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 | Aug 9, 2023 | Governance
Who rules when both the management and the board are on a payroll? Certainly, management having the advantage of running the day-to-day affairs of the entity, has greater knowledge of the issues impacting the entity, but the Board also has knowledge about the sector...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jul 26, 2023 | Governance
First a question; will we ever get real about Board’s performance evaluations? To find an answer to it we need to make a current state assessment around it through the criteria given below. Mandatory guidelines on Board’s performance evaluation under the current rules...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jul 20, 2023 | Governance
Before diving right in……let’s try to figure out, why do Boards matter to Internal Auditors? What is it with the Boards that concerns Internal Auditors? Well for the answer you could obviously make a keyword search on Google and gets loads of information listed down...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jul 12, 2023 | Governance
Are you among those internal auditors who have always had the not so amusing pleasure of being asked about the materiality of every second or third audit finding you reported? Well, if it’s true; chances are you’re not alone and this piece is for you intended to make...
