Internal audit hiring managers hunt for student talent

Internal audit executives are casting the net wider to find talent, searching beyond experienced auditors and looking for recent college graduates who not only have learned about accounting and auditing, but also technology like data analytics.

The Institute of Internal Auditors’ Internal Audit Foundation, in partnership with Deloitte, released a report Monday surveying a group of 305 internal audit managers and 64 educators. It found hiring managers tend to seek recent college graduates who have studied accounting (80%), followed by auditing (53%), business (44%), and computer science or information technology (43%). The most essential skills hiring teams look for, apart from experience and education, include business communication (78%), data analytics (53%), internal auditing (47%), and ethics or organizational governance (46%).

“In today’s competitive job market, we are seeing some of the softer skills related to leadership and communication being prioritized by hiring managers,” said IIA president and CEO Anthony Pugliese in a statement. “As evidenced in the report, internal audit is competing with some of the biggest names across the tech sector for graduates with backgrounds in AI,…

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