Co-sourcing Internal Audit Overview
For entities of all sizes, hiring and motivating specialized resources in-house is nearly impossible. That's why it makes sense to partner with a firm like Sunera to provide specialties such as technology auditors or fraud examiners. At Sunera, we can provide you with access to specialists at rates that are competitive with in-house resources.
Sunera’s internal audit co-sourcing solutions enable organizations to determine how best to fit not only their project needs, but also their budgets. Carrying underutilized Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) in terms of salary and benefits for an entire year can be very costly for not only an Internal Audit Department but an organization as whole.
Internal Audit Co-sourcing Service Levels
- Staff Support: Using Sunera’s internal audit professionals to meet your staffing requirements during the peaks of the audit cycle can also help cut operating costs during off-peak periods.
- Specialist Support: Sunera’s certified specialty resources and industry experts afford companies the opportunity to get the project expertise when they need it.
- Turnkey Audit: Sunera resources can also execute the entire project including planning, execution, and delivery of the final report.
| Staff Support | Specialist Support | Turnkey Audit |
| Work at your direction | Transfer business risk knowledge |
Perform planning |
| Supplement audit staff | Help develop audit risk approach |
Execute audit procedures |
| Provide industry & subject matter knowledge |
Lead audit effort | Prepare final report |
Internal Audit Co-sourcing Services
Our specialized Internal Audit Co-sourcing Services include:
- Enterprise risk assessments
- Fraud risk assessments
- Operational & business process audits (e.g., supply chain audits, executive compensation audits, advertising audits)
- Store/branch audits
- Contract compliance audits (e.g., service level agreement audits, post construction audits)
- Forensic audits
- Regulatory compliance audits (e.g., HIPAA, GLBA, privacy, PCI)
- Data analysis & computerized testing (e.g., ACL, MS Access, 3rd party reporting tools)
- Training (e.g., ACL, controls testing, IT auditing)
