Internal / Operational audit

Strengthen your audit function with experienced audit professionals

A strong Internal Audit Function helps organizations perform better and identify risks in a timely manner. Yet for many organizations it is a challenge to have sufficient capacity or specific expertise in-house. ARC People has been supporting audit departments in performing internal / operational audits and further developing their audit function for many years.

Of course, the audit object can vary in an Internal Audit. A process, an organizational unit, a project, or even a chain. Increasingly, operational audits today are taking on a customized character. It then revolves around an audit question that has never been answered before, usually of a thematic nature.

In such a case, you can expect ARC People to be able to translate that customized question into a concrete approach that fits the question. Also,the attention of internal auditors is (rightly) shiftingmore and more to IT objects and risks. This is why ARC People also has several experienced IT audit specialists on its team.

Our auditors flexibly join your existing team or work independently on agreed upon assignments. This keeps your audit plan feasible and allows you to maintain the desired quality and direction.

Years of experience in the audit field

ARC People once started under the name AuditPeople. Both founders have a background as Internal Auditors. Board positions were held by us at the professional association, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). For several years, ARC People has been a proud partner of that professional association.

We are also accredited by them to conduct quality reviews of audit functions. We publish white papers, organize knowledge sessions and distribute the latest news to our relations. Are you curious how the field has developed over the years, thanks in part to (employees of) ARC People? Read more here.

Situations when audit support is needed

Every organization has times when additional audit capacity or specific knowledge is needed. For example:

• There are more audits on the annual plan than your team can handle.
• You want an independent perspective on a critical process.
• The audit function is under construction or transition.
• You are looking for replacement for a temporary outage or peak load.
• You want your audit function reviewed or ready for review.

You can engage ARC People in a variety of ways, with the structure you ideally envision: interim, co-sourcing, or outsourcing. Thanks to our scale (over sixty GRC professionals), we can quickly switch between roles, sectors and specializations. In doing so, we keep communication lines short and results concrete.