Internal Audit Department
Annual Audit Cycle
6. Plan 1. Prior Risk
Approved Assessment
2. Conduct
Research
5. Draft Stakeholder (external
Audit Plan Input benchmarking,
best practices,
etc.)
4. Assess 3. Perform
Resources
(skill sets, Risk
budget, etc.) Assessment
Internal Audit Department
Project Phases
Planning Fieldwork Reporting Monitoring
• Announce audit • Execute audit • Draft report • Request update
to client program • Review draft on status of
• Hold meeting • Communicate report with corrective
with client status and client action plans
• Identify contacts observations • Obtain from client
• Understand regularly to responses and • Perform
process client corrective procedures to
• Discuss and action plans confirm status
• Identify potential
risks & controls agree on • Email draft to • Periodically
observations Cabinet provide a status
• Agree on audit
and corrective Member for of corrective
objectives
actions review action plans to
• Develop audit the Chancellor
program • Deliver final
report and the Board