Report Ownership
Though it is the final product of an internal audit, the owner of the report is the client. Instead of using traditional audit
reporting processes— which consist of findings, recommendations, management response, and final internal audit opinion
steps— schedule meetings with process owners first and then mid-management about the findings and action plan as auditors discover them. Determine an agreed management action, which means action is decided concurrently by both auditor and client. Solution-design meetings include management level in the reporting process, which facilitates report ownership and actions and also helps to simplify reporting. As a result, the C-level is able to see the big picture.