Report on internal audits
Overview
This standard is about reporting on internal audits to meet compliance with internal or external requirements. It includes responsibility for undertaking internal audits, collating and presenting information regarding audit outcomes. This will include reporting to stakeholders and maintaining confidentiality and security of information.
This standard is for those with responsibility for managing processes, including auditing, in a logistics environment.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
identify and collate the information required for the internal audit report
undertake internal audits, in accordance with organisational requirements
- present information to the relevant colleagues and stakeholders regarding internal audit outcomes
- produce the internal audit report and submit it to the relevant colleagues and stakeholders, within the agreed timeline
- confirm that supporting material for the internal audit report is made available to those who request it
- present the internal audit report in a format that is consistent with organisational requirements
- confirm that the internal audit report and supporting material is kept secure and retained, in accordance with the relevant organisational and regulatory requirements
- identify, organise and prioritise issues arising from internal audits for investigation
- investigate and resolve internal audit issues
- make recommendations from the internal audit that are designed to lead to improvements
- identify and present findings and recommendations to gain agreements from colleagues and stakeholders
- agree responsibilities and timescales for implementing internal audit recommendations or findings
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
why, when and by whom internal audit reports are required
the types of information required for the internal audit reports
- how to undertake an internal audit, in accordance with organisational requirements
- the timescales and deadlines for presenting internal audit reports
- why and how to present the internal audit reports in a format consistent with organisational requirements
- the importance of storing the internal audit reports and the supporting information securely
- how to investigate issues arising from internal audits and resolve them within the agreed timescales
- how to structure and summarise data in order to highlight key points
- how to write and structure internal audit reports and make conclusions using audit data
- how to make recommendations from the internal audit that are designed to produce improvements
- how to present findings and recommendations, including contentious information, for colleagues **and stakeholders
- how to agree plans, responsibilities, timescales and deadlines for completing improvement actions
- why it is important to identify responsibilities and timescales for the completion of improvement actions
Scope/range
Scope Performance
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Glossary
Colleagues: **permanent, temporary, agency staff, external