SmartSuite for the Audit Director
The Audit Director oversees annual audit planning, resource allocation, methodology and programme execution across multiple engagements. They build risk-based plans tied to enterprise risk, monitor fieldwork and quality checkpoints, and oversee open findings to effective remediation.
What you own
- Build and maintain the risk-based audit plan and audit universe
- Allocate audit resources and manage capacity across engagements
- Maintain the audit methodology and quality checkpoints
- Monitor fieldwork progress and review cycles
- Oversee open findings, due dates and remediation effectiveness
- Provide leadership with continuous assurance dashboards
- Deputise for the Chief Audit Executive with committees
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Audit universe management
Defines and maintains all auditable entities with risk and control relationships.
Issue tracking & remediation
Tracks open findings, action owners, and resolution deadlines.
Continuous assurance
Provides leadership with dashboards highlighting audit progress and recurring issues.
How they use the Internal Audit Management suite
Risk-based planning
Builds dynamic audit plans tied to enterprise risk assessments.
Engagement management
Monitors fieldwork progress, review cycles, and quality checkpoints.
Issue tracking
Oversees open findings, due dates, and remediation effectiveness.
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How SmartSuite supports this role
Internal audit. Builds dynamic risk-based audit plans tied to enterprise risk assessments, with an audit universe that holds every auditable entity and its risk and control relationships.
Risk management. Draws on the enterprise risk register for planning so coverage follows risk.
Issues and actions. Tracks open findings, action owners and resolution deadlines with escalation.
Reporting. Provides leadership with dashboards highlighting audit progress and recurring issues.
Industry reference
The IIA's Global Internal Audit Standards (2024) require a risk-based plan, documented methodology, supervision and a quality programme; the director operates those on the chief audit executive's behalf. NYSE rule 303A.07 requires an internal audit function at listed companies.
Sector expectations raise the bar: the Basel Committee's guidance on internal audit in banks and the OCC's heightened standards expect full coverage of material risks on a cycle; GAO's Yellow Book governs government audit functions; the OIG's compliance guidance shapes audit coverage in healthcare; technology companies align audit plans with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 cycles.
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