Preparing for a Successful 25/26 Internal Audit
with Eleanor Greene — Chief Accountant, Do the Numbers Ltd; Secretary to the Internal Audit Forum
Show notes
In this episode, John sits down with Eleanor Greene — Chief Accountant at Do the Numbers Ltd and Secretary to the Internal Audit Forum — for a straight conversation about internal audit best practice ahead of Year End.
Eleanor covers a wide range of ground: remote vs face-to-face audits and when each makes sense, what the updated Practitioner's Guide means in practice, Assertion 10 and what councils actually need to do about emails, FOI, and council phones, common governance pitfalls she sees, how to read audit reports properly, auditor independence, website accessibility, and the ever-useful Daily Mail Test.
This was recorded as a dedicated podcast conversation rather than a webinar conversion, so it's a more intimate, back-and-forth discussion. You'll also learn about Eleanor's unexpected passion for minerals and fossils — and yes, she really does own a dinosaur egg.