Designing and Writing Message-Based Audit Reports

This handbook is a must for improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and professionalism of the department. There is no question about it small audit shops are uniquely challenged. Thin resources, tight budgets, and the scope of modern-day internal audit activities make delivery of such services more than difficult at times.Strategies for Small Audit Shops will help you: Tailor the general audit principles of best practices to fit the needs of small audit shops. Implement a strong mission statement that encompasses responsibilities and scope of services. Improve performance and proficiency. Understand the importance of risk assessment in audit planning. Utilize an effective risk management strategy to optimize resources. Maximize the benefits of co-sourcing. Recognize the advantages of being small.

Sally F. Cutler is the president of Word-Wrights Incorporated. Founded in 1981, Word-Wrights teaches people to write better worldwide through custom-designed seminars in technical and business writing.

Sally has been working with auditors for over 10 years and is an associate member of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). She consults on the design of internal-audit reports, assists audit management in developing effective and efficient reporting processes, and teaches auditors to write better, conducting customized seminars globally for internal audit functions large and small. She is also on the Program Faculty of Syracuse University's Bachelor of Liberal Studies Independent Study Degree Program, where she teaches business writing.

Sally holds a bachelor's degree in English with English Honors from the State University of New York, the University at Albany, and a master's degree in creative writing from Syracuse University, where she studied with poets W.D. Nodgrass and Philip Booth.

Sally is the instructional designer and author of three IIA seminars: Audit Report Writing, Consulting, and Auditing Through Analytics.