Internal audit
Internal audit should be a valuable and thought-provoking experience. Each Uniac audit is crafted to suit the needs of the individual university. We simply don’t believe in off-the-shelf services.
Doing the right audits
- Our audit coverage is driven by a deep understanding of the risks, challenges and opportunities facing our members. Some of these will be highly unique to the individual institution. Others will be common to a group of universities, giving opportunities for benchmarking with other institutions
- Our programme of work is planned annually but constantly reviewed to ensure it remains up to date and appropriate. We encompass a wide range of financial and non-financial risks. Accordingly we employ a mix of qualified accountants and auditors and experienced staff from other disciplines
Doings audits right
- Our audits are creative, thoughtful and useful pieces of work. They provide robust assurance and offer pragmatic ideas for development
- Our staff really understand higher education. This makes a positive difference to our members, as we make better use of their time and offer realistic solutions to the challenges they face
- We invest time in talking to University staff, planning and researching, to make sure our attention is given to the right areas
- We are flexible in our approach, but focused on risk. We use computer audit techniques where appropriate, to maximise our coverage and efficiency
- We work closely with University staff throughout each assignment. Our staff are approachable and our methodology is open and transparent. This means there are no surprises at the end of an audit
- We take a team approach. This means that each member benefits from the combined best that Uniac can offer