Internal Audit Leadership: Elevating the Internal Audit Function to Accelerate Value

With an emphasis on value creation and leadership, this book will help organizations around the globe to build stronger internal audit functions, highlighting the latest risks including COVID-19 and the most cutting-edge tools to assess them.

As environmental risks grow in number and complexity, and organizational resources become more constrained, the need to maximize both efficiency and effectiveness in internal auditing (IA) has never been greater. International IA expert Patricia Kaim leverages nearly 30 years’ experience to offer real-world solutions to a range of IA issues, including how to:

• audit key major areas, such as organizational culture, diversity and inclusion, fraud, blockchain, and cyber risk
• design first-class continuous monitoring
• improve stakeholder management and add value to a range of auditing activities
• increase audit speed without compromising on quality
• develop high-performing IA teams with high agility, emotional intelligence, and morale

Auditors, audit executives, and quality assurance professionals in business and government will gain a new understanding of how to add value to their organizations, and a toolkit of best practices in IA design, management, analytics, and more.

Patricia Kaim, CIA, CFE, CAMS, CFRIS, and CCE. Patricia has over 26 years of experience in regulatory compliance, operational risk, information security and cyber, technology, digital banking, data management, cryptocurrencies, and business developments. Successfully drove change, managed complex projects regarding consumer banking, digital banking, and led the Internal Audit transformation for several organizations including data analytics and innovation. Patricia supervised large teams and complex projects over Digital Banking, Consumer and Branch Banking (over 5,000 branches), Asset Management, Capital Markets, including Third-Party Vendors, and SOX Compliance. Patricia has heavy experience working with examiners and regulators. Patricia has had exposure to diverse cultures and the great opportunity to work in LATAM, Mexico, United States and India.