audit in corporate governance role
is introduced:: 500
aims and objectives:: 100
company's development, such as the growth, will experience growth period, development period, stable period and recession period. In the process of growth will inevitably produce an accident. What if the company is sick? See what the doctor? The answer is: find the company's doctor - internal audit.
internal audit as a company's internal doctors, for the company to find internal health, dishonest, is not normal and deviate from the behavior of company policy. Like a surgeon, through the proposed some effective suggestions and adopt an action, for the company to surgery. Trim off the bad part.More like a health care practitioner, for the company to put forward some measures for the prevention and reduce the risk of infection, and traumatic injury, nip in the bud.
so companies to build the internal audit of the audit committee leadership, to further play the role, through the internal audit can not only etiological diagnosis, put forward to improve the corporate governance structure, strengthen the operators of audit, improve audit quality, broaden the coverage of the audit, improve internal audit staff prime countermeasures. Can also make effective recommendations to help companies smooth transition. Literature review::
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corporate governance and internal audit have significant relationship:
what is corporate governance?
Corporate Governance Association definition, including in the international standard is:
governance according to the process and structure by the board of directors will to inform and direct management and supervision, organization to achieve its goal of activity. Although there is no universally accepted definition of corporate governance in the UK the first version was made by the Commission 1992. Its 2.5 segment is still a classic definition: "business management" is a system controlled by the company. The board of directors is responsible for the management of the company. The role of shareholders in corporate governance is to appoint directors and auditors, and to meet the corporate governance structure, the board of directors' responsibilities include the development of the company's strategic objectives,To provide leadership to make it effective, to supervise and manage the business and to report to the shareholders. The act of the board of directors shall be subject to the provisions of laws, regulations and general meeting of shareholders, so the board of directors of the company will do what and how to set the value of the company and the company's daily operations management. Internal audit
stakeholders expect the recent events have emphasized the director in the key role in promoting good corporate governance. In particular, the Council is charged with the ultimate responsibility of the effectiveness of the internal control system for their organization. These events highlight the key role,The internal audit can play the effectiveness of the audit committee in ensuring the proper supervision of internal control and corporate governance.
how to organize the design and practice of effective governance principles of different size, complexity and life cycle of mature tissue and the interests of the stakeholders structure or legal and cultural requirements.
internal audit responsible person should be with the board of directors and management team, in appropriate time to determine how governance should be defined for the internal audit of the purpose and extent and internal audit assurance and meet on the work of the internal audit charter required the consultant's expectations. From Latin to "audit
Auditus account the noun". In ancient Rome,Adopted the method of "hearing the bill", that is, the record of an accounting personnel and the other personnel to check the method of oral verification, to prevent the personnel responsible for financial fraud. In April 2002, IIA proposed the U.S. Congress on the "Act Sarbanes-Oxley" comments, the four cornerstone of corporate governance for internal audit, external audit, the board of directors and senior management. Formal internal audit and external audit together with the effective height of corporate governance, and as an essential part of corporate governance issues. Greatly emphasize the important position and function of corporate governance in audit function.
The International Institute of internal auditors (IIA) in the United States in 1944 in the United States by the establishment of 25 internal auditors, the development has been more than 7 members of the international professional organization. The internal audit is one of the departments to improve the overall efficiency of the company, according to the board of directors of the requirements of the entire company to audit and monitor. Internal audit in addition to the company's internal, also contact the company's central structure, such as risk management, legal areas, human resources and finance department and so on. Through the professional knowledge and professional knowledge of audit staff, to ensure the process of the company's objectives, as far as possible to avoid leakage control, out of control, no control of the situation.Internal audit work not only in financial audit, to companies in operation in the process of supervision and audit, to propose effective recommendations, companies can make use of resources, reduce waste, and avoid repeated. Risk assessment for some activities, reduce the risk of the company. Study design:
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internal audit and external audit are different in function? If there is no internal audit will have an impact on the company? How to maintain the relative independence of the internal audit? Results:: 2200
and analysis of internal audit and external audit are different in function?
The external audit is based on the state of the company law on some of the company's corporate finance and the authenticity of the number of evaluation, in order to prove that the company's financial statements are true and fair. Therefore external audit with financial figures on tests and audits to companies in operational risk is not external audit of the primary task. This audit, as a result of the company's internal members, so the company's rules and regulations, business processes, operating systems, financial systems are more in-depth understanding. Internal audit staff will often meet the company's upper and lower departments, to get a variety of information, so the internal audit staff can not only complete the work of external audit,And can carry out the audit work more widely, more in-depth. Strengthen the internal monitoring of power to help reduce the risk of the company, while helping to reduce the external audit workload, shorten the audit time, reduce audit costs. The internal audit can make effective suggestions in the system design stage, the internal control procedures into the system, and then in the system development, system testing, system operation and system evaluation process active participation, so that the system is further improved, improve the reliability of the system, reduce the risk and reduce the cost of late. Good internal control system not only can reduce the risk of the enterprise, but also can reduce the risk of audit.The external audit is performed after the nature, seldom involved in the system development. If there is no internal audit of the company, will be affected? In the absence of internal audit will not make the company to a standstill, but the company created by the wealth will be lost due to the lack of internal monitoring and loss. Such as the waste of resources, data duplication, fraud are likely to occur, the company hit a direct interest. In order to avoid and prevent the occurrence of the above things, it is necessary to internal audit, the establishment of internal audit is the most efficient, the most effective and the most economical method. This is for the company to set up a firewall, through the internal audit staff, professional audit and recommendations,The board of directors of the company and the management can focus on some of the strategic and long-term development of the company and the interests of the company, and reduce the other internal problems.
internal audit should be how to maintain the relative independence? Internal audit department, the relative independence is necessary, how to maintain the relative independence, in addition to the personal qualities of the internal auditor and personal professional conduct, but also the company's top internal audit department. According to the company's organizational structure of many countries, the location of the internal audit department will directly affect its independence, according to the actual size of the enterprise and its work needs,If the door on the internal audit under the board of directors, most can play its independence. The principle of relative independence of internal audit is to ensure effective management of control tactics and to play its fundamental role, and make internal audit to make an objective and impartial evaluation conclusion.
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internal audit role
internal audit and international standard definition of identification, internal audit has in the evaluation and help to improve the governance processes play a role.
international standards to make specific assessment and recommendations of reference:
to promote the sense of proper morals and values within the organization
to ensure effective performance management and accountability
Risk and control information exchange
board of directors, external and internal auditors and management, coordination and communication of what they do.
internal audit function never stopped, and in the internal audit function, purpose and method can generate huge progress. From inspection functions to the functions of the building, from the books of account audit to computer audit, found the error and correct the mistakes, find out the disadvantages, so as to reduce the risk of ascend the efficiency of internal audit, strengthen the internal strength and improve the anti risk ability.
Along with the global economic system changes and changes, expansion of the company, merge, acquisition and alliance global strategic deployment has been launched, will lead to a wide variety, different structural changes, such as the complexity of the property and resources of the repeated problems. As internal audit of the company, the company will further improve the concept and skills of audit, to develop in the direction of global development, to coordinate and maintain the long-term interests of the company, so that the company can grow up healthy.
recommendations:: 800
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reflection
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