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Internal auditor CV: example and template

This example is for internal auditors at companies, banks, insurers and public institutions, and for people moving into audit from accounting, controlling or external audit.

The head of audit wants to see which areas you audited, how many engagements you ran on your own and what changes were made thanks to your recommendations. We show you how to describe this.

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Example CV: internal auditor

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Ewelina Rutkowska

Senior internal auditor

Warsaw +48 123 456 789 ewelina.rutkowska@example.com

Professional profile

Internal auditor with 7 years of experience in an energy group, and in external audit before that. I run audit engagements in procurement, finance and IT and assess risks and the effectiveness of controls. Over 90% of my recommendations were implemented on the agreed date.

Work experience

Senior internal auditor

03.2021 - present

Energy group, Warsaw

  • Running about 8 audit engagements a year in procurement, finance and IT.
  • Assessing risks and control effectiveness, testing data from the ERP system.
  • Recommendations for the board, over 90% implemented on time.
  • Helping prepare the annual risk-based audit plan.
  • Coordinating the work of 2 junior auditors.

Audit assistant and senior assistant

09.2017 - 02.2021

Audit firm, Warsaw

  • Auditing financial statements of manufacturing and retail companies.
  • Tests of controls and substantive procedures.
  • Audit documentation and contact with clients' finance teams.

Education

Finance and accounting, master's degree

2012 - 2017

SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Skills

  • Risk-based audit
  • Assessing internal control systems
  • Data analysis in Excel and SQL
  • Procurement and finance processes
  • Reporting to the board
  • Internal audit standards

Certificates

  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), 2022
  • ACCA, Applied Skills exams passed

Languages

  • English: C1

Additional information

  • Ready to travel to group companies

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write an internal auditor CV

Professional summary

Give the industry, audit areas, years of experience and certificates. Add a result of your work, such as the share of recommendations implemented or improvements that came out of an audit.

Accountant with 4 years of experience and an internal audit course who wants to move into an audit department. I know finance processes from the inside, analyse data in Excel and am preparing for the CIA certificate.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the number and areas of engagements, your testing methods and results. Heads of audit value independence, so say which engagements you ran from plan to report.

Weaker: Carrying out audits.

Better: Running about 8 audit engagements a year in procurement, finance and IT.

Weaker: Recommendations.

Better: Recommendations for the board, over 90% implemented on the agreed date.

Weaker: Data analysis.

Better: Testing controls on full ERP data instead of a sample.

Skills worth listing

Combine audit methodology with process knowledge and data analysis. Under personal skills, show objectivity, diplomacy and clear writing.

Professional skills

  • Audit methodology
  • Risk and control assessment
  • Data analysis
  • Finance and operational processes
  • Audit reports
  • Basics of IT audit

Personal skills

  • Objectivity
  • Diplomacy
  • Clear writing
  • Inquisitiveness
  • Handling pressure

Certificates

CIA, CISA or ACCA certificates carry a lot of weight in audit. List them with the year, and those in progress with the number of exams passed. In the public sector, check which qualifications the rules require.

Junior auditor CV

Describe placements in audit, accounting or controlling and university projects. Show data analysis in Excel and knowledge of finance processes.

Say that you plan to get a certificate, such as the CIA. Audit departments are happy to hire people with a clear development plan.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A bank looks for knowledge of regulation and risk, a manufacturer for operational and procurement processes, and a public institution for the rules on management control. Move what the offer is about to the top.

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Questions and answers

What should an internal auditor put on a CV?

Industry, areas and number of engagements, methods, data analysis, the results of recommendations, certificates and languages.

Which certificates are useful for an auditor?

Usually the CIA for internal audit, CISA for IT audit and ACCA or chartered auditor status for financial audit.

How do I move into audit from accounting?

On your CV, show knowledge of finance processes, data analysis and an audit course or certificate. Aim for a junior auditor role.

How is an internal auditor different from an external auditor?

An internal auditor assesses processes and controls in their own organisation; an external auditor audits clients' financial statements for an audit firm.

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