Internal Audit Trends and Priorities

June 13, 2022

IS A GENERATION GAP FUELING AN INTERNAL AUDIT TALENT CRISIS?

The “great resignation,” coupled with a surging global economy and resulting labor shortage, is frustrating HR and management leaders in virtually every industry and profession. Internal […]
May 31, 2022

NEW ACFE FRAUD REPORT IS AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR INTERNAL AUDITORS

I have been a proud member of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) for more than 25-years. The organization is known and respected around the […]
April 6, 2022

New Surveys Raise Alarm Bells for Internal Audit

I have been avidly monitoring the health of the internal audit profession for the past two decades. During my initial tenure at the IIA, later at […]
March 14, 2022

New IIA Pulse Report Shines a Bright Light on the State of Internal Audit!

For the 14th year in a row, The IIA is using its extraordinary reach to survey the internal audit profession in North America, and once again, […]
February 27, 2022

War in Europe: Why Geopolitical Risks Should Always Be on Internal Audit’s Radar

Following weeks of ominous intelligence reports, the world once again finds itself grappling with a destabilizing geopolitical event – this time on the European continent itself. […]
February 20, 2022

Internal Auditors Must Draw a Line Between Skepticism and Suspicion

I have always enjoyed working with new internal auditors, in part because they so often see the world in black and white. “Should we do an […]
January 10, 2022

Inflation is Back! What Should Internal Auditors Do Now?

When I joined the internal audit profession in 1975, the U.S. rate of inflation averaged more than 9 percent. After a slight decrease over the next […]
December 9, 2021

New 2022 “Top Risks” Report Is Required Reading for Internal Auditors

Each year, there are a handful of survey-based research reports that are highly anticipated for those of us who like to peer into the risk horizon. […]
September 21, 2021

“Risk in Focus” – New Report Focuses on Internal Audit Priorities in 2022 and Beyond

We are approaching the time of year again when many internal audit departments around the world initiate their audit planning process for the upcoming calendar year. […]
August 24, 2021

Four Strategic Risks Internal Audit Faces in the Decade Ahead

Last January, I shared perspectives about a recently released World Economic Forum Report on “The Future of Jobs.” In my blog, I shared that a magazine article […]