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Internal Audit Keeps Takeda’s Deeply Rooted Culture in Focus When Assessing Risk

Katsuaki Kaneko, Head of Group Internal Audit at Takeda says, “…Takeda’s senior management team has given me a mandate —...

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Topics: Corporate Governance, Japan, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry, Audit Planning, Internal Audit Administration, Culture

Articles

Too Much of a Good Thing (Especially Audit Planning) is Bad

Conventional wisdom tells us that “you can’t get too much of a good thing.” This is certainly true when it comes to choc...

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Topics: Audit Planning, Performance Management/Measurement, Project Management, Investigations/Forensics, Internal Audit, Internal Audit Administration, Risk Assessment, Self-Assessment

Newsletters

Public Company Readiness: Getting Ready for Prime Time Before the Market Does

In this issue of The Bulletin, we focus on certain aspects of the IPO preparation process, including the need for a rea...

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Topics: Audit Committee & Board, Close the Books, Financial Reporting, Initial Public Offering, Internal Audit, Internal Audit Administration, Internal Controls, IT Infrastructure, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Self-Assessment, ERP System

Protiviti Booklets

Internal Auditing Around the World: Volume 3

In this booklet, we profile 16 successful IA functions from companies across the globe and examine common denominators t...

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Topics: Cross Border & Non-US Issues, Australia, Canada, European Union, France, Japan, United Kingdom, Internal Audit, Audit Committee & Board, Internal Audit Administration, Risk Assessment, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Internal Controls, Governance Risk & Compliance

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Internal Auditing Around the World: Volume 1

This booklet details the internal audit best practices, processes and strategies being employed at 13 leading multinatio...

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Topics: Audit Testing, Consumer Products & Retail Industry, Cross Border & Non-US Issues, Financial Reporting, Internal Audit, Internal Audit Administration, Risk Assessment, Governance Risk & Compliance

Checklists & Questionnaires

Internal Audit Satisfaction Survey Questionnaire

This document provides five survey questionnaires internal audit teams can use for understanding and measuring their ser...

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Topics: Customer Satisfaction, Internal Audit, Performance Management/Measurement, Internal Audit Administration

Policies & Procedures

Purchasing Policy

This document contains four sample policies that establish standards and guidelines an organization should follow during...

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Topics: Internal Audit, Accounting/Finance, Accounts Payable & Purchasing, Inventory & Materials Management, Internal Audit Administration

Job Descriptions

Director of Internal Audit Job Description

These two samples outline the responsibilities, key selection criteria and general information for the role of the direc...

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Topics: Internal Audit, Human Resources, Internal Audit Administration, Audit Committee & Board

Requests for Proposals - RFPs

Request for Proposal: Internal Audit Co-Sourcing/Outsourcing

This tool contains three sample request for proposals (RFPs) that can be used by organizations seeking a qualified servi...

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Topics: Internal Audit, Outsourcing/Co-sourcing/Shared Services, Internal Audit Administration

Job Descriptions

Senior Vice President of Internal Audit Job Description

This sample job description outlines the responsibilities, key selection criteria and general information for the role o...

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Topics: Internal Audit, Human Resources, Internal Audit Administration

Memos

Audit Planning Memo

This tool provides three sample planning memos, which serve as a report of an internal audit function’s high-level asses...

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Topics: Internal Audit, Risk Assessment, Internal Audit Administration, Audit Planning, Governance Risk & Compliance, Project Management

Job Descriptions

Internal Audit Manager Job Description

This tool contains two sample job descriptions that outline the responsibilities, key selection criteria and general inf...

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Topics: Internal Audit, Human Resources, Internal Audit Administration

Audit Reports

Corporate Treasury Review Audit Report

This document contains three sample audit reports that can be used by auditors to learn how other organizations conducte...

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Topics: Internal Audit, Audit Reporting, Cash & Treasury, Internal Audit Administration, Investments & Foreign Exchange, IT Security, IT Risk

Audit Reports

Accounts Payable Review Audit Report

This tool contains three sample audit reports that can be used by auditors to perform an organization’s accounts payable...

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Topics: Internal Audit, Internal Audit Administration, Accounts Payable & Purchasing, Audit Reporting, Accounting/Finance

Checklists & Questionnaires

Risk Control Specialists Questionnaire

This tool integrates risk control specialist questions to consider for measuring and improving an organization’s Sarbane...

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Topics: Compliance, Internal Audit, Internal Audit Administration, Segregation of Duties, Risk Assessment, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 302-Executive Certifications, Section 404-Internal Control Reporting

Checklists & Questionnaires

Internal Audit Feedback Questionnaire

This tool includes three sample questionnaires that can be used by internal audit functions to gather client feedback an...

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Topics: Audit Committee & Board, Performance Management/Measurement, Customer Satisfaction, Internal Audit, Internal Audit Administration

Guides

Work Program Guide

This tool contains two guides that outline sample work program fieldwork and administrative steps for a typical audit pr...

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Topics: Audit Planning, Internal Audit, Audit Sampling, Internal Audit Administration, Internal Controls, Risk Assessment, Strategic Risk

Job Descriptions

Senior Director of Internal Audit Job Description

This job description sample outlines the responsibilities, key selection criteria and general information for the role o...

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Topics: Human Resources, Internal Audit, Internal Audit Administration, Training & Development, Audit Committee & Board

Guides

Self-Assessment Survey Design Guide

This document provides guidance for organizations preparing and designing a self-assessment survey.

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Topics: Performance Management/Measurement, Internal Controls, Self-Assessment, Training & Development, Internal Audit, Internal Audit Administration, Process-Level Control, Governance Risk & Compliance

Job Descriptions

Senior Internal Auditor Job Description

This senior internal auditor job description sample outlines the responsibilities, key selection criteria and general in...

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Topics: Internal Audit, Accounting/Finance, Human Resources, Internal Audit Administration

Job Descriptions

Vice President, Corporate Audit Job Description

This job description outlines the responsibilities and qualifications for the vice president, corporate audit role. This...

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Topics: Human Resources, Internal Audit, Audit Committee & Board, Internal Audit Administration

Job Descriptions

Vice President, Internal Audit/Chief Audit Executive Job Description

This sample job description summarizes the responsibilities, key selection criteria and general information for the role...

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Topics: Human Resources, Internal Audit, Audit Committee & Board, Internal Audit Administration, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Internal Controls

Job Descriptions

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Coordinator Job Description

This job description sample outlines the responsibilities, key selection criteria and general information for the role o...

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Topics: Internal Audit, Audit Committee & Board, Audit Planning, Internal Audit Administration, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Human Resources

Job Descriptions

Vice President, Internal Audit Job Description

This sample job description outlines the responsibilities, key selection criteria and general information for the role o...

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Topics: Human Resources, Internal Audit, Audit Committee & Board, Internal Audit Administration

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