal auditing is an independent appraisal function that is performed in a wide variety of companies, institutions, and governments. What distinguishes internal auditors from governmental auditors ...

Our audit plan aligns with Northwestern’s fiscal year, which begins September 1 and ends August 31. We develop our annual audit plan using a risk-based approach that considers numerous factors, such ...

A recent report from the Department of Labor s Employee Benefit Security Administration should serve as a wake-up call for plan sponsors to make the audit process and auditor selection a high priority ...