Fractional Internal Audit Services
Our Fractional Internal Audit Services provide flexible, expert services and leadership tailored to your organization’s needs, delivering high-quality assurance, risk management, and compliance insights without the cost of a full-time team.
- Identify and prioritize all significant risks
- Evaluate control mitigation and compliance management strategies
- Recommend internal control improvements
Startups and certain other entities may not have an immediate need or regulatory requirement for an internal audit function. As the entity grows, they may have that need, but not the budget for a fully functioning internal team. Our team can provide the services needed to meet regulatory requirements and provide thorough risk management and audit services, but at fractions of the typical cost via our proven risk prioritization methodology.
In a Fractional Internal Audit engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees across the organization to provide only the necessary services to meet internal needs and regulatory requirements, and will also provide on-going insight into additional risk areas to consider.
Artificial Intelligence
Our Artificial Intelligence (AI) audit services help you assess, validate, and govern AI processes/systems to ensure transparency, compliance, ethical use, and alignment with regulatory and organizational standards.
- Evaluate AI governance strategy
- Verify existing AI processes/controls are functioning properly
- Recommend AI management improvements
They have not taken over yet…yet. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a top-of-mind priority for Executive Management and Boards of Directors. AI possibilities are endless, as are the risks. A focus on good AI governance, identification of AI possibilities across the organization, and control of AI use against the organization with intent to harm, are key areas of consideration of any organization.
In an AI engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees across the organization to help identify these aspects of AI, help the organization optimize AI use, and defend against the risk of AI use against the organization.
Enterprise Risk Management
Our comprehensive ERM services enhance your organization’s resilience and decision-making, designed to identify, assess, and mitigate risks across all business functions.
- Facilitate enterprise-wide strategy alignment and risk / opportunity identification
- Verify existence of key processes/controls
- Prepare a risk management strategy
Risks are ever present, continually forming, and can bring your organization down quickly. Focusing on all risks is important, but today, every organization should have a solid grasp of the highest priority risks facing the organization. Equally important is understanding fruitful opportunities the organization is overlooking.
In an Enterprise Risk Management engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees across the organization to gain insight into strategic objectives, processes in place to meet those objectives, and the risks and opportunities impacting the long-term success of the organization.
Data Analytics
Our Data Analytics services transform raw data into actionable insights, empowering smarter decision-making, risk identification, and enhanced audit efficiency across your organization.
- Transform data for improved insight
- Facilitate stronger decision making
- Optimize risk assessment and improve audit efficiency / effectiveness
The 20th century started with little to no data availability, and ended with a strong focus on designing, managing, and securing data. Fast forward to the 21st century, all organizations rely heavily on data to run the organization. The side benefit is the availability of critical data that can be evaluated providing game-changing information to assist management with a strong path to on-going success.
In a Data Analytics engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees related to critical organizational data to gain insight into current challenges and opportunities where an informative data analysis solution could provide tremendous value.
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Our Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance services provide expert guidance and testing to ensure your organization meets SOX requirements with confidence, transparency, and operational efficiency.
- Assess financial reporting risks
- Evaluate effectiveness of key controls
- Improve compliance posture
Sarbanes-Oxley was put into effect in 2002 and has changed as time has passed. Initially, organizations were unsure what steps to take to ensure compliance, and business partners were not concerned with SOX requirements. The American business landscape has evolved to a library of resources for every aspect of SOX compliance, and business partners now have SOX fully embedded into their teams’ processes.
In a SOX Compliance engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees to effectively design a cost-effective SOX Compliance program, from scoping the project, to building on-going tools facilitating continual, cost-effective compliance strategies that reduce the burden on applicable stakeholders.
Internal Audit Quality Assurance Review (QAR)
Our Internal Audit Quality Assurance Review services deliver independent, objective assessments to either prepare for, or validate, conformance with IIA Standards, enhance audit effectiveness, and drive continuous improvement.
- Identify key internal audit processes in place
- Evaluate those processes for compliance with IIA standards
- Recommend improvements to strengthen compliance
Per The Institute of Internal Auditors International Professional Practices Framework® (IPPF®), Global Standard 8.4 External Quality Assessment, requires the Chief Audit Executive to plan for an external assessment at least once every five years by a qualified, independent assessor or assessment team.
In a QAR engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees, as applicable, to evaluate the effectiveness of the organization’s internal audit function.
Facilitated Self-Assessment
Our Facilitated Self-Assessment services engage your team in structured, collaborative evaluations to identify risks, assess controls, and strengthen organizational performance and accountability.
- Lead teams through organizational strategy assessments
- Facilitate internal control discussions that span the organization
- Achieve organizational alignment and outline an operational improvement plan
We all agree that communication is key, but often organizations are too busy to truly have effective communication regarding key issues. Self-Assessment audit techniques began to infiltrate the audit profession in the 1990’s. This approach can take varying forms, but the most common and most effective is facilitated self-assessment. This tool provides an opportunity for management to evaluate concerns of any part of the organization; operations, human resources, information technology, etc. The scope is truly unlimited and can involve entry-level employees from across the organization, along with separate management meetings, or can involve employees just from one department or function. You pick the concern, and we will find the root cause.
In a Facilitated Self-Assessment engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees to bring the teams together in strategically planned, facilitated meetings with anonymous voting to get to the root cause of your organization’s most significant concerns.
Internal Audit Training
Our Internal Audit Training programs equip your audit team with practical skills, industry best practices, and up-to-date knowledge to enhance performance, compliance, and value delivery.
- Identify improvement opportunities within the team
- Deliver efficient / effective training in key areas
- Evaluate internal training techniques to implement
From learning what an auditor does day-to-day, to how to effectively communicate audit plans and results to Boards of Directors, we provide tailored audit training to fit your organization’s needs.
In an Internal Audit Training engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees, as applicable, to find the needed improvements within your team, and address specific topics of concern that will help ensure you maintain a world-class internal audit function.
Fraud Assurance and Investigation
Our Fraud Awareness and Investigation services inform your organization about fraud risks and reporting obligations while helping detect, prevent, and investigate fraud through proactive assessments, forensic analysis, and expert guidance to safeguard your assets and integrity.
- Educate your organization on fraud red flags / pitfalls, and protocols to follow
- Perform fraud risk assessments, and identify fraud prevention / detection control improvements
- Investigate and resolve fraud assumptions / allegations
Organizations can expect to lose 5% of value on average per year through fraud. Many organizations simply do not have the internal skillset to fully prevent or detect instances of fraud. Fraud risk assessments are performed to evaluate effectiveness of mitigating fraud risks. In instances of actual or perceived fraud, an investigation is performed internally, and Executive Management and/or the Board of Directors provide direction regarding resolution of any fraud matter, including coordinating with applicable law enforcement agencies if deemed necessary.
In a Fraud Investigation engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees to evaluate controls in place to help prevent and detect fraud, as well as perform investigations of potential fraud matters and working with law enforcement as applicable.
Operational Audit
Our Operational Audit services provide an assessment of your business processes at any level for efficiency and effectiveness, as well as risk management to identify improvement opportunities and enhance performance in specific auditable areas.
- Document processes, risks and controls for a specific operational or administrative unit
- Evaluate design and operational effectiveness of key controls
- Recommend control improvements
Internal audit is a process designed to understand operations of any function, evaluate the related risks, internal controls designed to mitigate those risks, and suggest improvements to the internal control environment. Equally important is the evaluation of process efficiency. New organizations often have management and employees wearing multiple hats, and process efficiency is left for evaluation as time permits. Some inefficiencies are never addressed. Mature organizations often grow quickly, leaving some functions mis-managed with check-the-box efforts. Efficiencies become wrought in those functions and need identification and redirection.
In an Operational Audit engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees across the organization to gain insight into strategic objectives, processes in place to meet those objectives, the risks and inefficiencies impacting the long-term success of the function, and internal controls designed to mitigate the risks.
Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Planning
Our Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning services ensure your organization can respond effectively and efficiently to business interruptions, as well as recover and maintain critical operations timely.
- Identify and prioritize people, assets, processes and technology across the organization
- Assess effectiveness of processes / controls in place to mitigate business interruption risks
- Ensure necessary improvements are implemented timely
Organizations of all sizes start somewhere, take on capital risks, and grow the entity and/or ensure it fulfills its purpose, among many other challenges. Often, Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery (BC / DR) is the last thing on anyone’s mind until a significant business interruption occurs, and hopefully the organization is prepared. Lack of preparedness results in significant business loss, if not bankruptcy or complete dissolution.
In a BC / DR engagement, we build trusting relationships with all levels of management and employees to identify key requirements to ensure minimal, if any, disruption in the event of a significant business interruption.
Subscription Audit Plan/Program Reviews
Our Subscription Audit Plan and Program Review services provide ongoing assessments of the annual audit plan and individual audit programs, designed to optimize audit coverage, enhance risk management, and ensure continuous compliance and operational excellence.
- Evaluate the organization’s governance / risk / control posture
- Provide a cost-effective platform to evaluate audit plans and individual audit programs for efficiency / effectiveness
- Provide audit management timely improvement insights
A properly executed risk assessment is key to building an effective audit plan, and each individual audit program. The volume of risks entities face today makes it challenging to accomplish this goal.
In a Subscription Audit Plan/Program Review engagement, we work with your audit team and others throughout the organization as needed to help ensure a full-scale audit plan, as well as individual audit programs, is considered based on current trending, and historical, risks. This provides Executive Management and the Board of Directors comfort with an independent subject matter expert’s input.
Public Sector Audit Solutions
Our Public Sector Audit Solutions help government entities strengthen accountability, improve operational efficiency, and safeguard public resources through independent evaluation of risks, controls, and program performance.
- Document processes, risks and controls for a specific operational or administrative unit
- Evaluate design and operational effectiveness of key controls
- Recommend control improvements
Similar to both large and small businesses, government entities are vulnerable to losses in appropriated dollars; losses that erode public trust and diminish the resources available for vital programs and services. In fiscal year 2023 alone, the federal government reported an estimated $236 billion in improper payments, including overpayments to vendors and medical providers, inaccurate recordkeeping, and suspected or proven fraud. With minimal oversight, these issues often go undetected and rarely undergo full investigation to determine root causes or to implement necessary corrective actions.
Internal audits in the public sector play a critical role in addressing these challenges. They are designed to understand how programs and services operate, assess the risks that threaten mission success, and evaluate whether internal controls effectively mitigate those risks. Equally important is the evaluation of process efficiency, especially in public agencies that frequently face staffing constraints, increased service demands, or new legislative requirements. These pressures can result in outdated, undocumented, or inefficient workflows that persist without periodic review, ultimately affecting service delivery, compliance, and public confidence.
In a Public Sector Audit engagement, we partner with government administrators to identify the root causes, underlying operational issues, and systemic factors contributing to losses or inefficiencies, and recommend cost-effective solutions for timely and meaningful resolution. We help to make your operations a priority and deliver high-quality services.
Non-Profit Audit Solution
Our Non-Profit Audit Solutions help mission-driven organizations enhance transparency, strengthen financial and operational stewardship, and ensure donor and grant funds are used effectively through independent evaluation of risks, controls, and program operations.
- Document processes, risks, and controls for a specific programmatic, financial, or administrative function
- Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of key internal controls
- Recommend practical control and process improvements to support accountability and mission success
Similar to both large and small businesses, non-profit organizations are vulnerable to financial losses, inefficiencies, and mismanagement of donor or grant-funded resources. These issues can erode stakeholder trust and limit the organization’s ability to deliver on its mission. Non-profits often face risks such as inaccurate recordkeeping, grant compliance errors, misallocated expenses, weak segregation of duties, and even suspected or proven fraud. With limited oversight or resource constraints, these issues may go undetected and are not always fully examined to identify root causes or implement necessary corrective actions.
Internal audits play a vital role in helping non-profit entities address these challenges. They are designed to evaluate how programs, operations, and financial processes function; assess risks that may hinder mission achievement; and determine whether internal controls effectively safeguard assets and support compliance requirements. Equally important is the assessment of operational efficiency, particularly in non-profits that often operate with lean staffing, high workloads, or rapidly expanding program needs. These conditions can result in outdated, undocumented, or inefficient workflows that persist without periodic review, ultimately affecting service delivery, financial sustainability, and donor confidence.
In a Non-Profit Audit engagement, we partner with executives, program leaders, and board members to identify root causes, underlying operational issues, and systemic factors contributing to financial loss, compliance gaps, or inefficiencies. We then recommend practical, cost-effective solutions that support stronger controls, improved oversight, and more efficient operations. Our goal is to help your organization protect its resources, strengthen accountability, and maximize impact in serving its mission.
Cybersecurity Audit Services
Our comprehensive cybersecurity audit services are designed to help organizations uncover vulnerabilities, validate security controls, and meet regulatory or industry compliance requirements. Whether you are preparing for a third-party assessment, fulfilling a customer request, or simply enhancing your security posture, our team brings deep expertise and a practical approach to every engagement.
Our Cybersecurity Audit Capabilities
- Security Posture Assessments
We evaluate your organization’s current cybersecurity maturity across people, processes, and technologies.
- Assessment aligned with frameworks such as NIST, CIS, ISO 27001
- Maturity scoring and risk classification
- Executive-ready reporting with actionable next steps
- Cloud Security Audits
We perform targeted reviews of your cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP) to identify misconfigurations and risks.
- Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) audit
- Identity and access management (IAM) analysis
- Review of encryption, logging, monitoring, and alerting controls
- Technical Controls Review
We assess the effectiveness of your technical safeguards and provide detailed remediation guidance.
- Vulnerability scans and firewall reviews
- Endpoint protection and patch management audit
- Secure configuration and network segmentation checks
- Policy & Process Audits
We ensure your cybersecurity policies and procedures align with best practices and are operationally effective.
- Incident response and business continuity review
- Data classification, privacy, and retention assessments
- Access control, change management, and vendor risk governance
- Compliance Gap Analysis
We audit your environment against relevant regulatory requirements and applicable standards to assist you in planning for a specific compliance assessment.
- SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST 800-53, GDPR, CMMC readiness
- Audit documentation review and remediation roadmap
- Support for third-party assessments or client due diligence
Audit Software Implementation Support
Our Audit Software Implementation Support services provide expert guidance and hands-on assistance to help organizations select, configure, and optimize audit technology solutions—ensuring seamless integration, enhanced efficiency, and sustained value from your audit software investment.
- Evaluate technology needs and assess impact on existing processes
- Configure the new technology and facilitate necessary process changes
- Stabilize and re-assess implementation after go-live
Implementing audit software effectively is critical to realizing the full value of your technology investment and enhancing the efficiency of your audit processes. However, the variety of tools, system configurations, and organizational needs can make this a complex undertaking.
In an Audit Software Implementation Support engagement, we work collaboratively with your audit team and key stakeholders across the organization to ensure the software is properly configured, aligned with your audit methodology, and optimized for performance. This provides Executive Management and the Board of Directors confidence that your technology is implemented effectively, supported by independent subject matter expertise, and positioned to deliver long-term value.
