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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Common Body of Knowledge in Internal Auditing

  Internal Audit Function

  European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing

  …37 3 Internal Audit Function In the third section of the questionnaire, all respondents were asked to indicate whether their existed an internal… …audit function in their organization and in case their existed one, the age of this function. Moreover, all respondents were asked to indicate whether a… …specific list of corporate governance and internal audit docu- ments existed in their organization. Finally, all respondents had to indicate their agreement… …with a list of statements related to their internal audit function. Besides, CAEs had to reply to questions regarding their appointment and performance… …eval- uation, their relationship with the audit committee (if there existed an audit com- mittee), how the added value of their internal audit function is… …measured and how the internal audit plan is developed and updated. 3.1. Existence of an Internal Audit Function The Internal Audit Function (IAF) has… …been set up in nearly all the respondents’ companies (overall average: 96%). Table 13: Existence of an Internal Audit Function (%) Country Total… …Spain 256 95.7 Sweden 67 97.0 Switzerland 33 100.0 Turkey 72 91.7 UK & Ireland 281 97.2 Overall Average 2,547 95.8 3 Internal Audit Function 38 When… …comparing all the 21 countries, we notice: • the highest presence of internal audit functions in Germany, Greece, Poland and Switzerland; • the lowest… …presence of internal audit function in Bulgaria, Norway and Turkey. According to Table 14 the largest numbers of respondents work for IAFs that have been in…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Common Body of Knowledge in Internal Auditing

  Internal Audit Activities

  European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing

  …91 6 Internal Audit Activities In the sixth section of the questionnaire, all respondents had to indicate the activi- ties performed by their… …internal audit function followed by the evolution in internal audit activities. Next, all respondents were asked to indicate when major differences around… …audit issues are resolved as well as who has primary responsibility for re- porting to senior management and monitoring corrective action. 6.1. Internal… …Audit Activities According to Table 45, the four most common internal audit activities are: • Operational audits (80%) • Internal control testing and… …external audit assistance in Austria, Estonia, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland; • a high percentage of health, safety and environment audits in Cyprus… …, Cyprus, Netherlands, Switzerland and UK & Ireland; 6 Internal Audit Activities 92 • a high percentage of investigations of fraud and irregularities in… …Internal Audit Activities 93 Ta bl e 45 : A ct iv iti es P er fo rm ed b y th e In te rn al A ud it Fu nc tio n (% ) C ou nt ry… …Requirements Control Framework Monitoring and Development Corporate Takeovers / Mergers Enterprise Risk Management Ethics Audits External Audit… ….3 40 .4 52 .4 62 .1 9. 5 38 .0 43 .1 40 .9 18 .9 57 .0 49 .8 6 Internal Audit Activities 94 C ou nt ry Information Technology… …Performance Management Effectiveness Audit Operational Audits Quality / ISO Audits Resource Management and Controls Security Issues Social and…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Interne Revision aktuell

  Das „Audit Universe“

  Wolfgang Günther

  …291 4 Die Interne Revision im Mittelstand 4.1 Das „Audit Universe“ Ein branchenübergreifendes Planungstool für die risikoorientierte Prüfungs-… …planung im Mittelstand 4.1.1 Vorwort Das Audit Universe als branchenübergreifendes Prüfungsplanungstool wurde von der Fachgruppe „Risikoorientierte… …verfolgt, dass ein bestehendes Bauchgefühl objektiviert wird. 4.1.4 Das „Audit Universe“ als Basis für die Zielerreichung Definition „Audit Universe“… …„Das Audit Universe ist ein branchenübergreifendes Prüfungsplanungstool, das potentiell zu prüfende Unternehmensprozesse und Prüfungsthemen vor-… …schlägt“. Das Audit Universe beinhaltet die verschiedensten Prozesse und Prüfungs- themen aus den unterschiedlichsten Unternehmen des Mittelstandes und… …dient als Grundidee einer möglichen Prüfungsplanung in dem jeweiligen Unternehmen. Ziele eines „Audit Universe“ Das Ziel des Audit Universe ist die… …analysiert werden. DIIR_Forum_7.indd 292 22.07.2008 10:42:17 Uhr 293 Das „Audit Universe“ Das Audit Universe ist nicht das alleinige Instrument der… …Prüfungsplanung. Zum einen sind selbstverständlich in Ergänzung zum Audit Universe Pflicht- prüfungen, Sonderprüfungen für die Unternehmensleitung und vieles mehr… …zu berücksichtigen. Zum anderen macht das Audit Universe lediglich Prü- fungsvorschläge, die bewertet werden, allerdings nicht zwingend in die Prü-… …fungsplanung einlaufen müssen. Vorteile des „Audit Universe“ Für das Audit Universe ist keine aufwendige Datenbanktechnologie erfor- derlich. Das Audit…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Common Body of Knowledge in Internal Auditing

  Internal Audit Staffing

  European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing

  …57 4 Internal Audit Staffing In the fourth section of the questionnaire, all respondents were asked to indicate the number of staff members working… …in their internal audit function (per hierarchical level) as well as their average number of training hours over the last 36 months. Be- sides, CAEs… …has to indicate which special incentives they use to hire internal audit professionals, the methods they use to make up for staff vacancies, how they… …com- pensate missing skill sets, the percentage of internal audit activities as well as the specific activities currently outsourced / co-sourced… …7.6 18.8 5.8 41.5 4 Internal Audit Staffing 58 Table 26 shows that the responding internal audit functions have, on average, 42 FTE. Staff members… …(juniors) represent the largest proportion, followed by con- tract audit staff (outsourcing or co-sourcing) and supervisors (seniors). When comparing the… …(13%); • Relocation expenses (10%); • Vehicle provided by organization (10%). Table 27: Special Incentives to Hire Internal Audit Professionals (%)… …of coverage (29%); • Co-sourcing from internal audit service providers (25%); • Borrowing staff from other departments (14%). Norway 12 25.0 8.3 8.3… …Audit Professionals (%) Country To ta l N um be r of R es po nd en ts R el oc at io n ex pe ns es Si gn in g bo nu s St oc… …O th er 4 Internal Audit Staffing 60 A comparison between all 21 European countries reveals (excluding those countries with the number of…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch The Role of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance in Europe

  State of the art Internal Audit

  European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA)

  …23 3 State of the art Internal Audit In this chapter we intend to summarise some important aspects of a “state of the art” Internal Audit… …practice. This is helpful to understand the propos- als we make in chapter 4. A properly organised and working Internal Audit Function can and must play an… …enhanced role in Corporate Governance as the survey showed that the current role of Internal Audit is still quite minor in comparison with other parties… …. The most important aspects centre around the organisation of the Internal Audit Function within companies as well as its relationship with other stake-… …regarded as a common denominator of Corporate Governance content (see chapter 2.1.1). 3.1 Position of Internal Audit in a Corporate Organisation Internal… …Audit’s place in a corporate organisation should ensure an extended degree of independence. Internal Audit should represent an institution with a detached… …perspective on business processes. This detached position quali- fies Internal Audit to provide reasonable and unbiased advice and assurance with regards to… …the board’s liability and responsibility has recently been emphasized by legislation it is advisable to have Internal Audit assigned and directly… …unrestricted access to information for Internal Audit can also be ensured. 3.1.1 Organisation of Internal Audit Function The decision as to what extent the… …Internal Audit Function should be organ- ised centrally or should adopt a federated structure is generally dependent on the nature of the corporate…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Interne Revision aktuell

  Digitale Prüfungsunterstützung: STandard Audit ANalysis (STAAN)

  Arno Boenner, Georg Herde

  …349 Digitale Prüfungsunterstützung: STandard Audit ANalysis (STAAN) 5.3 Digitale Prüfungsunterstützung: STandard Audit ANalysis (STAAN) 5.3.1… …der Konzern-Revision der Bayer AG das Projekt Standard Audit Analysis (STAAN) vorgestellt. Das Projekt soll die Konzern-Revision bei der globalen… …Digitale Prüfungsunterstützung: STandard Audit ANalysis (STAAN) Business Intelligence/Competive Intelligence „Unter Business Intelligence (BI) wird ein… …353 Digitale Prüfungsunterstützung: STandard Audit ANalysis (STAAN)  Keine Vorabaggregation der Daten über bestimmte Merkmalsausprägun- gen  100… …22.07.2008 10:42:26 Uhr 355 Digitale Prüfungsunterstützung: STandard Audit ANalysis (STAAN) Bei guter Planung gibt es hier vielfältige Synergieeffekte… …Deutschen Institut für Interne Revision e.V. DIIR_Forum_7.indd 356 22.07.2008 10:42:26 Uhr 357 Digitale Prüfungsunterstützung: STandard Audit… …359 Digitale Prüfungsunterstützung: STandard Audit ANalysis (STAAN) Unabhängigkeit von operativen Systemen Prüfer sollten möglichst unabhängig sein… …: STandard Audit ANalysis (STAAN) Ein Hauptaugenmerk liegt aber auch klar in der Abgrenzung zwischen den informationstechnologischen Möglichkeiten und den… …der Analysesoftware Audit Command Language (ACL) zu programmieren, konnten die Problemfelder Massendaten-Download und die Erstellung einer… …22.07.2008 10:42:27 Uhr 363 Digitale Prüfungsunterstützung: STandard Audit ANalysis (STAAN) Abb. 1 Indikator „Anteil Manuelle Zahlungen“ in den Jahren…

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• eBook

  The Role of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance in Europe

  Current Status, Necessary Improvements, Future Tasks
  

  978-3-503-11272-2

  European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA), Bernd Schartmann

  …Governance activities and Internal Audit: - Specific questions regarding the current involvement of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance aspects; - the State… …of the art of Internal Audit: position, scope and quality management; - Focal points for improving the role of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance… …founded and written in a clear and direct way for practical use. This is the first work for the European profession of Internal Audit that formulates eight… …focal points for improving the role of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance in Europe. The book shows how Internal Audit can fundamentally strengthen…

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  Proposals for the Role of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance in Europe

  European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA)

  …39 4 Proposals for the Role of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance in Europe Bearing in mind the current role of Internal Audit shown in the… …survey in chapter 2 and the abilities of a state of the art Internal Audit Function de- scribed in chapter 3 the ECIIA proposes the following focal points… …for Inter- nal Audit in the context of Corporate Governance. 4.1 Supporting an Effective Enterprise Risk Management Internal Audit should provide… …audit committees and boards of directors with assurance of the effectiveness of processes and over the reporting and management of key risks. Morevover… …, Internal Auditors should assist both management and the audit committee and board of directors by evaluating and recommending improvements on the adequacy… …Governance policies as well as compliance with laws and regulations need to be monitored by the management. The Internal Audit Function provides ob- jective… …assurance to the Board that theses processes are effective. The Inter- nal Audit Function may also advice, such as making whistlebower hotlines more… …audit plan should also include a review of the organisation’s compliance program and its procedures including reviews to determine whether it can be… …clearly documented by the Internal Audit Function, with reference to the International Standards. However, in improving an organi- sation’s compliance with… …roles. Moreover, Internal Audit should hold regular 40 meetings with the board or its audit committee, and with the CEOs, to en- sure frequent review…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Common Body of Knowledge in Internal Auditing

  Tools, Skills and Competencies

  European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing

  …use specific internal audit tools as well as how important they consider some specific knowledge areas (not completed by CAEs). Besides, CAEs had to… …mark the five most important behavioural skills, technical skills and competences for each hierarchical level in the internal audit function. 7.1… …. Internal Audit Tools 1 = Not Used, 2 = Moderately Used, 3 = Average Use, 4 = Very Much Used, 5 = Extensively Used Table 50: Current Use of Internal Audit… …, 3 = Average Use, 4 = Very Much Used, 5 = Extensively Used Table 50 shows that the following audit tools are currently most extensively used: •… …Other electronic communication (e.g., Internet, email) (average score of 4.08) • Risk based audit planning (average score of 3.54) • Electronic work… …3.90 2.56 1.62 1.75 Overall average 2.27 4.08 2.40 1.70 3.54 2.68 1.84 1.76 7.1 Internal Audit Tools 105 When comparing the 21 European countries… …current use of Computer Assisted Audit Techniques in Austria, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey; • a high current use of continuous / real-time… …, Romania, Spain and Switzerland; • a high current use of risk based audit planning in Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and UK & Ireland; • a high… …Republic, Finland, Netherlands and Turkey. Table 51 shows that the following audit tools are planned to be most extensively used in the next three years… …: • Other electronic communication (e.g., Internet, email) (average score of 4.16) • Risk based audit planning (average score of 4.00) • Electronic work…

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  Emerging Issues

  European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing

  …audit function is going to evolve in the next three years. 8.1. Evolution in the Status of the Internal Audit Function Respondents (excluding CAEs) were… …. The organization has implemented a knowledge management system. f. The Internal Audit Function has provided training to audit committee mem- bers. g… …. The Internal Audit Function assumes an important role in the integrity of finan- cial reporting. h. The Internal Audit Function educates organization… …personnel about internal controls, corporate governance, and compliance issues. i. The Internal Audit Function places more emphasis on assurance than… …audit committee members and organizational person- nel is strongly on the rise. Providing assurance rather than consulting still remains the core business… …: Evolution in the Status of the Internal Audit Function (%) Country To ta l N um be r of R es po nd en ts a b c d C ur re nt ly A pp ly Li ke… …Internal Audit Function 127 Note that this question was not answered by CAEs and that the answering categories are mutually exclusive Country e f g h i… …, Estonia, Greece and Romania; • a high percentage for IAFs Providing training to Audit Committee members in Greece, Norway, Romania and UK & Ireland; • a… …Audit Function Table 57 shows that all five areas are on the rise with risk management in the lead with over 81% of the respondents expecting an increase… …in operational auditing in Bulgaria, Portugal, Romania and Turkey. 8.2 Changes in the Role of the Internal Audit Function 129 Table 57: Changes…

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