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Session 2: Combined Assurance Mapping. Presented by: Wayne Gorrie KPMG. INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES. Combined assurance Mapping. October 2010. ADVISORY. Outline. Combined assurance mapping Assurance providers Coordination of assurance coverage Five stage process
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Session 2: CombinedAssurance Mapping Presented by: • Wayne Gorrie KPMG
INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES Combined assurance Mapping October 2010 ADVISORY
Outline • Combined assurance mapping • Assurance providers • Coordination of assurance coverage • Five stage process • Assessment of assurance coverage
Drivers • Focus on • Directors/Boards • Confidence in the assurance provided over key organisational risks • Informed in simple yet effective manner on effectiveness of the assurance provider MANAGE RISKS: Sound risk governance based on the three lines of defense model, puts Risk as part of the daily conversation and views Risk from an enterprise-wide perspective.
Combined assurance mapping • Considers the extent of assurance over business processes and business risks • Assurance provided by management and other assurance providers including internal audit, external audit, and third parties • A systematic way of allocating internal audit and other assurance effort • Identification of gaps and duplication of resources within a combined assurance framework
Assurance providers Internal Audit Third Parties Management External Audit The focus and extent are largely discretionary; leading practice internal audit facilitates all aspects of assurance Specialist input, eg Health & Safety The primary source of assurance and the first line of defence Largely driven by legislation but part of the approach is variable
Coordination of assurance coverage The Problem Unless the coverage of the four providers of assurance is coordinated there may be gaps or duplication Combined assurance mapping Combined ssurance mapping enables a systematic approach to assurance that is readily visible to the Board and Management
Five stage process 1. Plot processes 4. Assess assurance coverage 2. Overlay risks 3. Ascertain assurance types 5. Actions
Five stage process Operations BU 1 BU 2 Corporate Financial IT Stakeholder Relations Value alignment Organisation effectiveness 1. PLOT PROCESSES • Involves determining all processes and sub-process (financial and non-financial) at all locations. • This can be summarised at a high level as follows:
Five stage process 2. OVERLAY RISKS BU 1 BU 2 Corporate N/A Operations Financial IT N/A N/A Stakeholder Relations Value alignment Organisation effectiveness Key Low risk Extreme risk Medium risk High risk • Involves drilling down from the risk profile the strategic and operating risks to the sub-processes which are impacted by those risks
Five stage process 3. ASCERTAIN ASSURANCE TYPES BU 1 BU 2 Corporate N/A M, 3 M, 3 Operations M, I, E M, I, E M, I Financial M, I M M IT M N/A N/A Stakeholder Relations M M, I M Value alignment M, E M, I, 3 M, 3 Organisation effectiveness Key M I E Internal audit External audit Management 3 Third party • Involves a high level look at sub-processes to ascertain who provides assurance, if any
Five stage process 4. ASSESS ASSURANCE COVERAGE BU 1 BU 2 Corporate Operations N/A M, 3 M, 3 Financial M, I, E M, I, E M, I IT M, I M M Stakeholder Relations M N/A N/A Value alignment M M, I M Organisation effectiveness M, E M, I, 3 M, 3 Key Low coverage Medium coverage High coverage • Involves assessing the extent of the assurance coverage of each sub-process:
Five stage process 5. ACTIONS • Involves interpreting results and taking action. • Potential results include: • This may represent an assurance gap over a particular high risk process so actions could include: • Refocus of internal audit work • Specific management sign-offs in the certification process M • This may represent duplication of resources so actions could include: • Refocus of internal audit work • Reducing management involvement M, I, E • This may represent undue reliance by management on third parties so actions could include: • Increasing management involvement • Formalising third party assurance framework 3
Assurance coverage 5. ACTIONS Coverage Description Low All aspects of the table are Low Medium All aspects of the table are neither Low nor High High All aspects of the table are High
Consideration of coverage 5. ACTIONS %'s relate to the total number of processes 25% 52% 23% Assurance High 20% tolerance ? Medium 50% Assurance Level ? Low 20% ? None 10% Low Medium High Risk Level Actions: Immediate - assurance levels in all red boxes to be raised ? Consider - do assurance levels in orange boxes need to be raised Resourcing - why is there high assurance over some low risk processes
Wayne Gorrie Senior Manager KPMG +61 7 3233 9381 wgorrie@kpmg.au www.kpmg.au