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  • How to Get Ahead in Your Audit Career

    Maybe you started the year with good intentions of improving you career prospects. It’s not too late to do an audit of your career and ensure this is the year you make a change for the better.
  • Audit & Risk Recruitment Survey 2013

    Forty years ago the expression ‘a job for life’ was par for the course for many in the audit and accountancy profession. Of course in the 21st century, it’s a different story.
  • The Changing Role of Bookkeeping in Audits

    Many people still confuse the role of a bookkeeper and that of an accountant. Whilst an accountant’s work can be more detailed, it is important not to downplay the pivotal role that bookkeeping plays.
  • The Importance of Audits to Manage Finances

    The vast majority of organisations are legally-obliged to publish audited accounts on an annual basis. This enables companies to show their transparency and that they have been working in a legal manner.
  • The Future of Recruitment: How Social Media fits into the Hiring Process

    In recent years, the way employers and jobseekers communicate has been noticeably altered by the rise of the Internet, and in particular the rising popularity of ‘Social Media’ websites. This change in communication has also had an effect on the recruitment process as a whole.
  • The Future of Auditing

    The past financial crisis that many economies all over the world experienced prompted a renewed interest in the role and importance of auditing.
  • New draft code for financial sector internal audit reflects the need for progressive technology solutions

    As you read this article, a new draft code for those involved in internal audit for the financial services sector is being drawn up by the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).
  • 7 Ways to Ensure Your Organisation Fails in its Risk Management Efforts

    Sometimes it helps to view a topic from an opposite perspective. So while there are many blogs, articles and consultants who are sharing best practices on how to enhance risk management program in your organisation, let's take a contrarian view.
  • Auditing and Providing Assurance on a GRC Capability

    The mounting pressures on modern business are leading many organisations to improve their risk management and compliance functions. This article explains the current need for GRC and the implementation of GRC can greatly beneft you and your organisation.
  • Accountants on the Move: Asia Pacific Survey Results 2010-2012

    Six in ten accountants in the Asia Pacific region will be looking for a new job over the next 6-12 months, with more than a quarter immediately looking to move.
  • Top Companies to Work for as an Auditor in Australasia

    As an auditor in Australia or New Zealand, there are a lot of great career opportunities waiting for you in your home country.
  • Women in Audit

    With over 100 years passing since the first observation of International Women’s day, you could be forgiven for thinking that Men and Women are given equal opportunities and responsibilities in the workplace. But is this really the case for those who pursue and follow a Career in Audit, Complianc...
  • Internal Auditing in Vietnam - Interview

    Some new insights about cross cultural factors in the practice of internal audit in Vietnam: interview with Peligo Training Vietnam
  • Finance & Audit Jobs in Singapore

    A thriving financial centre with international recognition, 11.6% of Singapore’s gross domestic product in 2003 came from financial services. It’s the highest value-added service industry in Singapore, and many of the world’s top finance professionals choose to work in the country.
  • Lessons Still Not Learned from Enron

    Like me, you've probably noticed how hard governments and regulators around the world are working to assure us that their reforms to the banking system will protect us against the type of wide scale corporate failure that pushed us into this long recession. It is also possible that, like me, you ...
  • Internal Audit 'Localisation' - Interview

    In our last interview from our articles series ‘Internal Auditing in China’, we highlighted the many obstacles which impact the practice of internal auditing and the need for ‘localising’ i.e. adapting the internal audit practice to make it really effective in China.
  • Internal Auditing in China - Interview

    Conducting Effective Risk-based Internal Audits in China: the challenge of localizing the internal audit practice in different cultures
  • Working in a Foreign Country

    In today’s business world, few multinational companies would appoint a financial head who didn’t already have experience in an international environment. Undertaking work abroad demonstrates flexibility, mobility and cultural acumen, which are all qualities which recruiters and headhunters will l...
  • Long-Term Auditing Career Prospects

    Many young auditors look to Sydney, the Australian global financial centre where large salaries can often be found. But thanks to recent economic conditions there could be some much better destinations to start out on a long career in auditing.
  • Changing Perceptions of Auditors

    Internal auditing jobs used to have a rather dull reputation but nowadays there are some exciting and challenging roles out there for those with the right experience and qualifications.