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Internal Auditing:
Assurance &
Advisory Services
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
◼ Understand how organizations structure their
activities to achieve their objectives.
◼ Identify key business processes in an organization.
◼ Obtain an understanding of a given business process
and be able to document it.
◼ Understand basic types of business risks
organizations face.
◼ Identify and assess the key risks to an organization’s
objectives and how they are linked to business
processes.
◼ Develop an audit universe for an organization and
determine an annual internal audit plan based on key
business risks.
◼ Understand how to use risk assessment techniques
within assurance engagements.
◼ Obtain an awareness of the new risks that arise when
an organization outsources some of its key processes.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
BUSINESS PROCESSES
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
DOCUMENTING
PROCESSES
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
DOCUMENTING PROCESSES
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
DOCUMENTING PROCESSES
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
STRATEGIC APPROACH
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
STRATEGIC APPROACH
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
STRATEGIC APPROACH
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Things to consider:
• audit charter
• mandatory coverage
• organization's formal structure
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
EXAMPLE
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
EXAMPLE
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
EXAMPLE
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
TOOLS TO USE
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
TOOLS TO USE
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Chapter 5: Business Processes and Risks
TOOLS TO USE
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.
Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services, 4th Edition © 2017 by the Internal Audit Foundation.