Internal Audit Services

Internal audits are an important tool in bringing an objective, systematic and disciplined approach to assess and improve the effectiveness of control, risk management and governance within an organisation.

An internal audit can address a wide range of operational procedures that are critical to your organisation’s success – whether this is in financial management, human resources, information technology, trading operations, compliance with legal regulations or fundraising.

Internal audits focus on different issues depending on the organisation’s needs – which are likely to change significantly over time. By using internal auditors with experience of organisations like your own, you will benefit from their accumulated knowledge of the common areas requiring review and from their investment in systems and procedures to do this efficiently.

haysmacintyre has assisted a number of organisations with their internal audits and has advised on numerous specific topics:

• Risk
• Financial systems and controls
• Regulatory compliance
• Management reporting
• Governance
• Taxation
• Employment 
• Property
• Fundraising
• Information technology

As a result of being one of the leading advisers to the not for profit sector, haysmacintyre has an enormous wealth of external and internal audit expertise which it has used to develop a series of specialist reports that can be quickly and easily tailored to the particular needs of each client – whether they are large or small, experienced or new to the internal auditing process.

These reports are structured in such a way as to highlight significant findings and recommendations with easy access to the more detailed information. This saves valuable time and provides clear guidance for Trustees and management on what needs to happen to improve the area under review.