Perspective – Everyone is right

A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together. He said, “It is time for me to […]

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1130 – Impairment to Independence or Objectivity

IIA has revised standards on internal auditing. The revised standards become effective from January 2017. One of the new year resolution of Internal auditor should be to update their internal audit practices and procedures, including internal audit charter to reflect the changes done in in the IPPF. See here 1130.A3 – The internal audit activity may […]

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Internal Audit and culture

Recently I participated in a Conference on Internal Audit. One of the recurrent theme across session was “Culture”. How culture of an organisation impacts Internal audit and how an internal auditor can make impacts on the organisation culture to have a right culture. This is my point of view on some of the questions raised. […]

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Revenue Assurance

Revenue assurance as a function is dominant in telecommunication industries. However the lessons learnt can be applied in any industry. What is revenue assurance? Revenue assurance is The activity is the use of data quality and process improvement methods that improve profits, revenues and cash flows without influencing demand. – Wikipedia How Internal audit can help an organization […]

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