by Sikandar Usmani | Oct 15, 2023 | GRC
Dear fellow auditors your interventions should not benefit you; they should benefit your clients! Easier said than understood, I’ve come across many auditors both novices and the experienced, who while selling a recommendation, base their arguments on for instance;...
by Sikandar Usmani | Oct 8, 2023 | GRC
What should we the internal auditors be more concerned about: our jobs or the demands of our jobs? To whom should we be loyal to: the entity that employs us or the people managing its affairs? Answers to these are not as simple as it seems since it’s not about the...
by Sikandar Usmani | Oct 1, 2023 | GRC
Yes! This blog post carries spoilers and recipes …………. for disaster! Ever wondered what the single most fundamental and perfect strategy of dooming a business is? Not having one! Yes, it is INACTION! When the executives / management sleep over everything vital they...
by Sikandar Usmani | Sep 24, 2023 | GRC
Not sure you understand what this means? Or are you sure it does not make sense? Or you know for sure, it isn’t true? Worry not, for we’ll cover quite some of that ground here. Let’s recall a part of how The Institute of Internal Auditors defines internal auditing....
by Sikandar Usmani | Sep 17, 2023 | Governance
From a world of self-governance to regulation may be its time we stop and rethink! Is Internal Auditing better off with being by regulation than we were being by choice? Certainly, being by regulation allows greater career opportunities and a spot at the top amongst...
by Sikandar Usmani | Sep 9, 2023 | Governance
YEAH YOU READ THAT RIGHT ….. INTERNAL AUDITING CAN AND DOES FUEL AMBITION! It’s not that only certain careers can offer ambition or that only a financially or otherwise rewarding career can be ambitious. It is very much about our own approach towards our career and...
by Sikandar Usmani | Sep 3, 2023 | Internal Control
For the control environment unacquainted and internal controls well versed alike! Lots of definitions of internal controls one would come across over the internet but are they worth the knowledge required? From the generic understanding of controls to the specific...
