Adapted with permission of The CPA Journal, Copyright © 2016, April, 2016.
Over the last several years, audit committees have fine-tuned their oversight relative to internal controls and financial reporting, but as this process has matured, many committees are asking broader questions about risk and risk oversight. In fact, audit committees are increasingly charged with understanding overall risks, assessing which risks are the most important, and making sure that the existing management and governance structures are designed to mitigate, manage, and oversee these risks. This evolution corresponds to changes in the not-for-profit risk environment as a whole.