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Internal Audit Quality Assurance & Improvement Program (QAIP) Checklist

The internal audit function reviewing itself — conformance with its own charter and methodology, staff competence, and stakeholder feedback — the periodic self-check SIA and IIA standards both call for.

Free · CORAA original — SA-aligned
Updated 28 Jul 2026
Purpose
The IA function assessing its own conformance and quality
Cadence
Ongoing internal self-assessment; periodic external review
Common gap
No structured stakeholder feedback collected after engagements
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INTERNAL AUDIT QUALITY ASSURANCE & IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (QAIP) CHECKLIST

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Scope: a periodic self-assessment of the internal audit function itself — conformance with its own charter and documented methodology, staff competence and continuing professional development, and stakeholder (Audit Committee/management) feedback — consistent with the quality assurance expectations in ICAI's Standards on Internal Audit and equivalent international IA quality frameworks.

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Common questions

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Who should perform this review — the internal audit team itself, or someone external?
Both, at different cadences. A Quality Assurance and Improvement Program typically combines ongoing internal self-assessment (this checklist, performed by the IA function or its head) with a periodic external quality review by an independent party outside the function, since a function cannot fully assess its own blind spots.
Why does "annual plan execution" matter as a quality indicator?
An internal audit function that consistently fails to execute its approved plan — skipping high-risk areas, or repeatedly deferring engagements — signals either resourcing gaps or a prioritisation problem, both of which reduce the actual assurance value the function is providing to the Audit Committee, regardless of how well-written its charter is.
What does "stakeholder feedback" evidence typically look like?
This can be as simple as a short post-engagement survey to the auditee and process owner covering clarity of findings, professionalism, and disruption caused, aggregated periodically for the Audit Committee — or Audit Committee minutes that explicitly discuss the internal audit function's performance, not just the findings it reported.
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