There is growing recognition of the important role of internal auditing in business riskmanagement in organizations. This paper contains the results of a study conducted atNational bank of commerce in Dar es Salaam in 2013. Organizations are entangled withmyriad problems mitigating their effectiveness in conducting internal audit in Tanzania,notable among them are, inadequate competent audit staff, However, Inadequate fund,Lack of adequate material resources. This study therefore aimed to assess factors thataffect the effectiveness of internal audit in business risk management in anorganization. The study used both primary and secondary sources of data gatheredthrough questionnaires and interviews. The study results reveal that there is a positiverelationship between internal audit resources and competencies and internal auditeffectiveness in managing risks in organization in Tanzania. It was also observed thatthe perception of other employees about the office of the internal auditor was notimpressive. Due to their bad perception the auditing staff facing many challenges ontheir work some of them are as follows; Hatred from other staffs hence no co-operationwith the auditor, Inadequate competent hands to audit the accounting books, Inadequatefund, Lack of adequate material resources, Overlap owing to responsibilities,Confronted from contractors/suppliers of services, Temptation to cover frauds, No timethey are always in the office or on the road. .More specifically, this means there is achallenge on the organization management’s part to ensure internal audit effectiveness.The study recommends that organization must improve internal auditor’s independence,timely, adequate information access, and sufficient management support on educationand on job training to expose internal auditors to new developments which could helpin improving the effectiveness of internal auditing in their organization. Finally,internal auditors are advised to improve their communication skills so that thepresentations they make are clear and understandable to their clients. Internal auditorsmust spend time in explaining to their clients what the internal audit is expected toachieve and how important contributions from the client are to that process
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