by Sikandar Usmani | Jan 15, 2024 | GRC
It’s not that accountants can’t give good advice. It’s also not that the accountants won’t share competent advice. It’s very much about what they can give owing to the work they do. Recently in a friends get together; I came across an interesting comment; privately...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jan 6, 2024 | Governance
Internal Auditing affords us, the internal audit practitioners, a unique and, may I add, a coveted spot on the meeting table. This spot is akin to a seat in the spectators’ gallery or amongst the audience watching a match or a show. This allows us to use our...
by Sikandar Usmani | Dec 25, 2023 | GRC
There’s one audit that’s limited to the classifications you might want to assign to its multifarious engagements but is unbridled in its scope. Basically, your imagination is the limit to the creativity it offers. It’s Internal Auditing for you! That’s one...
by Sikandar Usmani | Dec 15, 2023 | Internal Control, Risk Management
Internal Audit for Non-Going Concern (NGC) entities? Well, you may as well have it, if you’ve invested in it! Indeed, internal audit is forward looking, it is futuristic, because it is improvement and evolution centric by concept and design. And NGC entities are...
by Sikandar Usmani | Dec 8, 2023 | GRC
Ever been part of an organization led by a professional accountant? Well, one must experience it to make a self-commitment; never being part of such an experience again! It’s a no brainer that accountants are good at numbers; they’re number crunchers after all, but...
