The North America Hub is part of BNP Paribas' global Internal Audit group (Inspection Générale) which is staffed by highly qualified individuals who perform high quality risk-based reviews of the Business, providing assurance, and when necessary, advising management to anticipate and understand otherwise unexpected risks and put in place appropriate mitigating controls. The Internal Audit team helps senior management protect the company's reputation by avoiding financial and reputational damage. Where it is too late to prevent failure, the team investigates the problem, helps management deal with the aftereffects, and establishes guards against re-occurrence. Headquartered in New York, the North America Hub has primary audit responsibility for BNP Paribas' Corporate and Investment Banking activities in the United States. The audit approach follows practices prescribed by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).