Case Study: Deckers Brands transforms internal audit from regulator to strategic business partner with AuditBoard

How Deckers’s Internal Audit Team Transformed from Regulator to Business Partner

Deckers Brands engaged AuditBoard as it sought to shift internal audit from a regulatory enforcer to a strategic business partner while sustaining a robust SOX program and evolving enterprise risk management (ERM). Facing rapid changes in technology and risk (cyber, AI, automation), Deckers needed a platform and process to centralize ERM, improve reporting to the Board, and surface actionable insights across North American and European operations—challenges AuditBoard was brought in to address (via AuditBoard’s ERM and SOX/compliance platform).

AuditBoard’s technology and workflow enabled Deckers to formalize ERM, improve Board-ready reporting, and turn ERM findings into a risk-driven audit plan and operational improvements. As a result, Deckers maintained a best-in-class SOX program, enhanced presentation and reporting to the Board, and shifted internal audit’s role to a valued partner that uses AuditBoard-powered insights to drive process changes and more targeted, efficient audits.

Deckers Brands

Kara Goslin

Internal Audit Manager