Internal Audit Impact Series
Register Now
6-episode webinar series
From Internal Auditor to Strategic Business Partner
Join us for the 6-episode fireside chat series where industry experts and professionals will share real-world stories and strategies to help internal audit teams improve cross-functional relationships. Discover tools and tactics that will help you tear down silos and deliver insights that will position you to be a trusted advisor to the business.
Upcoming Sessions
Episode 6: The future of GRC: A united front
Thursday, July 21 | 10 AM SGT / HKT | 1 PM AEDT | 12 PM AEST
Episode outcomes:
- How to design an organizational risk universe that supports organizational-level risk assessment
- How to consult on enterprise-wide risk projects with internal audit as a key stakeholder
- How to provide control effectiveness insights to risk management outside of audit reports to drive change
Completed Sessions
Episode 1: SOX + Internal Controls: What’s Internal Audit’s role?
Episode outcomes:
- Limitations of SOX auditing and how to overcome them
- How to educate and train staff on risk, controls, and process
- What internal auditors and SOX auditors can do to better partner together
- Who should be in charge of the SOX process on an organizational level
Episode 2: How to optimize collaboration between Internal Audit and Compliance
Episode outcomes:
- How to support the design and implementation of compliance management processes
- The importance of training middle management to foster a strong control environment
- Challenges in building data analytics capability, especially for risk assessment or detecting outlier transactions
- How internal audit and compliance can support third-party risk management
Episode 3: How Internal Audit can partner with the CISO to achieve cyber resilience
Episode outcomes:
- How internal audit can support the development of rapid response methodologies and processes before they are needed
- How to work with InfoSec to develop preventative controls that could mitigate some, if not all, cyber security risks
- How to strengthen the relationship between InfoSec and Internal Audit
Episode 4: Internal Audit’s guide to supporting vendor onboarding
Episode outcomes:
- How to design an effective and efficient vendor review and risk management program
- How to design and perform vendor site visits and risk review
- How to develop vendor risk model based on risk categories or portfolios
Episode 5: Building a strong relationship between Internal Audit and the Board of Directors
Episode outcomes:
- How to provide executive visibility with insightful reports to explain the why behind strengths and weaknesses found through audit work
- Techniques or characteristics that can be developed to become trusted strategic advisors to the Board
- How to educate the audit committee and board members on why risks and controls are vital and how that translates into shareholder value
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
