Audit & Governance Careers Advice - October 2015
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Posted on Friday, October 30, 2015 by Carol McLachlan for CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Conflict , definition, Oxford Dictionaries: Noun - 'a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one'. Verb - 'be incompatible or at variance; clash'. I last wrote about conflict for CareersinAudit.com several years ago; that was a fairly comprehensive article , describing the different types of conflict with a selection of suggestions for resolution. Five years on, and the prospect ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Internal audit professionals at either end of the spectrum, from newly qualified to those individuals at executive level, are much in demand across the North West regions of England as companies equally look to fill the gaps left vacant in 2013 and work to redefine strategy and processes as they prepare for a busier market environment. The migration of businesses to the North in a bid to cut ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Taking a general global view it is clear that the health of China, the world’s second largest economy, is in some degree of jeopardy, a situation made only more severe by the threat of the US Federal Reserve edging closer towards raising interest rates. The risk of deflation and drop in commodity prices poses a major threat to the world’s economies with those candidates looking to pave their way ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Coming into the fore as one of Europe’s fastest moving job markets, Ireland certainly seems to be making some recovery following the global recession . As the market regains confidence there has been a greater level of movement on the job front and this increase in turnover has in turn opened up many more opportunities, with internal audit jobs ranking high on the agenda thanks to the increase in ...
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Posted on Monday, October 26, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Cyber security jobs in Europe may be taking a while longer to move up the hiring agenda as the majority of businesses seem reluctant to treat cybercrime with the level of concern it warrants. According to the 2015 European Cyber Risk Survey, 79% of businesses have a basic understanding of their cyber risk profiles leaving them exposed to cybercriminals looking for weak spots. With an EU directive ...
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Posted on Monday, October 26, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Regional hot spots across the UK are attracting more job seekers than ever as the fallout from the recession and ever-increasing property prices in London encourage professionals to look further afield when it comes to career opportunities. The job market in Bristol and the South West region of England in particular has come out on top as one of the healthiest in the country, with salaries ...
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Posted on Monday, October 26, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
For internal auditors navigating a career on French soil, the key thing to acknowledge is the country’s evolving internationalisation. From start-ups, of which there are plenty, to the larger established commercial groups, hiring managers are placing the utmost priority on language skills so candidates who are fluent in French and English and one or more additional languages are in the highest ...
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Posted on Saturday, October 17, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
There is a tremendous appetite for information security expertise across both the public and private sectors in the US in the wake of recent well-publicised hacks such as Sony, OPM and Ashley Madison. That being said, opportunities in cyber security in the US are not necessarily easy to break into, despite the demand for experts in this field and the overwhelming shortage of those in possession ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
All well-appointed within the heart of Europe, Belgium , Luxembourg and the Netherlands represent prime breeding ground for internal audit jobs , and 2015 has seen the demand for the internal audit function strengthen as companies refocus their energies away from cost-cutting and towards investment, financial control and strategy changes. A low corporate tax haven, the Netherlands like Belgium ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
All well-appointed within the heart of Europe, Belgium , Luxembourg and the Netherlands represent prime breeding ground for internal audit jobs, and 2015 has seen the demand for the internal audit function strengthen as companies refocus their energies away from cost-cutting and towards investment, financial control and strategy changes. Touting German, French and Luxembourgish as its three ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015 by Carol McLachlan for CareersinAudit.com — No comments
It's conference season It's crazy conference season and as a veteran circuit speaker, this is the peak time of my working year. Closely akin to the external auditor's January equivalent (those of us with the glut of December year ends and insane international reporting deadlines), it feels like a full twelve months are compressed into just six weeks. But this year I'm taking a new perspective, ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
All well-appointed within the heart of Europe, Belgium , Luxembourg and the Netherlands represent prime breeding ground for internal audit jobs , and 2015 has seen the demand for the internal audit function strengthen as companies refocus their energies away from cost-cutting and towards investment, financial control and strategy changes. Located in the heart of Europe and regarded as the ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Both Germany and Switzerland are well reputed for offering an exceptional standard of living, and for professionals looking for internal audit opportunities in either region there is a rich market across both commerce and industry and financial services . Widely reputed as offering the highest quality of living in the world, Switzerland is at the top of most internationally flexible auditors’ ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015 by Carol McLachlan for CareersinAudit.com — No comments
You know how it is when someone in your office starts coughing and sneezing? You're sympathetic, offer them some kind words of commiseration, but all you can really think of is 'please don't give it to me'. We're all familiar with, (and wary of,) the infectious symptoms of physical disease - and we are naturally inclined to take defensive action. But did you know that emotions and behaviours can ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Both Germany and Switzerland are well reputed for offering an exceptional standard of living, and for professionals looking for internal audit opportunities in either region there is a rich market across both commerce and industry and financial services . The first point to note is that while gender imbalance in the workforce is essentially a global issue, the German government in particular are ...
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Posted on Friday, October 9, 2015 by Simon Wright, CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Setting the Scene In the wake of a number of corporate scandals this millennium, Enron and WorldCom arguably being the most notable, the question of ethics and professional standards for the accounting profession has understandably come under much greater scrutiny. To some degree, different industry bodies and governments have been proactively tackling this issue over the past decade. For ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Cyber security career opportunities in the UK are at their highest as technologies evolve at lightning speed and hackers of every kind find ways of undermining their integrity just as quickly. With an undeniable shortage of cyber security experts in the UK market , employers are quick to assert the types of individuals they are interested in attracting and the skills that make for a coveted ...
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Posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
It would take a particularly news- and social media-deficient individual to not have heard about the most recent and high profile cyber security breach; the impact of extracurricular marital dating site Ashley Madison’s data leak was felt round the world. The fate of companies including Ashley Madison, Fiat Chrysler and Dixons Carphone, all targeted by hackers in the past quarter alone does ...