Internal auditing and financial performance of commercial Banks in Uganda: a case study of Equity Bank Kampala Uganda
| dc.contributor.author | Opio, Silas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-14T07:42:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-14T07:42:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-07 | |
| dc.description | A research project presented to the College Of Economics and Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelors Degree of Business Administration of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study was set to examine the impact of internal auditing on financial performance of commercial banks in Uganda: A case study of equity bank Uganda, examine the challenges faced in the internal audit function in financial performance of Equity bank and determine the effect of internal audit function on financial performance of equity banlc. The study is conduced basing on the use of a descriptive correlation design. This design was selected because there is an intention to establish facts that already existed as opposed to creating new information that would have necessitated expe1imental research. The data is collected from the respondents using questionnaires from 100 respondents of the bank. The study conclude the nature of auditing in the banks was coupled by the use of internal auditing standards suitable for auditing in the banks, the internal auditing standards are sufficient to enable bank operations, bank periodically review the audit standards, professional audit competency. The study on the second objective conclude that a series of the factors challenges include high degree of frauds and errors hinder effective auditing, high degree of banking interruptions affect the auditing function. The third objective conclude that there is need for enhancing the communication within the organization, increase effectiveness in credit control, improves the marketing activities of the organization and detection of failure for redress in the organization. The study recommended that the management of commercial banks should keep organizing seminars and workshops whereby these intemal auditors would be trained frequently by experts either internally or extemally. Intemal auditors must have sufficient proficiency and training to carry out the tasks assigned to them. The auditors work must be carefully directed, supervised and reviewed. The amount of supervision required should correspond to the experience and skills of the auditor. The management of the banks should also procure the latest ICT audit software's that would enl1ance fast delivery of services and detection of frauds or any mischief in this field. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/7898 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Banks | en_US |
| dc.subject | Auditing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Commercial | en_US |
| dc.subject | Internal | en_US |
| dc.title | Internal auditing and financial performance of commercial Banks in Uganda: a case study of Equity Bank Kampala Uganda | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |