1. Impact of Shared Services on Internal Audit Deryck Fuller, Mike Cappetta, Melissa Paulson October 24, 2013

2. Agenda Our Audit Universe Risk Assessment Process Case Studies Benefits of Shared Services Keys to success

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5. Risk Assessment Process Company Wide Risk Assessment Business Process Risk Assessment

6. Risk Assessment Process How often do you perform risk assessments? How do you gain comfort with controls over financial reporting by testing a single process? How do you determine business units to test in a shared services environment? How do you determine sample selections in a shared services environment?

7. Key Questions for Shared Service Audits Does my audit universe need to be redefined? How can I better define my audits in the new environment? How should I reassess my audit strategy on an ongoing basis? Do the controls now reside at the SSC or are they still in the business units? How much coverage can I get as a result of auditing at the center? Do I need to audit only at the SSC? How does an SSC affect sample size and sample selection when one moves from a decentralized environment to a shared environment? Are the processes and templates used across the SSC consistent? Do work-arounds proliferate? Can I use automation in the audit process more effectively now that I am auditing in an SSC environment? Source : PWC

8. Business Process Audits (Case Studies) Accounts Payable Revenue Accounting General Accounting

9. Accounts Payable Do the controls now reside at the SSC or are they still in the business units? Do I need to audit only at the SSC? How much coverage can I get as a result of auditing at the center? Are the processes and templates used across the SSC consistent? Does this impact sample size?

10. Revenue Accounting Do the controls now reside at the SSC or are they still in the business units? How much coverage can I get as a result of auditing at the center?

11. General Accounting How much coverage can I get as a result of auditing at the center? Are the processes and templates used across the SSC consistent?

12. Benefit of Shared Services

13. Keys to success Understand new technologies implemented Add value by identifying process improvements Early involvement –Steering committee –Milestone reviews Reassess audit strategy on an ongoing basis Don’t fall into the SALY trap

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