Prospects for the Development of the Internal Audit Service at the Enterprise

Abstract

The article discusses the prospects for the development of the internal audit service at the enterprise. The need for internal audit is due to the increasing scale of enterprises and the inability of the accounting system to provide the information, which is necessary for timely management decisions. If the company wants to know about the state of affairs, identifies the strengths and weaknesses of its activities and prevent possible risks, it appeals to internal audit. Despite the level of professionalism of management, imperfection and variability of the national tax system makes the issue of control over the activities of the enterprise relevant. Most inspections and audits carried out by external control entities only confirm the fact of violation. What cannot be said about the internal audit service, which helps to prevent negative phenomena, works ahead and eliminates the possible cause of the offense. Given the volume of offenses and abuses identified by supervisory authorities, the introduction of an internal audit becomes a necessity. After all, fraud not only causes financial damage to the company, but also negatively affects their reputation and relationships with business partners, which in the future will lead to even greater losses. Having an internal audit service is a signal to potential investors and lenders of good corporate management and generally makes good impression of the company. In addition, the existence of such a service allows the company to enter international capital markets, operate well, preserve assets and survive the crisis. You can organize an internal audit by creating a separate division of the enterprise, outsourcing or co-sourcing. The advantages and disadvantages of each of the methods are discussed in more detail in the article. At the current stage, we see an ambiguous attitude to internal audit among businesses. This is due to managers' lack of understanding of its capabilities and the need to do business. However, internal audit can be an effective source of information for managers at all levels and will give business owners an assessment of the real state of affairs to make effective and appropriate management decisions.