Audit & Governance Careers Advice - February 2018

  • GDPR and your Company

    Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2018 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    Understanding what the impending European data privacy regulation is all about is half the battle in preparing your company for its implications ahead of 25 May 2018. The EU GDPR has manifested in response to a society that lives and breeds data; sharing, collecting, storing and using it for everything from online banking to social media, personal contacts and the very unique thumbprint of your ...

  • The Importance of Cyber Security in an Organisation

    Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    With a younger, more tech-savvy generation playing a larger role in business today, the health of an organisation’s cyber security products, protocols and processes has become even more important in 2018. Storing private data on their computers and devices more than their older, more paper-oriented peers, the under-34 demographic filling cyber security jobs are casting a far wider attack net ...

  • The Importance of Compliance in an Organisation

    Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    Compliance is to an organisation what oil is to a car; it keeps the entity running smoothly and performing to the peak of its potential. As the global business climate grows more stringent with standards and regulations increasing their sway over how organisations manage their operations, the importance of compliance in an organisation has never been greater. Setting out a blueprint of ...

  • What does Independence as an Internal Auditor really mean?

    Posted on Monday, February 12, 2018 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    The IIA definition positions internal auditing as an “independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization’s operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes.” According to Rainer Lenz, ...

  • What Internal Audit does for your Business

    Posted on Friday, February 2, 2018 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    In a time where its function has never been more critical to both business strategy and reputational prowess, internally marketing the value-add of internal audit to the rest of the business is something every organisation should consider doing. At a fundamental level, those working in internal audit operate at a transactional level to prevent fraud, manage emerging risks and create smooth and ...