About this learning event

The internal audit function is expected to result in value added to the organization and its stakeholders. While stakeholders’ perceptions on how internal auditors can add value may differ depending on the circumstances, available research suggests that auditors add value when they prioritize their activities in risk management issues, execution of organizational strategy, operational effectiveness, and coordination with other assurance providers. At the webinar, we will discuss how internal auditors add value to central banks. We will also explore the links between quality assurance and improvement programs, the internal audit department’s own performance metrics, and the quantification of internal audit results and their impact.

By the end of the webinar participants will have:

• Discussed the external quality assurance process through regional cases
• Described quality assurance and improvement programs by providing audit instances
• Interpret risk management challenges that are directly related to the internal audit function
• Identify auditing second line functions
• Illustrate cooperation with second line functions

Who should apply

This webinar is intended for internal auditors of central banks, members of audit committees and other oversights boards, central bank officials involved in corporate governance, and public sector internal auditors from other institutions.

Faculty

• Merita Bejtja, Bank of Albania

Ms. Bejtja is the General Inspector of the Bank of Albania since 2015. She graduated from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Tirana as an economist. She has a Master of Science in Finance Division - Financial Market from the European University of Tirana and a Ph.D. from Tirana University, Faculty of Economy in the Finance Department. Merita started her banking career in 1993 in the Savings Bank, Elbasan, as head of the Statistical Office for almost 7 years, while pursuing also her academic carrier at the University “Aleksander Xhuvani”, Elbasan from 1999 to 2001 in subjects as Cost Accounting, Micro-economy, Economics, Theory on Management and Organization. From 2001-2004, she worked as Operational Manager for the National Commercial Bank (BKT). Then she worked as an Inspector at the Supervision Department of the Bank of Albania, until October 2004. During 2004 – 2008, Ms. Bejtja worked for Raiffeisen Bank Albania as Head of Management of the Other Risks Division/Credit Risk Management.  In 2008, she started working for Raiffeisen Leasing Albania as Executive Director. She held this position till her election as a General Inspector of the Bank of Albania in 2015. She is fluent in English, Italian, and German.

• Rediana Elezi, Bank of Albania

Ms. Elezi is the Deputy Head of the Internal Audit Department at the Bank of Albania since January 2022. She graduated from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Tirana for Accounting and Finance. She holds different certifications in the accounting field as ACCA  and Legal Certified Auditor and also in the audit field as a CIA  and CIDA. She started her carrier as an external auditor at Deloitte Albania. She worked there for 5 years in auditing companies in different sectors such as Banking, Trading, Insurance, etc. From 2011-2014, she worked as an internal auditor (control inspector) in the Internal Audit Department at the Bank of Albania. During the year 2015, she worked as a senior Internal Auditor at Armo Sh.a, a company operating in the Oil Industry. In 2016 she returned to the Bank of Albania as an internal auditor. She gained a leading position as Supervisor of the Internal Auditors’ Office in 2017. In January 2022 she was promoted as Deputy Head of the Internal Audit Department. She is fluent in English and Italian.

• Marjeta Kržič FCCA, CIA,  Banka Slovenije

Marjeta is currently working at the Bank of Slovenia as an Assistant Director in Internal Audit. She has worked for the Bank of Slovenia's Internal Audit Department for the past eight years. She worked in external audit for a Big 4 firm for 8 years before joining the Bank of Slovenia. She is a certified internal and external auditor.

• Snezhana Cherepnalkovska Dukovska, Ph.D., CISA, National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia

Snezhana is a Senior Advisor in the Internal Audit Department. She is an Internal IT Auditor for over 12 years, employed at the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia, conducting audits on IT governance and IT management as well as IT infrastructure, software applications, and projects. Security audits as well as reviewing the activities for privacy protection are her highest expertise. Having a background in artificial intelligence, she is introducing IT tools for data analytics within performing audits for risk and control assessment and audit reporting.

 

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