Internal Audit & Process Intelligence

Technology-enabled internal audit, risk, and compliance services for organizations navigating change.

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Technology Shapes Outcomes, Our People Deliver Value

Leadership teams, boards, and investors have raised expectations for internal audit. They’re looking for functions that execute the audit plan, provide broader visibility into risk, and challenge whether controls are keeping pace with the business--offering timely insight on issues that could affect the wider organization. Three priorities are increasingly shaping that mandate:

Risk coverage, management, and mitigation — Internal audit is expected to provide a dynamic view of risk across the enterprise, including whether the audit plan is aligned to the organization’s most significant risks. This includes helping management and boards understand where controls are working, where gaps exist, and where emerging risks require faster response or stronger mitigation.
Emerging technologies and innovation — As organizations introduce new technologies into their ecosystem, internal audit must evaluate how innovation is changing the risk profile of the business. At the same time, internal audit is under pressure to modernize its own delivery model by using advanced technology to expand coverage, improve efficiency, generate deeper insights, and deliver more timely reporting.
Governance — Boards and investors want confidence that governance structures are clearly accountable and effective. Internal audit plays a critical role in assessing whether the organization has the right oversight, policies, risk ownership, reporting mechanisms, and decision-making processes in place as risks evolve.

Forvis Mazars helps organizations modernize internal audit’s risk coverage, innovation, and governance through technology-enabled delivery, industry- and regulatory-led expertise, and responsible AI capabilities. We support management teams, boards, and regulators with:

Internal audit outsourcing and co-sourcing
Process, risk, and controls transformation
Methodology enhancement
Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC) enablement and
Tailored risk and compliance support

Wherever you are on that path, we can help you take the next step.

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How AI Is Modernizing Internal Audit

Explore how AI is used in internal audit functions as a tool, not as a replacement for talent.

Our Core Services

Whether you need full or partial internal audit support, our teams are ready to help your organization manage risk, move faster, and deliver insight your board can act on.

AI Enablement for Internal Audit & Risk

We help internal audit functions responsibly adopt AI to improve audit quality, increase coverage, reduce manual effort, and generate deeper risk insights. Our approach includes:

AI strategy and program management
Data, architecture, governance, and integration
AI solutions across the audit lifecycle
Audit execution and audit analytics
External perspective, change management, and learning

AI Risk, Governance, & Controls

As organizations adopt AI across operations, leaders need a practical approach to oversight. We help design and strengthen AI governance, risk, and controls frameworks through responsible adoption, human judgment, accountability, and compliance.

Our services include:

Governance model design
Use-case inventory development
Risk tiering, control design, model and output testing
Human oversight guidance
Third-party AI risk review
Internal audit coverage of AI-enabled processes

Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC) Technology Enablement

GRC technology can support the way internal audit, risk, and compliance functions actually work. We help select, design, build, and refine GRC platforms and workflows across audit, risk, compliance, issues management, and reporting.

We align platform configuration with methodology, governance, training, adoption, and reporting to help improve visibility, streamline processes, and strengthen the operating foundation for internal audit and internal control programs.

Methodology Enhancement & Quality Assurance

A strong internal audit function depends on a methodology that is current, scalable, and aligned with evolving risks, standards, and stakeholder expectations. We help strengthen and modernize internal audit methodologies through:

Technology and analytics enablement
Audit universe enhancement
Risk assessment refinement
Process improvements
External quality assessment reviews (EQARs)

These efforts can help improve audit quality, increase consistency, and build confidence in your internal audit function. Our expertise is informed by our involvement with advisory and regulatory boards, offering us first-hand knowledge of emerging regulations and IIA standard changes.

NextGen Delivery & Teaming

Our NextGen delivery helps organizations fully outsource their internal audit function.

Our approach combines experienced audit professionals, industry knowledge, a scalable AI-enabled delivery platform, modern workflow, analytics, and quality oversight. Whether you need support for a specific initiative or a longer-term internal audit model, we shape our team and technology around your priorities, including an around-the-clock model leveraging our offshore team.

Process, Risk, & Controls (PRC) Transformation

Disconnected processes, fragmented risk and data, and inconsistent control design can obscure what matters most and slow meaningful progress. We help organizations bring PRC together, creating improved visibility into how work gets done, where risk emerges, and how controls can perform better.

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (SOX)

We help organizations design, implement, test, and refine SOX programs that strengthen controls, enhance governance, improve audit efficiency, and reduce the cost of compliance.

Our SOX services are organized around six core needs:

Program planning and design
Process documentation
Design and operating effectiveness testing
Deficiency remediation and refinement
Sustainable control environment
Subject matter support

Whether filling a temporary resource gap or supporting a specific initiative, our specialized financial and IT controls professionals bring the knowledge and experience needed to help you move forward with confidence.

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NextGen GRC: Transforming Risk & Compliance With AI

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Internal Audit for Financial Services

Financial institutions face increasing regulatory scrutiny, heightened stakeholder expectations, and steady pressure to improve efficiency without compromising control. We help financial services organizations modernize internal audit functions through technology-enabled delivery, process, risk, and controls transformation, and controls transformation, as well as practical support for evolving governance needs.

Our services help you build internal audit capabilities that are more connected to risk, useful to leadership, and responsive to regulators. Whether the priority is audit execution, GRC enablement, or strengthening the control environment, we help organizations prepare for what’s next.

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Why Forvis Mazars for Internal Audit

We begin by connecting internal audit to broader business priorities, shaping everything that follows.

Organizations work with us for:

Industry experience that helps align internal audit with sector-specific risk and regulatory expectations
Flexible delivery models for outsourcing, co-sourcing, PRC, and tailored support
Technology-enabled execution that helps improve efficiency, visibility, and coverage
GRC alignment across evolving operational and regulatory needs
Responsible AI capabilities that help support better analysis, stronger controls, and practical innovation
Actionable insight for management teams, boards, and regulators

That combination is what helps transform internal audit from a requirement into a strategic advantage.