The Audit Value Factor: Making Management's Head Turn

ISBN-13: 9781138198128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 168 str.

Daniel Samson

Opis

This book provides practitioners with strategies and tools for establishing and maintaining a successful, value-centric internal audit organization. It explores opportunities to gain management support through early wins; methods to systematically identify process improvement opportunities, cost savings and avoidance, and potential revenue recoveries; and tips on marketing and branding the audit organization for maximum impact. It introduces the Audit Value Factor, a concept to determine the estimated value of a given audit, as well as methods for calculating the return on recommendations made. It also outlines Six Sigma methods and techniques to ensure every engagement is value-added.

Spis treści

IntroductionFactor 1: Value PropositionsFactor 2: Customer RelationshipsFactor 3: TalentFactor 4: Risk ExpertiseFactor 5: Change Management and Process OptimizationFactor 6: Data AnalyticsIndex

O autorze

Dan Samson is Executive Director and CAE at SRI International, Menlo Park, California. Mr. Samson has responsibility for global audit, corporate policies administration, and Enterprise Risk Management. Prior to joining SRI in 2011, he worked as Senior Manager of Internal Audit and Six Sigma Black Belt at Raytheon Company. He has held numerous positions in the utility and financial service industries, and has served on not-for-profit boards in the San Francisco and greater Boston area. He is a frequent speaker on process improvement, data analytics, internal audit, fraud prevention, and risk management for the Institute of Internal Auditors and the MIS Training Institute. Mr. Samson serves on the Board of Governors for the San Francisco Chapter of the IIA and on the Professional Issues Committee for the Global Institute of Internal Auditors.Mr. Samson obtained his BA in Economics from the University of New Hampshire, Durham and his MS from Boston University. He also holds certificates as a Certified Internal Auditor and Six Sigma Expert / Black Belt.