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    The document discusses soft skills that are important for internal auditors. It notes that the top 5 skills sought by global recruiters are analytical/critical thinking, business acumen, communication skills, risk management, and IT skills. It emphasizes that internal auditors need skills in change/agility, global business knowledge, balancing assurance/consulting roles, and relationship building with integrity. The document recommends that companies establish an appealing internal audit brand, implement rigorous hiring processes, offer training programs, and reward soft skills in performance reviews to develop top talent for the internal audit field.

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    Soft Skills For IA

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    The document discusses soft skills that are important for internal auditors. It notes that the top 5 skills sought by global recruiters are analytical/critical thinking, business acumen, communication skills, risk management, and IT skills. It emphasizes that internal auditors need skills in change/agility, global business knowledge, balancing assurance/consulting roles, and relationship building with integrity. The document recommends that companies establish an appealing internal audit brand, implement rigorous hiring processes, offer training programs, and reward soft skills in performance reviews to develop top talent for the internal audit field.

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    com/mt

    Soft skills for the


    Internal Auditor
    Malta Forum for Internal Auditors

    In collaboration with:
    Soft skills are the new hard skills!

    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014


    PwC’s Academy Slide 2
    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014
    PwC’s Academy Slide 3
    Top 5 IA Skills sought by Global Recruiters

    Analytical and
    critical
    thinking 72%

    Business Communicati
    Acumen on Skills
    43% 57%
    Analyse skills
    needed &
    learning order

    Risk
    IT general
    management
    skills 49%
    49%

    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014


    PwC Slide 4
    Change, agility and flexibility

    Times of A more global A healthy


    Change business world
    balance
    • Require agility to
    • Require sudden remain vigilantly between the
    shifts and a high informed about the assurance
    degree of latest global
    flexibility to developments role and the
    switch priorities consultative
    and projects role

    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014


    PwC’s Academy Slide 5
    Balancing integrity with relationship building

    Push Pull

    Fight Flight

    formal

    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014


    PwC’s Academy Slide 6
    The future in communication

    It is very difficult to predict


    the future. It’s difficult to
    even predict what will
    happen in the next year.

    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014


    PwC’s Academy Slide 7
    The future in communication

    Personalised!

    Anytime!

    Any Place!

    And on the Move!


    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014
    PwC’s Academy Slide 8
    Managing the IA talent pipeline

    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014


    PwC’s Academy Slide 9
    Moving forward…

    • The establishment of a compelling internal audit ‘brand’


    that attracts top talent

    • Rigorous selection processes that identify a candidates'


    propensity to develop these valuable attributes

    • Training programs that target the skills within these


    attribute areas

    • Innovative development activities

    • Performance review programs that reward proficiency in


    specific noon-technical attributes

    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014


    PwC’s Academy Slide 10
    7 Attributes of highly effective auditors

    Integrity

    Continuous Relationship
    learning Building

    Analyse skills
    Teamwork
    needed &
    Partnering
    learning order

    Diversity Communications

    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014


    PwC Slide 11
    Continuing from here….

    Soft skills for the Internal Auditor April 2014


    PwC’s Academy Slide 12

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