Denis Lefort, CPA, expert-conseil en Gouvernance, audit et contrôle, vient de me faire parvenir l’édition 2013 de l’étude de Thompson/Reuters sur l’audit interne. On le sait, le domaine des contrôles internes et de l’audit interne prennent de plus en plus d’importance dans la gouvernance des sociétés.
Ce document sera donc très utile à tout administrateur soucieux de parfaire ses connaissances de l’état de la situation en 2013 dans le monde.
Bonne lecture. Vos commentaires sont les bienvenus. Voici le sommaire de l’étude.
Regulatory guidance and industry best practice expects internal audit to take a higher-level view of risks and controls in a firm.
Process assurance and monitoring activities remain key areas of focus for internal audit functions.
Focus on corporate governance is down from last year.
Immature risk management processes in firms and insufficient input by internal audit functions.
Weaknesses in risk reporting to the board.
Insufficient communication with other risk and control functions.
Challenge to audit committees to reassess the activities of internal audit.
Thomson Reuters Accelus surveyed more than 1,100 internal audit practitioners worldwide in February and March 2013 to canvass their views on the state of internal audit and their greatest challenges for the year ahead.
The responses received covered 76 countries including Europe, the Americas, Australasia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The respondents represented firms from a wide set of industries including financial services, manufacturing, government, education, life sciences, energy and other highly-regulated industries. Feedback came from internal audit departments of all sizes, ranging from fewer than five auditors to global conglomerates exceeding 100 auditors.
Oracle Audit (Photo credit: Fenng(dbanotes))
The world of internal audit is diverse and challenging. The global financial crisis has sparked a reassessment of the internal audit function’s role in financial services in particular, but the deepening crisis has impacted all industries. The focus from policymakers and regulators alike has been on culture, corporate governance and risk management, together with a growing acknowledgement of the need for a strong, well-resourced independent audit function operating — and in particular reporting— in close coordination with other risk and compliance functions.
Expectations have changed and continue to change. On the one hand chief executives, boards, and audit and risk committees all have increased expectations of the depth and quality of the work which needs to be performed by internal audit functions, while on the other regulators and policy makers are placing more reliance on internal audit functions not only to ensure “fair play” in organizations but also to undertake their business at board level and to become actively involved with high-level strategic risk and corporate governance issues.
The Thomson Reuters Accelus Internal Audit Survey 2013 analyses the replies from respondents and highlights the specific challenges and priorities that the current fog of information has presented the industry. There are lessons to be learnt: When compared with the detailed yardstick of the policies and guidance published, the results present a challenging picture, and one that requires action at all levels. From the audit committee’s oversight role to the detailed testing behind audit findings, internal audit functions — many of which need to be able to accomplish more with fewer resources — are urged to review what they do and reprioritize to gain maximum effectiveness.
« We do want to see the internal audit profession taken seriously within the institutions that we regulate. We want it to have an appropriate profile and thereby bolster the standing of the professions, because it is important. »
(Andrew Bailey, deputy governor for prudential regulation at the Bank of the England and chief executive officer of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority, in an interview which appeared in Audit and Risk Magazine, May 2012).
Vous trouverez, ci-joint, la plus récente prise de position de l’Institut de l’audit interne publiée en janvier 2013 et partagée par Sean Lyons de Corporate Defense Management (CDM) et par DenisLefort, CPA, CIA, CRMA et Expert-conseil Gouvernance, Audit, Contrôle. Selon ce dernier, cette prise de position de l’IAI décrit bien les rôles et responsabilités des intervenants au niveau des trois lignes de défense tout en insistant sur l’importance d’une coordination efficace et efficiente entre les trois lignes concernées de même que sur l’importance pour la direction et le comité de vérification de clarifier leurs attentes quant à ces trois groupes. Veuillez lire ce document pour plus d’informations concernant chaque volet.
The Risk Management Framework (NIST Special Publication 800-37). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
« Senior management and governing bodies collectively have responsibility and accountability for setting the organization’s objectives, defining strategies to achieve those objectives, and establishing governance structures and processes to best manage the risks in accomplishing those objectives.The Three Layers of Defense Model outlined in the paper is designed for organizations of any size and any level of complexity. It can also benefit organizations that do not yet have a formal risk management framework or system in place, as it provides a straightforward approach to coordinating duties to cover gaps and avoid duplication of effort related to risk management initiatives. The Three Lines of Defense model is best implemented with the active support and guidance of the organization’s governing body and senior management ».
1 – THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE: OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT
2 – THE SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE: RISK MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE FUNCTIONS
3 – THE THIRD LINE OF DEFENSE: INTERNAL AUDIT
Veuillez lire ce document pour plus d’informations sur chaque ligne de défense.
L’audit interne prend de plus en plus d’importance au sein des organisations. Le Journal of Accountancy vient depublier les résultats d’une enquête portant sur l’évolution de la profession d’auditeur interne. Ce survey semi-annuel est mené par l’Institut des auditeurs internes (IIA ) auprès de 545 chefs de l’audit interne nord-américains. Cet article a été porté à mon attention par Denis Lefort, Expert-conseil | Gouvernance, Audit, Contrôle.
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Dominique Pannier, Director of Internal Audit of the OECD (Photo credit: OECD)
« Companies are devoting more money and staff to internal audit. Half of companies are maintaining their internal audit budget, and 41% plan to increase their spending, according to The Pulse of the Profession, a twice-annual survey of North American audit executives by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). That’s the highest percentage of projected increases since the survey began in 2008. Also, the number of companies projected to shrink the internal audit budget (9%) is at a low point, beating the previous low of 14% from four years ago. Twenty-four percent of companies plan to increase staffing in the internal audit department, 71% plan to maintain staffing, and 5% plan to decrease staffing.
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