internal audit

American  

noun

1. an audit conducted by company accountants on a regular basis (distinguished from independent audit).

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Example Sentences

Measurers do everything else: internal audit, revenue recognition, finance, legal, compliance, middle management, operations and on and on.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

But a confidential internal audit carried out by leadership at the 77th Street division in September 2023 seemed to suggest body camera misuse was more widespread, finding similar violations among patrol officers in other divisions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Schiraldi’s suit against Deutsche Bank, filed in Frankfurt, accuses Deutsche Bank’s chief executive officer, Christian Sewing, of overseeing an unreliable internal audit that became a central part of the case against those six former employees.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

But the internal audit did cause the delay of financial reports for three consecutive quarters in 2024 as well as for the first quarter of 2025.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

The internal audit department in every financing institution - and the external audit exercised by the appropriate supervision authorities are responsible to counter the natural human propensity for gambling.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel