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November 4th, 2024
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Accounts Payable Transactional Review Report
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Financial Close Process Questionnaire
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Bank Loan Cycle: Control Objectives and Audit Work Program
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Bank Trust Cycle: Control Objectives and Audit Work Program
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ISO 9000 Certification Policy
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Apply For Protiviti's Audit Innovator Award
Don't miss this opportunity to be recognized for your hard work, dedication and efforts to progress the IA profession through the pursuit of innovation.
Ten Steps to Elevate the Annual Budgeting Process
Companies should consider these best practices in the annual budget process for the upcoming year. Source: blog.protiviti.com
Using the AI in Power BI to Do Root Cause Analyses
A step-by-step guide to how the advanced data analytics features in Power BI can solve business problems in minutes rather than hours. Source: blog.protiviti.com
Accounting Research Manager™
Weekly accounting update summaries are provided courtesy of Accounting Research Manager.
Continuous Auditing
Continuous auditing was a big trending search topic over the past week.
IT Program and Project Management Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
Measure the maturity of your organization’s IT program and project management processes and move it toward the optimized state with this capability maturity model.
Legal Spend Management Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
Measure the maturity of your organization’s legal spend management process and movie it toward the optimized state with this capability maturity model.
Taking Your Team to the Next Level With Delegation (KLplus CPE Course)
In this course, you'll explore levels of responsibility you can delegate to further team development. You'll also learn how to improve your delegation skills.
THIS WEEK'S TOP 5
Segregation of Duties Questionnaire
Leverage the segregation of duties questionnaires in this 14-sample tool to optimize your internal controls, identify and mitigate risks associated with conflicting responsibilities, and prevent potential fraud....
Entity-Level Controls: The Importance of Setting the Tone
This blog post explains the importance of entity-level controls and explores the COSO Framework.
Physical Inventory Count Memo
Organizations can use the physical inventory instructions in this sample memo to compare counted quantities to on-hand quantities in order to identify discrepancies.
Process Classification Scheme (PCS)
The Process Classification Scheme (PCS) is a framework used by Protiviti that can be utilized to organize information about a company according to relevant business and/or industry processes.
Internal Audit Feedback Questionnaire
This tool includes 10 sample questionnaires that can be used by internal audit functions to gather client feedback and measure client satisfaction.
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Announcing the Protiviti Audit Innovator Award
We encourage all internal audit teams within the United States to apply for the Audit Innovator Award. Share how your innovations are making a difference!