028 - Don’t Hate Your Internal Auditors - Do This Instead

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this</span> <a href= "https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/compliancethatmakessense"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Compliance That Makes Sense</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">episode, we discuss internal auditors and why you shouldn't hate them. People sometimes perceive internal auditors as useless, time-wasting, police playing, and always inflating problems while not being an expert in any particular field but still telling everyone else what to do. When I worked at Amazon, they loved their internal auditors; they wanted them to come and give the team an outside perspective with the best interest of the team and Amazon in mind. So listen as I give both sides of the argument about internal auditors and why you shouldn't hate them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you enjoy this episode, please share it with friends, leave comments and reviews, and join the conversation. </span></p> <p><strong>Today's episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:34] Hello, my friends!</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:53] At Amazon, the internal auditors would come and give the team an outside perspective.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:07] When you audit a function, and you don't have experts on your team, you have someone from a different function join the audit.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:40] Internal audits always start with risk assessment.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[07:31] The idea of internal audits is to help the organization fix urgent things that need to be fixed for them to go forward.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[09:46] Listen, as Yana shares how she would like internal auditors to understand the risks involved by asking people.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[12:09] After you really understand the issues, you try to prioritize and develop an audit plan.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[