Mission of the Internal Audit Department
The Norfolk State University Internal Audit Department functions as an independent appraisal activity within the organization to provide a protective and constructive service to management and the Board of Visitors in discharging their duties and responsibilities. This objective is achieved by providing them with objective analyses, appraisals, recommendations, and pertinent comments, concerning activities reviewed.
The attainment of this overall objective involves such activities as:
Reviewing and appraising the soundness, adequacy, and applications of accounting, financial, and other operating controls, and promoting effective control at a reasonable cost (the system of internal control).
Ascertaining the extent of compliance by the University and its employees to established policies, plans, and procedures.
Ascertaining the extent to which assets are accounted for and safeguarded from losses of all kinds. (Discovery and prevention of fraud, embezzlement, theft, waste, etc.)
Ascertaining the reliability of financial data developed within the organization. Recommending operating improvements.