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How Does Opportunity Risk Apply to Financial Business Processes?
Opportunity risk occurs whenever there’s a possibility that a better opportunity may become available after having committed to an irreversible decision.We all ex...
How Important is Due Diligence to the M&A Process?
There are several key phases of the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process:Growth/Portfolio strategyDue diligenceIntegration planningIntegration executionProj...
Important Things You Need to Know When Traveling for Audits
Auditors often have the good fortune to go on audit assignments and client meetings throughout the U.S. and in many countries of the world. Some trips are spectac...
Measure Cost-of-Quality to Improve Product Quality
Total quality management requires commitment and persistence. Quality will always have a cost, but many companies are demonstrating that investments in quality al...
Intelligence Automation: How to Get Started
Discussions of robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) tend to follow separate tracks. This has been a function of t...
In The Spotlight: Your Accounts Payable Process
The accounts payable process is all about how a company pays its bills. For most companies, accounts payable begins with receiving an invoice and ends with i...
How to Conduct an Up-to-Date Information Security Audit
The point of the article, of course, was that people must focus their attention in the correct places when considering what would most influence their quality of ...
Audit Committee: How to Develop a Strong Self-Assessment Process
The audit committee of the board of directors helps the board fulfill its responsibilities to the company and its current and potential shareholders, the investme...
What You Need to Build Remarkable Partnerships With the IT Organization
The strength of the partnership between IT audit and the IT organization is a significant differentiator in the overall success of IT projects and IT au...
Is Your Financial Close and Reporting Process Too Manual?
Most organizations continue to invest a significant number of hours every month in a particular set of activities related to calculating, manipulating and validating critical financial reporting data us...