An internal auditor is a company employee hired to provide independent and objective evaluations of its financial and operational activities.

An internal audit helps a company ensure it has the proper controls, governance and risk management processes in place, according to the Institute of Internal Auditors. By nature, it's an independent ...

A small business's internal control system can only be as strong as the rules, policies and procedures put in place to detect fraud, waste or abuse and protect its financial and physical assets.

If, through an internal financial audit, issues are uncovered or the information a company is able to provide is not the specific, higher-level information needed, it will delay the audit process, ...

As the cost of compliance continues to increase, risk managers are finding that collaboration across the three lines of defense can achieve an integrated risk management solution that optimizes ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is seeing some improvements in audits of internal control over financial reporting, but also some contradictory findings. In a speech last week during the ...

The El Paso City Council has announced that Adrian Serrano has been appointed as the City’s new Chief Internal Auditor following a national search to lead the City’s Internal Audit Department. The Chi ...

The City of El Paso has a new chief internal auditor. The City Council appointed El Paso native Adrian Serrano to the post ...

Internal Auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. It helps an organization accomplish objectives by ...