Kamu Sektörü İç Denetiminde Stratejik Bir Araç Olarak Sürekli Denetim: Türkiye Örneği

Year 2020, Volume: 23 Issue: 1, 208 - 225, 30.04.2020

Sezer Bozkuş Kahyaoğlu , Rasim Sarıkaya , Bahadır Topal

https://doi.org/10.29249/selcuksbmyd.670261

Cited By: 4

Abstract

Hem kamu hem de özel sektörde iç denetim mesleği, stratejik hedeflere ulaşmak için iş süreçlerini iyileştirmeye yönelik temel bir gereklilik haline gelmiştir. Bunun ana nedeni, iç denetimin katma değerli, riske dayalı yaklaşımı ve stratejik hedeflere ulaşmada güvenilir danışman olmasıyla önemli bir role sahip olmasıdır. Türkiye’de kamu sektöründe iç denetim, kamu idarelerinin öncelikleri ve performans göstergelerine uygun olarak kamu kaynaklarının ekonomik, verimli ve etkin kullanımını sağlamak amacıyla 2003 yılında 5018 sayılı Kamu Mali Yönetimi ve Kontrol Kanunu ile yürürlüğe giren nispeten yeni bir uygulamadır. Kısa bir geçiş döneminden sonra kamu idareleri, İç Denetim Koordinasyon Kurulu’nun tam desteğiyle iç denetim fonksiyonlarını bu kadar kısa bir sürede IIA standartlarına göre kurmaya başlamıştır. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, Türkiye'deki kamu sektörü iç denetiminin mevcut durumunu analiz etmek ve en iyi uygulamalara örnek vermektir. Bu kapsamda, TC Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı iç denetim fonksiyonu seçilmiştir. Bunun nedeni, Bakanlık iç denetim ekibinin, denetim planlarını, saha çalışmalarını ve raporlarını dijital olarak yürütmek için kurum içinde geliştirilen sürekli bir denetim yazılımı kullanmasıdır. İlk olarak, sürekli denetim ve veri analitiğinin önemi ilgili literatüre göre açıklanmaktadır. İkinci olarak, Türk kamu sektöründe iç denetim hakkında kısa bir arka plan bilgisi verilmekte ve Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı iç denetim fonksiyonu kısaca tanıtılmaktadır. Üçüncüsü, Bakanlığın sürekli denetim vakasının verileri, metodolojisi ve ampirik sonuçları sunulmaktadır. Sonuç olarak, literatüre katkıda bulunmak için ampirik bulgulara dayalı politika önerileri yapılmıştır.

Keywords

sürekli denetim, veri analitiği

Continuous Auditing as a Strategic Tool in Public Sector Internal Audit: The Turkish Case

Abstract

In both public and private sectors, internal audit profession has become a fundamental requirement to improve business processes to achieve strategic goals. This is due to the fact that internal audit has a significant role with its value added risk-based approach and being trusted advisor in achieving strategic goals. Internal audit in public sector is a comparatively new practice in Turkey which became operative with the Public Financial Management and Control Law (No 5018) back in 2003 in order to ensure economic, efficient, effective utilization of public resources in line with the priorities and performance indicators of public administrations. After a short transition period, the public administrations have started to establish their internal audit functions with the full support of Internal Audit Coordination Board of Turkey based on IIA standards in such a tiny period of time. The major aim of this paper is to analyze the current state of public sector internal audit in Turkey and provide an example for the best practice. In this respect, internal audit function of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forest is chosen. This is because internal audit team of the Ministry uses a continuous auditing software which was developed in-house to conduct their audit plans, fieldworks and reports in digital. Firstly, the importance of continuous auditing and data analytics is explained based on relevant literature. Secondly, brief background information about the internal audit in Turkish public sector is given and internal audit function of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is introduced shortly. Thirdly, the data, methodology and empirical results of the continuous auditing case of the Ministry is presented. In conclusion, policy recommendations are made based on empirical findings in order to contribute literature.

Keywords

continous auditing, data analytics

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