Larry Hubbard offers quality assessment, training and consulting services to internal auditors. Larry performs full external Quality Assessments and validates the self-assessments of audit departments (SAIV) for compliance with the International Standards for Professional Practice of Internal Auditing. Larry also facilitates the self-assessment process for departments using the Internal Audit Capability Model (IA-CM) published by The IIA Research Foundation. Audit BeliefsBefore I come on-site, you should know some things about my audit views. These are at the core of all my work. I believe:- Management controls are things managers put in place to help activities work right.
- Setting objectives is one of the most basic management controls.
- Internal control frameworks, like COSO and CoCo, are mainly for auditors.
- There's no such thing as a "good audit finding".
- The best audit report is no audit report - as in, Everything Was OK!
- Everything internal auditors do should help reduce the need for after-the-fact auditing.
- Recommendations don't add value. Implementation does.
- Consulting is about improving process flow; auditing is about finding controls in process flow.
- People doing the work always know more than those reviewing their work.
- In the future, great auditors must be great facilitators.
I also believe training should be fun! - Participants learn more when it is fun.
- Fun makes everyone more creative.
- Having fun is good for auditors.
- Boring training is really boring!
Want to know why I believe these things? Contact me. Larry Hubbard |