About Summit County Internal Audit
Mission
Internal Audit’s mission is to recognize and address the risks and vulnerabilities that can impact Summit County in order to assist, coordinate and facilitate positive change and promote sound business practices for all Countywide operations while ensuring that the resources entrusted to County offices and agencies are used efficiently and effectively.
What Is The Internal Audit Department
The Summit County Internal Audit Department (IAD) is an independent auditing entity, established by the voters of Summit County and overseen by the Audit Committee to examine and evaluate the County's performance and operations. The objectives of the IAD are to assist members of the County in the effective discharge of their responsibilities by furnishing them with analyses, appraisals, recommendations, counsel, and information concerning the activities reviewed and by promoting effective control and performance at a reasonable cost.
Interesting Facts
- Internal audit provides an independent review function that can be invaluable to management in evaluating operations, processes, policies, and procedures.
- Internal audit provides a mechanism to investigate suspected fraud, waste, and abuse.
- Internal audit provides public accountability for use of tax dollars, resulting in better government.
- Summit County was the first county of Ohio’s 88 counties to create an Internal Audit Department and Audit Committee. We remain one of only two counties in Ohio mandated to institute, oversee, and perform internal audit functions.
- Internal audit is very prevalent in the southern and western regions of the United States and most counties there have well established internal audit departments.
- The Internal Audit Department reports directly to the Summit County Audit Committee.