Those operating in the financial sector are bound by various laws along with requirements for internal audit arising from those laws. In addition, the Auditors Activities Act governs the provision of internal audit service, defining who is allowed to be engaged in the professional activities of an internal auditor.
“Our partnership with Grant Thornton Baltic’s internal auditors started in 2016 and it’s clear we hit the nail on the head with our selection,” says CEO of Primero Finance OÜ, Marti Küttis.
For two consecutive years, Grant Thornton Baltic’s business risk and internal audit team served as the independent auditor of the programmes of the Estonian National Agency for the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps.
People first associate the word "audit" with balance sheets and income statements, in other words, a financial audit. It's much less common for them to think of an internal audit, the content and nature of which is completely different from a financial audit.
The so-called Whistleblower Protection Act has raised many practical questions. Here are some of the most common questions that have been asked by clients of Grant Thornton Balticand the answers of our specialists.