After more than two decades leading teams in Audit, Risk, Ethics, Transformation, and Internal Control at various multinational organizations, I have a clear conviction: traditional auditing is no longer enough.
The world no longer revolves around retrospective compliance; it revolves around anticipation, and anticipating requires something radically different: vision, speed, and real-time value.
From Ferrer & Asociados, we are driving and leading a new generation of auditing grounded in three fundamental pillars:
1.- Disruptive technology: artificial intelligence, automation, and advanced analytics have stopped being mere tools, becoming natural extensions of the auditor.
2.- Agile and collaborative models: evolving at the pace of business, with continuous deliveries and a focus on generating immediate impact.
Agile methodology is not a trend. It is the new DNA:
- We prioritize by real risk, not by the rigidity of an annual plan
- We deliver results in short cycles, with immediate impact
- We co-create with the business, not from a distance
3.- Strategic risk vision: understand it not as a threat, but as an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage.
We are moving from a post hoc review model—based on downstream controls—to a dynamic, predictive model connected in real time with the business. Auditing thus becomes the organization’s intelligent nervous system: it detects weak signals, triggers immediate responses, and creates anticipatory value where there were previously only findings.
This approach has transformed even how we think about the auditor’s role: more than policing, we facilitate intelligence, sustainability, and trust. We don’t measure just coverage or compliance: we measure relevance, speed, and foresight.
The auditing to come is not more efficient; it is more strategic, braver, and indispensable.
Now the question is direct:
Are you ready to lead an audit that not only observes the past but builds the future of your organization?
I share this vision with those who believe that auditing can and should be a real lever of transformation. What is your experience? What are you doing to not fall behind?
Eduardo Peñailillo
Lead Partner Advisory