Wed, Jul 26, 2023

Effective Tools for Optimizing Business Operations

Tools

The following tools were published on KnowledgeLeader this week:

Payroll Audit Work Program

The two sample work programs included in this document were designed to help you design a comprehensive and systematic approach to auditing your payroll processes. The steps included in these samples allow auditors to gather sufficient evidence to support their audit findings and recommendations.

Employee Expense Policy

The purpose of this policy is to document the process that the corporate accounts payable (AP) department will follow when processing employee expense reports. According to this policy, the company will provide employees and authorized nonemployees with travel and meeting accommodations consistent with business needs. 

Project Management Office Guide

This Project Management Office (PMO) Guide template contains three guides that provide a detailed examination of the following: benefits of a PMO, key elements of an effective PMO, basic PMO processes, PMO methodologies, skills of a successful project manager, key performance indicators (KPIs) for the PMO, and PMO best practices.

Enterprise Risk Management Guide: Identifying and Understanding Risks

Sourcing risk is the key to getting off the printed page of a risk assessment to impact how we manage and respond to risk. In this tool, we’ve included a guide that provides leading practices related to improving an organization’s enterprise risk management plan.

Publications 

KnowledgeLeader has also published several publications this week.

Internal Auditing Around the World: Volume 19

What does it mean for an internal audit function to be relevant? The new edition of Internal Auditing Around the World addresses how internal audit functions are increasing the relevance of their teams.

London Stock Exchange Auditor Changes: 2022

The top 10 auditor networks by LSE client count are the Big Four, Grant Thornton, BDO, RSM, Mazars, PKF and Crowe. Overall, there were a total of 90 engagements and 117 departures among these top 10 firms.  In this article, Audit Analytics examines the overall clients listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in 2022.

Digital Expert Cheemin Bo-Linn Offers Executive Playbook for Web 3 and the Metaverse

Cheemin Bo-Linn is a renowned business executive and entrepreneur, having served as CEO, Fortune 100 vice president, C-suite officer and board director over the course of her career.  In this interview, VISION by Protiviti Editor-in-Chief Joe Kornik sits down with Bo-Linn to discuss an executive road map for the metaverse. 

Recommended Resources 

This list of recommended resources from the web may be of interest to you. Click each link to learn more. 

  1. ​75% of C-Suite Leaders May Quit for a Job With Better Well-Being Support
  2. MOVEit Ransomware Attack Shows Sophistication of Cybercriminals
  3. ​​​Does Company Culture Stay the Same After an IPO?

 

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