The changing world of internal audit – Do you make use of its expanded role?

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Abstract: Today’s internal auditors, with their cross-departmental perspective, can help anticipate and mitigate a variety of risks, improve financial and operational processes — and even help evaluate the nonprofit’s strategies. This article explains the independence factor in internal auditing, the duties of internal auditors and the components of a full internal audit review. Quality assurance reviews and stumbling blocks to an effective internal audit function also are discussed.