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UTMB Management Responsibilities Handbook

Resource Departments

Audit Services

The Office of Audit Services (Audit Services) provides independent, objective assurance and consulting services designed to add value and improve UTMB’s operations. It helps the institution accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectivness of risk management, control, operational, and governance processes.

The scope of work of Audit Services is to determine whether UTMB’s network of risk management, control, and processes, as designed and represented by management, is adequate and functioning in a manner to help ensure:

• Risks are appropriately identified and managed
• Significant financial, managerial, and operating information is accurate, reliable, and timely
• Employees’ actions are inc compliance with policies, standards, procedures, and applicable laws and regulations
• Programs, plans, and objectives are achieved
• Quality and continuous improvement are fostered in the institution’s control process.

Audit Services coordinates with management, external auditors, and the Audit Committee to develop an audit plan that maximizes audit coverage based upon a current risk assessment. Audits or reviews may be requested at any time by management, and are acted upon as deemed appropriate by the Audit Committee.

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