Who is internal auditor
Internal auditor provides independent and objective evaluations that an organisation's processes and other business activities are operating effectively.
- Trained professional employed by companies to provide independent and objective evaluation
- Ensuring that companies comply with laws and regulations, follow proper procedures, and function as efficiently as possible
- Is involved, engaged and part of company compliance, corporate governance, risk management or quality management
- Usually reports directly to the top management and gives improvement recommendations
Job description of internal auditor
Internal auditors can be engaged in a range of activities which are detailed below.
- Planning, organizing and performing internal audits and internal controls
- Evaluating company procedures and policies and compliance with them
- Company compliance: Identify potential noncompliance
- Risk Management: look for areas of financial and legal risk
- Fraud management: seek out internal fraud and theft
- Quality management: evaluating management system, processes and compliance
- Assessing company compliance
- Assessing the management of risk
- Evaluating controls and advising managers at all levels
- Through internal audit reports giving the improvement recommendations
- Working with other assurance providers such as quality manager, OSH manager, or compliance manager
How Aptien supports the work of the internal auditor
In Aptien, the internal auditor has a number of tools available to support his work. He cooperates with the quality manager, compliance manager, risk manager and other managers.
Planning, organization and execution of internal audits
- Planning and conducting an audit or compliance review
- Creation of the final report from the compliance check
- Guidelines, work procedures and standards and other documentation
Policies and work procedures management
- Policy Portal
- Acquainting employees with guidelines, confirming compliance
Reporting of disagreements by employees
- An employee can send you different types of disagreements and reports
Employee Policy Portal for better employee compliance
- The employee has access to the Policy Portal
- They digitally confirm familiarization with work procedures
- They digitally confirm familiarization with the manuals