The Director of Internal Audit has been designated by the Chancellor to serve as the University's Audit Liaison Officer. The Audit Liaison Officer is responsible for following up on all findings and recommendations made by external auditors and consultants. Determining whether or not such recommendations have been satisfactorily addressed is a requirement that is mandated by the UNC System Office.

If your department plans to engage an external entity to perform any type of audit or consulting work, please contact us.  This will help ensure that:

• The duties of the Audit Liaison Officer are fulfilled, as directed by the UNC System Office and the UNCP Chancellor.
• Duplication of effort on the part of internal auditors and external auditors, reviewers, or consultants is avoided. 

A representative from the Office of Internal Audit will typically accompany the appropriate University representatives to any entrance and exit meetings with external reviewers.

Copies of all findings and recommendations issued by external auditors, consultants, and investigators, along with University responses to such recommendations, must be forwarded to the Audit Liaison Officer in a timely manner.

Upon implementation of the recommendations or other alternative action by management, the Audit Liaison Officer will perform verification procedures to ensure that the stated plan of action has been implemented and will issue a status report to the Chancellor and the Audit Committee of the UNCP Board of Trustees.