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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Global Management Challenges for Internal Auditors

  International Professional Practices Framework – Overview of the current guidance of the Institute of Internal Auditors

  T. Flemming Ruud, Philipp Friebe, Daniela Schmitz, Shqiponja Isufi

  …Framework which came into effect on January 1, 2009. Although the new framework is consistent with the previous framework, it contains some significant… …established itself as the struc- tural basis for the activities of the Internal Audit. It is a self-contained framework which is recognized internationally by… …summer 2007. In order to emphasize the international focus of the framework, it was renamed as the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)… …consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a… …perform audit engagements. In order to effectively help the board and the management, it is necessary that the Internal Auditors behave in a professional… …IT audits and other IT-related issues. ___________________ 9 Cf. The IIA (2009a), p. iii. 10 Cf. The IIA (2009a), p. v. 11 Cf… …. Significance The relative importance of a matter within the context in which it is being con- sidered, including quantitative and qualitative factors, such as… …reasons of independence. Standard 2110.A2 specifies that the Internal Audit activ- ity must assess whether the IT Governance of the organization supports… …2430 makes it clear that Internal Auditors may report that their engagements are conducted in conformance with the Standards only if the results of the… …and transparent processes. These processes make it possible for the IIA to issue guidelines faster. They also provide Internal Auditors with the…

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  Contribution by Internal Audit to IT Compliance

  Thomas Lohre

  …61 Contribution by Internal Audit to IT Compliance By Thomas Lohre, MBA29 The constant increase in laws, ordinances, norms, standards… …objective of corporate compliance and in IT specifically, IT compliance. Internal audit can make a valuable contribution to this, as it can ob- jectively… …assess the IT compliance efforts in companies through its specialist knowledge, methodical knowledge and independence, thereby assisting in the pre-… …vention of rule violations. Furthermore, it can assist in IT compliance adding value to the company by providing valuable information. 1 Introduction… …academic litera- ture and are on everyone’s lips.30 Perhaps even enriched with the concept of IT? In fact, in recent times, IT has increasingly developed… …into a competitive factor, which makes a crucial contribution to the implementation of corporate strategies. Furthermore, it ac- counts for a… …considerable portion of the costs and investments and the legal and regula- tory requirements for IT have also grown significantly.31 Corporate Governance is… …. ___________________ 29 Thomas Lohre, MBA, Graduate in Business Administration/Graduate in Business Informa- tion Technology, CISA, CISM, IT Auditor at DATEV eG… …. This article reflects the author’s personal opinion. 30 In order to no longer debate the relationships between IT, governance and compliance in such… …, see IDW PS 345. 35 The term can be translated with “compliance, adherence to rules”. Schneider accurately de- termines that it is a “truism” that…

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  Continuous Auditing: Myth and Reality

  Adrian Garrido

  …high- lighted the benefits of using technology to monitor financial transactions on a con- tinuous basis. It appears that this idea has been the future of… …our function for over twenty years, though it is not clear when it will form part of the present. Summary 1: Although Continuous Auditing is a… …powerful concept, it is key to understand its limits and difficulties. Let’s be realistic, simple and flexible. Summary 2: Continuous Audit projects… …auditor. 1 Great Promises Continuous Auditing is, without any doubt, one of the most fashionable terms in our profession. As a proof, it is enough to… …problem of defin- ing samples disappears. Why select a group of transactions when it is possible to perform tests on the whole universe? 2 …Not Always… …, quick and efficient au- dit function. Nevertheless and once we have reviewed all these positive aspects, it is necessary to come back to reality and to… …using technology to perform a continuous supervision of fi- nancial transactions. It would therefore appear that the concept of Continuous Auditing has… …represented the future of our function for over twenty years though it is not clear when it will form part of the present. – Secondly, there is much… …real time a control task that should be performed by the line or could this be an Audit function? – Should it not rather be the Audit’s task to… …important, despite all that has been written and the many theo- retical advantages, it appears that, according to a recent statement of Richard Chambers…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch IT-Unterstützung für Interne Revision und Wirtschaftsprüfung

  Gründe und Potenziale des IT-Einsatzes in Interner Revision und Wirtschaftsprüfung

  Dr. Heinrich Schmelter

  …unter Verwendung der IT durchführbar. Im angloamerikanischen Sprachraum wird für diese IT-Unterstützung der eigenständige Begriff „CAAT“ (Computer… …angloamerikanischen Sprachgebrauch sieht man die IT auch als „Driver” bzw. „Enabler” der maschinellen Prüfungsunter- stützung in der IR12. „With respect to… …understanding IT‘s role and impact, we must recognize that IT serves as both a driver – on setting the strategic direction of the organization – as well as an… …die Prüfungen effizient und sicher durchzuführen ist vor allem ein optimierter Einsatz der IT in der IR zwingend. Das Deutsche Institut für Interne… …Einzelqualitätskriterien erstellt, der insb. in folgenden Punkten für eine funktionsfähige IR direkt bzw. indirekt eine angemessene IT- Unterstützung verlangt13: – Die… …verwalten, ist ein Zugang und eine Prüfung dieser Daten für die IR nur noch unter Verwendung der IT durchführbar. Das Deutsche Institut für Interne… …komplexen Daten- verknüpfungsmöglichkeiten werden Prüfungsansätze und Einsparungen realisier- bar, die ohne IT ansonsten undenkbar wären. Der IT-Einsatz…

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  Audit Marketing

  Dr. Hannes Schuh

  …targeted marketing measures. It is worth considering audit marketing beyond the numerous, mainly process-oriented measures available in the literature and… …organization? On the one hand audit marketing focuses on the position of Internal Audit Unit in the company, while on the other it is also associated with… …the marketing-oriented focus of the overall organization based on the claim that it adds value. This means that the message at the heart of its… …relevant publications and attendance at internal and external events, it is particularly important to present possible development paths, the education con-… …cept, the systematic preparation for management tasks transparently and where pos- sible to support these with examples. It also makes sense to show… …, the following appears to be relevant: – Internal Audit Unit acts independently. – It knows the administrative culture precisely. – It can address… …litera- ture and opens up new methods. It seems important to be aware that, although IA offers only a few products, these are diverse, that these have…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Accounting Fraud

  Case 35: Parmalat (Italy, 2003)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …course of a decade. Many analysts took to calling Parmalat “Europe’s Enron”. Indeed, the scandal was so massive that it compares to Enron, WorldCom and… …that its accounting principles were in line with established international accounting standards as well as Italian standards. Yet it appeared not to be… …originality and unique appeal of Parmalat milk soon made it very popular and business expanded to other parts of Italy. Parmalat tried to style itself as the… …“Coca-Cola of milk”. In 1990, Parmalat was listed on the Milan stock exchange – and Tanzi built it into an Italian powerhouse with operations in some… …discovered. The collapse: How it all happened But as Tanzi’s empire grew, so did the debts. Some of the best-known European and American bank… …network of offshore shell companies. Whereas at first, Parmalat did not conform to the usual profile of a risky enterprise, it now operated through a… …, the Isle of Man and Malta. In early December 2003, analysts began to raise questions about Parmalat’s liquidity when the company let it be… …known that it could not access about EUR 500 million in supposedly liquid funds held in an obscure Cayman Islands-registered investment fund called… …“Epicu- rum”. Parmalat soon shocked financial markets when it revealed that it was having trouble coming up with the money to make a EUR 150 million bond… …repayment even though it supposedly had billions in cash and cash equivalents. The scandal came to light with the revelation of a non-existent bank…

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  Internal Audit Standards: Everything for Everybody

  Inta Ozolina

  …they should do it. We all know that the Standards are extensive, cover most key areas of internal audit profession and work. Even more – the… …the management and owners? I do not think so. Does it make the compliance for smaller audit teams very hard if not impossible to obtain? Yes, it does… …assessment because the requirements are just unrealistic, the Standards really lose their meaning. I think it is a high time to raise this discussion and…

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  Doing More with Less

  Neil Baker

  …does, and why it is important. He’s been making real progress. So how does he feel now that his budget is being cut? “If I was a newly minted auditor… …organisations. If I know in advance that I’m going to be somewhat resource constrained, then I can deal with it.” Despite the stoicism, Storms says he argued… …losing controls; it might even be a time to strengthen them,” he says. Storms is not alone. Other internal auditors have been waging the same battle, try-… …piece of a shrinking budget pie. So does internal audit really deserve special protection? And if it does have to take a share of the pain – which seems… …. He told the audit committee that performing fewer audits was better than cutting quality. How did the committee respond? “I’ll put it this way: It… …. The head of internal audit should ask the committee what areas it wants to priori- tise, he says. “It’s easy for chief audit executives to start by… …department wants to cut the budget? “If the chief financial officer has decided that the audit function should be reduced, it is vital for the audit com-… …mittee to be aware of that,” Chambers says. And if the committee members don’t know about it, internal audit should tell them, he adds. “I would never… …work on procurement fraud; for example, trying to spot fraudsters who submit fictional invoices in the hope they’ll be paid. It is also checking the… …way contracts are awarded, looking at background checks on suppli- ers, and auditing payroll. “Believe it or not, I even added petty cash audit to the…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch IT-Unterstützung für Interne Revision und Wirtschaftsprüfung

  Voraussetzungen für optimalen – systematischen – IT-Einsatz

  Dr. Heinrich Schmelter

  …Einsatz der IT in der IR müssen folgende Voraussetzungen bereitgestellt und organisiert werden: – Hardware – Software – Zugang zu Unternehmensdaten… …Fachbereichen und insb. der jeweiligen IT- Abteilung notwendig. Die IR benötigt einen regelmäßigen, systematischen Zugang zu den wichtigsten Unternehmensdaten… …direkten Zugang zu diesen Systemen ggf. mit Spezial- software besitzen. Damit für diese Daten auch innerhalb der Revision die – in der IT selbstredende… …. Voraussetzungen für optimalen – systematischen – IT-Einsatz 145 6 IT-Kenntnisse und -Erfahrung Der effiziente und effektive Einsatz der IT in IR und WP setzt… …. Rechnungswesen und Finanzierung – C. Kosten-/Leistungsrechnung – D. Gesetzgebung und Wirtschaft – E. Informationstechnologie Zu den Details verweist das… …DIIR auf die vom IIA53 dazu ausgewiesenen folgenden IT-Anforderungen: – Information Technology – IT – Control frameworks (e.g., COBIT) – Data… …(EDI) – Functional areas of IT operations (e.g., data center operations) – Encryption – Information protection (e.g. viruses, privacy) – Evaluate… …investment in IT (cost of ownership) – Enterprise-wide resource planning (ERP) software (e.g., SAP R/3) – Operating Systems – Application Development –… …Darstellung der IT-Anwendungsvoraussetzungen bereits mehrfach erkennbar, benötigt die IT in der IR auch eine angemessene Organisation. Es sollte vermieden… …die meisten WP-Gesellschaften über spezielle IT- bzw. EDV- Revisionen mit hinsichtlich IT speziell ausgebildeten Mitarbeitern. Weil die Prüfer sich i…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Zusammenarbeit der Internen Revision mit Risikocontrolling und Compliance

  Modell zur Zusammenarbeit

  Arbeitskreis „Interne Revision in der Versicherungswirtschaft“ des DIIR – Deutsches Institut für Interne Revision e.V.

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