What needs to happen to prevent Internal Audit from dying?
May 2022 was Internal Audit Awareness Month: As it wraps up, I’d like to take this moment to talk about the future of auditing and the role of people in auditing. This article is intended as a suggestion for how we can use the Awareness Month May to discuss important issues and derive much-needed action […]
The corroborated indications –
or the story of the pink Maserati
Let me tell you a story: A few years ago, we prepared an audit review at a company with zap Audit. It worked – albeit with a solid case of fraud. A company car was purchased at list price and sold in several steps from company code to company code throughout the entire group, each […]
The DIIR Digital Days: Why we should all be Head of Error Management
A couple of weeks ago, I took part in the digital days of the German Institute of Internal Auditing (original: Deutsches Institute für Interne Revision – DIIR). An exciting congress where there were not only presentations on many current topics, but also the opportunity to exchange ideas with other participants despite the digital setting – […]
The new IIA Competency Framework: Can the auditor of the future benefit from it?
My name is Alexander Rühle and I have been the CEO of zapliance for 6 years now. But before I started zapliance together with partners, I worked as an auditor for many years – and just like it was for my colleagues, the topic of career planning was always on my mind. After all, if […]
Difficult people – and how auditors can best deal with them.
The following article is part of our blog article series “The Future of Auditing” The topic today: Auditors work with people from different departments every day. But when these people are difficult, then cooperation becomes difficult. In this article, you can find out how you can also succeed in finding the basis for good cooperation […]
How can auditors prepare for another potential tightening of corona measures?
My name is Alexander Rühle and I have been a passionate auditor since 2006 and have been the CEO at zapliance for 5 years by now. Just yesterday I had a very long conversation with a fellow auditor about the current situation the whole world is in right now and the influence of Corona on […]
Research on agility in auditing: Help Moritz and take his survey
Monday morning Alex forwarded me an email in which Moritz asked him to participate in a survey for his master dissertation. Today, four days later, we wrote a blog article and are supporting his work by asking you to participate in the survey. Now this could mean, you could give me a virtual pat on […]
How do auditors manage to maintain appropriate relationships with their colleagues from the specialist departments?
The following article is part of our blog series “The Future of Audit“ What is the reason for an in-depth confrontation with this topic you might ask? We at zapliance are a team of auditors, scientists and developers and we have noticed over the past few years, that the general conditions of auditing are changing […]
How does the auditor of the future manage to be open to new ideas?
The following article is part of our blog series “The Future of Audit“ What is the reason for an in-depth confrontation with this topic you might ask? We at zapliance are a team of auditors, scientists and developers and we have noticed over the past few years, that the general conditions of auditing are changing […]
First the infection rate drops, then tax: are you prepared?
On 12th June 2020, the German Federal Cabinet passed a short-term decision to reduce VAT as of 1st July 2020 as part of an economic stimulus package. What was intended as a well-intentioned aid measure to overcome the coronavirus crisis, quickly brought beads of sweat to the brow of many decision-makers. They had just come out of […]