Audit & Governance Careers Advice - October 2023
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Posted on Monday, October 30, 2023 by Carol McLachlan for CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Let’s start with defining terms. Generation Z is perhaps currently somewhat less exalted than older siblings, The Millennials, but as progeny of the late nineties and early noughties, their time is now. Their storming of the workplace has commenced; reader, you may be one! While this is not an academic piece, I do hate generalisation, so I took some of the sweeping characteristics of googled Gen ...
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Posted on Thursday, October 26, 2023 by Blick Rothenberg for CareersinAudit.com (Advertorial Feature) — No comments
As a graduate, you will have a wide selection of options available to you. Understanding what the best choice is for your own personal career goals is no easy task. One thing many consider at this stage is the size of company they should join. Joining a mid-tier firm such as Blick Rothenberg can offer the best of both worlds. With a reputation of excellence among their clients, Blick Rothenberg ...
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Posted on Monday, October 23, 2023 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
The fallout from the 2008 financial crisis moved the needle on the value placed on compliance across the world. Governments suddenly implemented new robust policies, and previously passive regulators began cracking down on breaches and anti-money laundering (AML) failings using new punitive measures – forcing compliance functions to increase their resources and widen their scope. Amid this ...
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Posted on Monday, October 23, 2023 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
A career in regulatory compliance involves ensuring all relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards are adhered to. It’s a critical business function across many industries including: finance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and energy. If you’re considering working in this field, you’ll need to be detail oriented, analytical, a good communicator, and committed to upholding legal and ethical ...
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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
If you’re considering a career in risk management, but are short on details, let’s break down the basics of what’s involved and how you can get started. What is Risk Management? Every organisation must navigate uncertainty in order to achieve its goals. And while the future is impossible to predict with total accuracy, potential risks can be identified, assessed, prioritised, and mitigated to ...
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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
The United States journey to become a more environmentally sustainable economy has accelerated the growth of specialist fields within the business landscape – from renewable energy to sustainable finance. Meanwhile, traditional businesses and organisations have made huge strides in a bid to reduce the environmental footprint of their operations. Amid this drive to “go green” a new category of ...
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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
When you work in compliance, you’ll encounter a broad range of people ranging from your own colleagues to external regulators. Most of them will be courteous and cooperative, but in this type of work, conflict can arise when people don’t see eye to eye. If you’re new to compliance, here’s a guide on what you can expect, along with strategies for dealing with difficult people you might meet in ...
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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 by CareersinCyber.com — No comments
Published: 10 Oct 2023 In today's hyper-connected world, near constant digital threats make the role of a Cyber Security Manager more important than ever. Working behind the scenes, they safeguard sensitive information and protect organisations from malicious cyber-attacks that can be financially and reputationally disastrous. If you’re wondering how that works out in practice, let’s look at a ...
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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 by CareersinCyber.com — No comments
Published: 10 Oct 2023 If you’re considering a career in cybersecurity, you might have come across the terms information assurance and information security. While they sound similar, and the two concepts are certainly related, their scopes and perspectives are rather different. In this article we’ll look at information assurance and information security in more detail and outline what sets them ...
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Posted on Monday, October 9, 2023 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Getting any new hire wrong can have serious consequences. There’s the cost of recruitment, lack of productivity, cultural disruption, as well as the impact on team morale. However, this fallout becomes even more significant when you’re recruiting an auditor because they deal with sensitive financial information. Make a bad appointment and it could be your corporate reputation that’s on the line. ...
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Posted on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Which Sector is the Best Fit for Your Auditing Career? Every organisation needs to ensure its financial records, documents, and processes are accurate, up to date, and compliant with all relevant regulations and internal policies. This makes the role of an auditor extremely important because the work they do reveals whether finances are healthy, internal controls are robust enough, and ...
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Posted on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
If you’re interested in a career where you can make a real difference, then you might be familiar with the term ESG which stands for Environmental, Social and Governance. People who work in this field get a huge sense of reward from helping organisations transform their operations to make them more sustainable which benefits future generations. Those in positions like ESG Researcher and ESG ...