Internal audit works across organisations and is therefore in a privileged position to highlight (a) what should be the state of play, (b) what is actually the state of play, and (c) suggest what can be done to remediate issues or improve the way business activities are done.

When it comes to remediation or improvements, these usually take the form of recommendations contained in internal audit reports. Management then implements actions to address and close-out the audit recommendations.

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