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India Internal Audit Survey 2025
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Name
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Company Name
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3.
Designation
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CAE/CFO/ Partner
Dy. CAE or Equivalent
Middle Management
Other
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Email ID
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Elevate Your Impact
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Which one of the following areas do you believe contributes MOST to making an internal audit function relevant?
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Using high-impact reporting to deliver and communicate value
Upskilling resources and talent to diversify team member competencies
Embracing continuous monitoring to accelerate reporting and reflect business changes
Using agile risk assessments to align with business strategies
Enabling technology to advance audit quality and efficiency
Leveraging advanced analytics to confirm more real-time risk identification
Other (please specify)
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Where do you see the largest gaps in enablers for the current and future needs of your internal audit function?
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Core Internal Audit practices
Soft skills (e.g., communications, effective teaming, leadership)
Ability to analyze and draw insights from data (internal / ERP based) and external sources (Government APIs)
Emerging technologies (e.g., AI/ML, RPA, Process Mining)
Process decomposition and analysis
Lack of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to audit technical / emerging risk areas that have significant impact on businesses
Other (please specify)
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As you assess communications and reporting for your internal audit function, where do you see the most opportunity for improvement?
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Clarity and Conciseness
Relevance and Timeliness
Customization and Personalization (for individual stakeholder needs)
Data-driven / Use of Visual Aids and Graphics
Risk Alignment
Format (interactive, dynamic)
Other (please specify)
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What have been the most rewarding initiatives within your Internal Audit department?
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Balancing priorities and optimizing capacity
Securing executive and board support
Deploying advanced technologies like AI/ML and analytics
Addressing dynamic risks and changing expectations
Maximizing impact within budget constraints
Enhancing audit value for stakeholders
Other (please specify)
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What emerging risks are most critical for internal audit to monitor within your organization?
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Cybersecurity threats
Data privacy breaches
Risks associated with emerging technologies (e.g., AI, bots)
Third-party risks
Other (please specify)
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How well-prepared is your internal audit team to address emerging risks and crises?
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Highly prepared
Moderately prepared
Somewhat prepared
Not prepared
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Which areas do you think will shape the future of internal audit the most?
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Data analytics
Digital transformation
Domain expertise
Artificial intelligence & machine learning
Other (please specify)
Data-Digital-Domain based Delivery Model
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How extensively does your internal audit function leverage advanced analytics in its audit processes?
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Extensively
Moderately
Rarely
Not at all
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What impact has data analytics had on audit outcomes within your organization?
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Improved precision and insights
Enhanced efficiency in audits
Minimal impact so far
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Which digital tools or technologies have had the greatest impact on your internal audit function?
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Audit management software
Robotic process automation (RPA)
Artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML)
Data visualization platforms
Continuous Control Monitoring (CCM)
Standard data analytics
All of the above
Other (please specify)
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How would you describe the current level of digitization within your internal audit function?
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Highly digitized
Partially digitized
Planning to digitize
Not digitized at all
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Which areas of domain expertise contribute the most value to your internal audit functions?
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Functional/ process specific knowledge
Regulatory and compliance knowledge
Financial and accounting expertise
Technology-related expertise
Other (please specify)
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How important is domain expertise in achieving effective internal audit outcomes?
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Extremely important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
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How does your organization promote the effective use of domain expertise within the internal audit team?
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Structured training programs
Hands-on learning opportunities
Engaging external specialists
Partnering with other departments
Other (please specify)
Enablers and Barriers
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How encouraging is your audit committee in the transformation and innovation internal audit function?
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Actively promote and lead transformation programs
Provide oversight and strategic direction
Recipient of the initiative progress
Solely engages on financial and compliance matters
Other (please specify)
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What are the barriers or inhibitors to increased focus on innovation/ transformation within the IA department?
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Competing priorities (lack of capacity)
Lack of executive and board support
Inability to deploy enabling technology competencies such as advanced analytics, AI/ML, and process mining as part of Internal Audits
Dynamic risk environment and constantly changing expectations of executives, boards and regulators
Limitations of budgets approved for Internal Audit programs
Lack of perceived value delivered by audits, among the stakeholders
Other (please specify)
