Rising from the Mailroom to the Boardroom

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Rising Above the Norm

Governance, risk, compliance, and assurance are multi-faceted activities requiring a helicopter perspective … looking across the whole organization. Senior management strives to achieve internal alignment and external focus, and these professionals need to do likewise. This chapter explores the challenges of gaining assurance for highly complex activities, some of which are in overseas markets, and others are continuing to evolve … and it also showcases how internal audit saved an organization tens of millions of dollars through timely audit work prior to a significant market crash, and poses a common dilemma for high-achieving auditors – when business and/or audit leaders are on a different page to me, what should ...