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PRE Quality Assurance/Peer Review

The purpose of a Pre-QAR is to help you showcase your
true capabilities that will result in an honest appraisal
of your audit activities.

"... Pre-QAR by Audit Services was a major contributing
factor to our 'one of the best internal audit organizations
we have seen' comment made to the Audit Committee
of the Board by the external QAR team..."


"The Pre QAR helped us to get a better understanding of the QAR process and what the reviewers would be focused on. It also pointed out some areas where we were following the Standards but did not have good documentation to support our processes so that a reviewer could easily reach a conclusion. As a result, we spent some time improving our documentation (job descriptions, charter, training records, staff profiles, etc.) before we brought the external review team in. The opinion of the external review was that we were in compliance will all of the Standards. They also praised the thoroughness of our documentation."


Consider having a preliminary QAR that focuses on identifying your strengths as well as areas for improvement.

Why not make sure that you have identified and can clearly demonstrate your "best practices?"

Why wait for the formal External QAR to identify the critical issues for your Internal Audit Department? Deficiencies, if any, should be identified and fixed now - that is your professional responsibility.

A top-view focused preliminary QAR could quickly evaluate and identify key issues, such as:

    Best Practices

    Compliance - Standards, Charter, etc.

    Risk Assessment Methodology

    Audit Plan - appropriateness; accomplishing

    Reporting - Audit Committee, Executive Management

    Audit Reports - format, breadth, depth, etc.

    Charter - appropriateness

    Audit Process - planning, fieldwork, etc.

    Training Program/Policies

    Staff Skill Sets

    Quality Assurance Program (developed in-house)

    Coordination with External Auditors

    Scope of Work

    Due Professional Care

    Etc.

Additional benefits which could result from a Pre – QAR:

    Identifying Training Needs

    Gathering, organizing and evaluating for completeness and appropriateness information that will eventually be required for the external QAR

    Assistance in developing a Request for Proposal for an external QAR

    Developing an in-house Quality Assurance and Improvement Program, including an effective audit file review process

Cost for a Pre QAR?
    $5,250, plus related expenses

    All future customized in-house seminars for your staff delivered on-site at the substantially reduced fee of $1000 per day, plus related expenses.

Need an evaluation of the information compiled for your external peer review? For $1,250 we will:

    Assist you in identifying the information needed for the external review, and

    Review the information/documentation for completeness.

Only need assistance in identifying the information needed for the external peer review? $175

Do a Self Assessment & have it validated by 3rd party:

    Big $avings!

    Contact Us for more information.

Additional services available in conjunction with your external peer review: