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How might being an internal auditor be helping Faraaz Noor to spot a Traitor?
Faraaz Noor, an internal auditor from Middlesbrough, is causing quite a media stir right now. Having graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in Accounting & Finance, and with a side interest in blogging about food and restaurants on TikTok, he also just happens to be appearing on one of the biggest TV shows in the UK, BBC’s The Traitors.
The only information viewers of The Traitors are given about the contestants at the start is their age and their job. Faraaz’s job is labelled on screen as “Internal Auditor”, but how many people really know what an internal auditor does?
Youth culture website The Tab describes Faraaz’s role as an internal auditor by saying he “gets paid to find the ‘traitors’ in a company’s balance sheets.” So how accurate is that description, and does the role really equip Faraaz with the skills he needs to identify a traitor in his midst? The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors has some of the answers.
“Internal auditors such as Faraaz evaluate and assess their organisation’s management of its controls and risks, and provide unbiased, objective and independent opinions on how and why things are being done. Objectivity, independence and the evaluation of risk are clearly strong skills to have on The Traitors,” says Nigel Shattock, Director of Communications at the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors.
“Internal auditors provide assurance on everything from decision-making, climate policy and corporate culture to digital resilience, cybersecurity, supply chain issues and even geopolitical risks. You need to keep tabs on a wide range of issues and functions, constantly assess the data, and build strong relationships. These, too, are clearly great skills for a Faithful!”
“Critically, it is essential that internal auditors can speak truthfully to leadership by reporting their findings directly and independently to the most senior level of executive management and the board. Faraaz’s role as an internal auditor is therefore all about promoting accountability and transparency. The key question for Faraaz is: will honesty, transparency and a ‘speak truth to power’ approach take him all the way to victory on The Traitors, or will he have to go against his internal audit instincts to win?”
For more information about what an internal auditor does, and about the profession, visit the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors’ website: What is Internal Audit? | Blog | Chartered IIA
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About the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors
The Chartered IIA represents around 10,000 internal audit professionals in organisations spanning all sectors of the economy, across the UK and Ireland. It champions the contribution internal audit makes to good corporate governance, strong risk management and a rigorous control environment leading to the long-term success of organisations, including those in the public sector.