Hi fellow Covers....
I'm entering my 3rd year in this position and here I am considering our internal audit process again. The first year I was here (2005), we conducted our IAs as a team, the 3 of us (I'm the LA), and we were auditing one or more of our 15 processes every month. At the end of that year, my boss and I decided that a change was necessary. So, we developed the audit schedule and assigned each auditor 5 processes to audit for the next year (2006). The idea was that this would free up that precious commodity called "time", and at the same time build the auditors' confidence as they took on a more active roll in all phases of audit activities.....
Well, that's not exactly what happened. Suffice it to say that they perform much better when they're part of a team.
Ok, so now we're working on this year's audit schedule, and returning to working in teams. We have a new auditor who will be training with us, so we can work in teams of 2. We'll have to wait and see how this plan works...
Anyhow, I was just curious to find out how other companies handle their internal audits - do your auditors work in teams or alone? Would anyone like to share?
I'm entering my 3rd year in this position and here I am considering our internal audit process again. The first year I was here (2005), we conducted our IAs as a team, the 3 of us (I'm the LA), and we were auditing one or more of our 15 processes every month. At the end of that year, my boss and I decided that a change was necessary. So, we developed the audit schedule and assigned each auditor 5 processes to audit for the next year (2006). The idea was that this would free up that precious commodity called "time", and at the same time build the auditors' confidence as they took on a more active roll in all phases of audit activities.....
Well, that's not exactly what happened. Suffice it to say that they perform much better when they're part of a team.
Ok, so now we're working on this year's audit schedule, and returning to working in teams. We have a new auditor who will be training with us, so we can work in teams of 2. We'll have to wait and see how this plan works...
Anyhow, I was just curious to find out how other companies handle their internal audits - do your auditors work in teams or alone? Would anyone like to share?
