Risk management is a big concern for both audit committees and
senior management in corporate internally. Internal audit is an
independent management function that evaluates and improves
effectiveness of an organization’s risk management, control,
governance and accounting processes. Internal audit is performed
to identify potential risk (such as misappropriation of assets,
misuse of funds, frauds, manipulation of records) an
organization may be prone to, managing those risk and reporting
on such risk and their management as per statutory requirements.
It is conducted to provide assurance that management of an
organization has an ability to manage risk effectively. It also
ensures that governance and internal control processes are
operating effectively.
Internal Controls are the backbone of any organization. Internal
financial controls include policies and procedures adopted by
the company for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of
its business, including regulatory compliance and prevention and
detection of frauds and errors.
- Enhance governance framework
- Defines clear accountability and transparency
- Controls automation
- Reduction in number of surprises
- Streamline/standardise controls
- Opportunity to plug leakages/potential frauds