Beyond Audit. Robert L. Mainardi

      

      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Dedication

      5  Preface

      6  Acknowledgments

      7  About the Author

      8  CHAPTER 1: What Happened AUDIT EXECUTION CHALLENGES UNDERSTANDING YOUR ROLE CRITICAL MEETING KEYS

      9  CHAPTER 2: Understanding the Remote Approach TRADITIONAL VERSUS REMOTE AUDIT RECOGNIZING THE CHALLENGES RESPONSIBILITY ASSIGNMENTS COMMUNICATING CRITICAL INFORMATION AUDIT PLANNING AUDIT FIELDWORK AUDIT REPORTING AUDIT WRAP-UP

      10  CHAPTER 3: Marketing the Internal Audit Department CREATING YOUR AUDIT BRAND DEFINING INTERNAL AUDIT INTERNAL AUDIT'S THREE PILLARS EXPLAINING THE AUDIT PHASES DISPELLING THE MYTHS

      11  CHAPTER 4: Building an Effective Audit Team BEYOND AUDIT LEARNING MAP SKILLS FOCUS IN THE REMOTE ENVIRONMENT REMOTE BUSINESS PARTNER MEETINGS AGENDAS DRIVE THE MEETING AUDIT STATUS MEMOS REMOTE AUDITOR SKILLS PROFILE BEYOND AUDIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN

      12  CHAPTER 5: The Methodology – Objective Recognition IMPROVING THE AUDIT PROCESS BEYOND AUDIT – ORC MODEL IDENTIFYING THE BUSINESS OBJECTIVE BUSINESS OBJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION CHALLENGE BUSINESS OBJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION IN A REMOTE AUDIT BUSINESS PROCESS RISKS BUSINESS PROCESS CONTROLS COMPLETING THE AUDIT PLANNING

      13  CHAPTER 6: Audit Fieldwork FIELDWORK COMMUNICATION FIELDWORK RESPONSIBILITIES WORKPAPER REQUIREMENTS BEYOND AUDIT – BASELINE WORKPAPER COMPONENTS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE WORKPAPER SELF-REVIEW AND KEYS BEYOND AUDIT – TOP 10 KEYS TO MANAGING FIELDWORK

      14  CHAPTER 7: The Methodology – Partner Results COMMUNICATING AUDIT RESULTS UNDERSTANDING THE AUDIT REPORT PHASE AUDIT REPORT FOUNDATION BEYOND AUDIT – ISSUE DISCUSSION KEYS AUDIT REPORTING THROUGHOUT AN AUDIT EFFECTIVE INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT COMPONENTS AUDIT REPORT CHALLENGES

      15  CHAPTER 8: Internal Audit Value DEFINING REAL ACTION STEPS IN CREATING AN ACTION PLAN ACTION PLAN ADOPTION PROCESS CA METHODOLOGY OVERVIEW ACTION PLAN TRACKING

      16  CHAPTER 9: Internal Audit Dashboards DASHBOARD DEFINED BEYOND AUDIT – DDIO METHODOLOGY AUDIT DASHBOARD FUNCTIONS AUDIT DASHBOARD – LESSONS LEARNED

      17  CHAPTER 10: Communication Focus UNDERSTANDING