Internal Auditors- what’s your quick one liner (for weddings, parties) when ppl ask you what you do? I used to say “I work in accounting” but that doesn’t really apply anymore and usually makes them want to talk about taxes. If I know the person works in business I’ll say “I’m in internal audit” and they get it. If not you could just say “I work at X Company” but unless it’s a Fortune 100 people probably won’t recognize it right away. And forget saying “I’m an auditor” because ppl think IRS..

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I just say the industry…then the company…then if they keep asking then I tell them process improvement or risk management. I work for GS IA now and the conversation always shifts to something about GS in the news.

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Haha good point. I imagine if you say you work at Goldman people immediately think your a rich or a heartless investment banker

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I’m work at Deloitte in internal audit, where I work with clients to identify compliance issues, risks, fraud within their organization.

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I always just say "I'm a Financial Risk Management Consultant"

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“I work at an accounting firm” lol and I leave it at that. If they’re in the corporate world I’ll elaborate a bit more but that usually ends the conversation hahaha

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I do the company name too. Then if they want to know what I do there then I say Internal Audit. Most of the time people just take that as it is, but if they want to know more, it becomes a conversation.

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Do people generally know your company name or do you just say the general industry of the company?

I mention the company name, then say I help
Companies be more efficient and help them find and their fix issues.

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Straight to the point. I like it

I say something along the lines of "I work at a consulting firm doing information security risk assessments and compliance work to help companies find and fix vulnerabilities." I typically try to not say "Deloitte" or "internal audit."

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