The use of business analytics, and audit analytics in particular, can be beneficial across several industries, including internal audit. The difference between business data analytics and audit data analytics is that audit data analytics tend to focus on risks and controls of the organization or their underlying business, whereas business data analytics tend to be focused on wider areas. Audit departments, both external and internal, can really leverage these new techniques and look across the organization's data, identify those existing risks, or even predict new and emerging risks, and then help their organization to decisively mitigate those risks. Anya Drake, director at Protiviti, discusses the various skills, technologies and methodologies she sees across industries and their internal audit departments.
Work experience in financial reporting or auditing, or an introductory course in auditing.
Anya Drake, director at Protiviti.
Course Code : FMN1395-FM