Internal Auditor:
1. Attending meetings with auditees to develop an understanding of business processes;
2. Travelling to different sites to meet relevant staff and obtain documents and information;
3. Researching and assessing how well risk management processes are working and recording the results using software such as Microsoft Word and Excel;
4. Providing ad hoc advice and guidance to managers and staff at all levels, sometimes by delivering courses and training sessions;
5. Performing risk assessments on key business activities and using this information to guide what to cover in audits;
6. Anticipating emerging issues through research and interviews and deciding how best to deal with them;
7. Providing support and guidance to management on how to handle new opportunities;
8. Agreeing recommendations with relevant staff members to make improvements to operations and helping to secure backing for them in meetings;
9. Preparing reports to highlight issues and problems and distributing the reports to the relevant people;
10. Assessing how well the business is complying to rules and regulations and informing management whether any issues need addressing;
11. Managing a variety of stakeholders and their expectations through regular communications.
