MSUFCU recognized for innovation by the Association of Credit Union Internal Auditors
EAST LANSING, MI (October 2, 2018) — MSU Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) is pleased to announce a second place award for its internal audit department team by the Association of Credit Union Internal Auditor’s (ACUIA) annual Best Audit Practice contest. The award recognizes the Credit Union’s internal audit team for creating and implementing an audit engagement checklist to improve the audit process.
“This is an outstanding recognition for our internal audit team,” said Jim Hunsanger, MSUFCU’s Chief Risk Officer. “Rob Johnson, our Chief Internal Auditor, and his skilled team of audit professionals showed much initiative creating a comprehensive audit checklist to ensure we are performing at the highest level.”
A best audit practice is defined by ACUIA as any auditing routine, procedure, audit program step, or audit technique developed to contribute to an effective audit or cover an administrative function for an audit department. Criteria for selecting winners included originality, ability to implement or use/reuse, adaptability to the credit union size, overall value to the credit union, and the value to the audit department. The MSUFCU internal audit team received the award at the ACUIA’s annual conference held in June in Chicago. The team consists of six employees.
About Michigan State University Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU)
Founded in 1937, MSUFCU has a national reputation for excellence and has received several top industry and workplace awards, including being named a Best Credit Union to Work For® by American Banker for the sixth year, a Top Workplace by the Detroit Free Press for 13 consecutive years, and a National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® winner for seven consecutive years. MSUFCU has also been certified as a Great Place to Work® for 10 consecutive years and has been recognized by the Credit Union National Association, earning first place for the people-helping-people philosophy Louise Herring Award. The Credit Union operates an award-winning, wholly owned credit union service organization, Reseda Group; along with digital financial platforms AlumniFi and Collegiate; trade name Oakland University Credit Union; and its foundation, the Desk Drawer Fund. MSUFCU is headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan; and has 24 branches; over 350,000 members; $7.61 billion in assets; and more than 1,100 employees. For more information, visit msufcu.org.
