Internal auditing is another
avenue that students can take besides the traditional accounting tracks such as
audit and tax. Everyone knows the cliché that once you get Big 4 experience you
can go anywhere you want in your career. Did you know that internal auditing
offers you the same opportunities? Yet so many people do not know that it
exists!
- Did you know there is a huge
market for internal auditing in Houston, Dallas, San Francisco,
Chicago, New York
City, Boston,
and many other places around the country and around the world?
- Do you have to be CPA ready to
be an internal auditor? Although it is encouraged, it is not a requirement
in most companies.
- While many CPA firms require
you to be CPA ready before they will even consider you for employment,
internal auditing gives you another route to gain great experience while
pursuing your future goals.
- Once a person has internal
audit experience, everyone wants to hire them!
- There are a lot of internal
audit departments out there that do not require extensive amounts of
travel or overtime.
- So what about starting salary?
Did you know that a person can easily make approximately $50K without
having any kind of internal audit experience? Some places pay even higher
than that!
- Did you know that by being an
internal auditor you actually get to meet a lot of people in the company?
Imagine having the CEO or the Chairman of the Audit Committee come and
talk to you about issues in the company. Well as an internal auditor, that
it sometimes a reality!
- Internal auditors get to work
with managers and employees throughout the organization. Internal auditors
get to learn about processes that affect a company. Imagine learning about
SOX to service center operations to executive expenses to records
retention to fleet and many more areas within 2 years.
Internal auditing presents many
opportunities for people to learn about a company and to pursue their career
goals. So are you interested in learning more about internal auditing as a
career? If so, then join the Internal Audit Student Association (IASA) and
pursue the internal audit program at Bauer College of Business and see for
yourself what a great choice you made!
Thanks,
Lisa
M. Berry, CFE
Internal Auditor
University of Houston
5000 Gulf Fwy Bldg. 3 Rm. 281-H
Houston, Texas 77024-0930
(713) 743-8054 ∙ Fax: (713) 743-8015
E-Mail: lberry2@central.uh.edu