Under the current conditions, with increasing competition between businesses, the need for efficient use of all kinds of resources needed for business activities and therefore the need to strengthen control of such use is increasing. Normally-performing control strengthens the capacity to better serve customer needs, making it compatible with the efficient use of capital and resources, as well as ensuring a steady increase in revenue over a certain period of time, regardless of the expansion of the enterprise's capacity. This means that business control, as an integral part of management, needs to be improved to meet all ongoing tasks.
Internal audit, as an independent, objective, reliable and advisory activity, designed to add value and improve the activities of the organization and leads to a general improvement in management. The audit guarantees investors and shareholders that the company is managed in accordance with the principles of sound financial management - efficiency and cost effectiveness. And that the funds will be spent as intended.
Internal audit can also bring other indirect benefits to business - it leads to improved interaction between departments and employees. The internal auditor can tell where there is a duplication of functions or "white fields" in a company, and where there are conditions for corruption.When the auditor identifies such areas with a potential risk of corruption, he places red flags.On the basis of a field study of corporate governance, which showed that in companies where the internal audit function was not developed, up to 6% of turnover is assigned to their employees, either intentionally or not, but the fact is that these funds are lost to the company.