This meeting is to discuss the key areas the audit will cover, including potential risks and expected controls. You are invited to share your own thoughts and concerns. Key contacts, the audit sponsor and a start date for the audit will be confirmed.
The audit sponsor tends to be a director or executive director, and they are required to:
- approve the draft terms of reference - part of this approval is confirming an engagement agreement between the service and the Internal Audit team, and the risks, scope and nature of the review
- inform key staff associated with the processes under review about the nature of the review and what is required
- facilitate access to staff, records and systems
- provide feedback and agreement to the draft internal audit report so that it can be finalised
- assign action owners and target implementation dates to each of the agreed actions