Internal Audit 101: A Six Step Guide for New Entrants

by Stephen Scott Watson

Overview

‘An auditor is a person who watches the battle from the safety of the hills and then comes down to bayonet the wounded.' The best way to prove this often repeated quote wrong is to study your new profession, learn its best practices, immerse yourself in its history, and its future direction. This six-step guide will set new entrants to the internal audit profession on the right path.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940165902932
Publisher:	Stephen Scott Watson
Publication date:	07/24/2022
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Stephen Scott Watson, MSc, CFIIA, MBCS, CISA, CIA is an internal auditor with nearly 30 years practical experience as both a practitioner and senior leader, having worked for international accounting and consulting firms and large public sector organisations.
Stephen has also contributed to the profession during his tenure as Chief Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland, and as an exam item writer for the Global IIA’s CIA exams. He maintains his links to the Chartered IIA UK & Ireland today as a freelance advisor to their Apprenticeship Programme.
Stephen is an experienced Audit Committee Chair and a speaker at Governance, Risk and Control conferences in both the UK and US.
He holds a master’s degree in Audit, Management and Consulting and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland.
He is a regular contributor to professional magazines such as Audit & Risk and blogs widely online about audit, risk, and the control implications of future technology such as artificial intelligence (he is also a Platinum Level Member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association - ISACA).
Stephen was awarded the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors prestigious J.J. Morris Award for Distinguished Service in 2018. He lives on the beautiful northeast coast of England, five minutes from the beach, with his wife and two retired racing greyhounds.