Internal Audit

Internal auditing is an objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. It can help an organization accomplish its strategic objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluating and improving the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. Crowe member firms’ Internal Audit services help boards and senior executives better manage enterprise risks. Crowe professionals help organizations enhance the effectiveness, quality, and value received from internal audit. Crowe’s broad understanding of risks and areas of operational improvement — specially the distinctions of specific industry sectors and markets — can help internal audit functions improve their performance and operating efficiency and bring value to their organizations.

Internal audit outsourcing: Crowe member firm outsourcing engagements are recurring in nature and comprise the performance of all internal audit activities including the annual planning, execution of the annual plan, and reporting to management and the audit committee. Under an outsourcing arrangement, the client may or may not have a chief audit executive in place within their organization.

Internal audit co-sourcing: Co-sourcing engagements are recurring in nature and comprise the performance of some percentage of the total annual internal audit hours for an organization.

Internal audit expertise/Subject Matter Expert sourcing: Subject Matter Expertise sourcing represents specific individual engagements where the client requires Crowe's specialist skills and expertise to deliver internal audit services. Typically, Crowe member firm professionals either conduct the entire project on behalf of the client or combine specialist resources with the client team to deliver the internal audit engagement.

Internal audit effectiveness reviews: The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing requires companies to conduct an independent quality assessment of their internal audit function at least once every five years.

Internal audit resource loan/secondment: Loaned staffed engagements represent the provision of internal audit resources that are under the sole direction of the member firm client – there is no Crowe management oversight visible to the member firm client, no review of any working papers or other member firm client deliverables performed.

Internal audit transformation: Internal audit transformation engagements represent assignments to assist an internal audit function evolve and transform to become more effective and deliver increased value. Areas of focus may include, but are not limited to, methodology, team matters, use of technology, and internal audit reporting. The buyer of these services may be the chief audit executive, management, or the audit committee of the board of directors.

Internal audit advisory: Internal audit advisory engagements represent assignments to assist organizations with internal audit services not captured by one of the other highlighted solution areas. Services in this area may include, for example, general consultative advice or training.

AML/CFT and other Compliance Audits: Currently there are a lot of AML/CFT regulations and guidelines issued by regulators in various sectors and industries. Our team is well versed with such regulations and reviews. It checks adherence to the laws by the clients and subsequently issues an area and topic wise assurance report to assist the clients in improving their compliance set up. In some other industries the regulator have extensive rules, standards and guidance for general compliance (other than AML-CFT). We carry out reviews to check such compliance and adherence to laws and regulations and provide assurance reports to the management. An example of this is Quarterly Regulatory Compliance reviews for the Currency Exchange Houses in UAE.

Preparation of Risk Registers: A risk register is a tool in risk management which is used to identify potential risks in an organization. It is also required, in several sectors, by the regulator to maintain a risk register and to have a quarterly review and update of the same. Our team can assist in preparation of Risk Registers by liaising with each relevant department and in incorporating best industry standards. We also assist in performing quarterly review and update of the Risk Registers.

Internal Audit Training: The discipline of Internal Audit is ever changing with new tools, practices and technology assistance being developed. Our Trainers help your Internal Audit staff to re-train, get continued professional education and learn new and improved ways of the profession.