Internal Audit and Risk Consulting Services
Your partner for strategic assurance solutions and insights.
About The Virtual Auditor
Our Mission
The Virtual Auditor’s mission is to deliver high-quality assurance services in a modern, flexible way using remote and hybrid working to make internal audit more cost-effective for clients, while supporting a healthier work–life balance for our team.
The Virtual Auditor Commitments
- Value for money - Our commitment to quality of work, time taken & price charged.
- We believe face to face meetings or presentations can still be incredibly impactful. If there is a need for face to face meetings, we will meet that need.
- No offshoring - Our commitment to using UK based resources.
- Services that are tailored to your environment. No overengineering, sensible and pragmatic advice.
Our Approach
The Virtual Auditor network allows you to access high calibre, vetted VA consultants. Our consultants have the relevant skills and experience to flexibly provide your organisation with the advice and support you need.
- Support is scoped, priced and agreed in advance
- Services are tailored to your organisations circumstances
- Solutions proposed by us always consider organisational size, maturity and sector
- Services are supportive and improvement focused
Our Principal Consultant
Faye Haywood CMIIA, CIA
I have over fourteen years worth of internal audit experience from holding a number of senior roles in education, housing, in charities and the public sector.
I have a reputation for being able to build and maintain great working relationships, and generate endless pragmatic problem solving ideas.
I have developed subject matter expertise in the following areas so please get in touch if you require support with:
- Global Internal Audit Standards
- Internal audit strategy design or enhancements
- Risk management framework/training.
My approach is collaborative, transparent, and results-driven.
Our Services
Assurance Programmes
Board & Committee Training
Create a flexible, bespoke internal audit plan that reflects your key risks and priorities. Choose from one off or risk based rotational coverage. Fixed pricing means no surprises and easier budget planning
Board & Committee Training
Board & Committee Training
Bespoke training sessions designed for Boards and Committees, focused on improving oversight of risk, internal controls, and organisational assurance. Sessions can be tailored to your governance structure and risk maturity, and can cover practical tools such as risk appetite, assurance mapping, and board reporting.
Top-up Internal Audit Resource
Additional internal audit capacity to help you deliver your annual plan. Ideal if you have limited in-house resource, unexpected priorities, or short-term gaps in delivery. Support can be provided for individual audits or specific elements of the audit cycle, from planning through to reporting.
Embedding Risk Management
Practical support to develop or refresh your organisation’s risk management framework. This can include your risk policy, risk appetite, risk registers, reporting templates, and governance arrangements ensuring risk management is proportionate, embedded, and useful for decision-making.
Internal Audit Strategy & Professional Standards Conformance
A strategic review of your internal audit model and approach, with tailored support to develop or refresh your internal audit strategy. This service helps ensure internal audit is risk based, aligned to organisational needs and supports conformance with the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS).
Delivered with clear scope and fixed price options
EQA Preparedness & External Quality Assessment (EQA)
Support to help you prepare for an External Quality Assessment (EQA) or to carry out an independent review. This service helps you assess current practice against the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS), identify gaps, and put in place a practical action plan to demonstrate conformance.
Clear scope and fixed price options available