Internal audit

| | | | |Discuss the type, scope, and timing of the audit with the owner/manager, board | | | | | |of directors or, if applicable, the audit committee. Also, discuss adequacy of| | | | | |working space for the audit team, access to client records, and assistance, if | | | |…

Auditing in manual system is the traditional audit and the auditing in computerized environment is recent new technique. The core differences between the audit in…

118, requesting mandatorily from all banks to establish an audit committee in their board of directors with clear measures regarding the size of the committee, the frequency of meetings, the financial expertise of its members, etc. This decision had positive impact on the banks’ corporate governance in many terms. It helped improving the internal audit work especially in the Anti Money Laundering function. The new decision also made the audit committee able to evaluate the external auditors’…

2003, p.444). It is true that the auditor-client relationship could make the audit more effective and efficient since the auditor could be having prior knowledge concerning the operations of the company, past transactions, process, personnel and the systems of the company. However, the assessment of the independence of an auditor in most cases lies on the interpretation of the public, so most often than not the audit report is likely to be disputed or lack integrity. It is therefore important…

Conducting an internal EH&S audit is an extensive exercise requiring meticulous preparation and constant monitoring to ensure its success. A number of process elements have been identified as possible failures and must therefore being looked at very closely to ensure that this risk is kept to a minimum. Among those, the preparation and planning, distractions, day to day communications are considered essential elements to a successful audit Preparation and planning: Having a proper plan of…

company audit is the controversial issue in the case given. It had justified that the independent auditor relied on the delivery receipts as the audit evidence based on the ‘segregation of duties’ system. The case here explained that JGI’s internal control procedures for inventory had been executed by different person as the purchasing, receiving and approving functions are performed by the different people than the person who executed the transactions. Different people executing different audit…

will help develop the culture of the business in a subtle manner. An important factor for an ethics and compliance program is to include processes to measure its performance. The following will explain the processes AlphaTech will use to monitor, audit, and report employee misconduct. Monitoring: Measure and procedures to be used to monitor employee misconduct Surveys will be used to understand the general awareness of the employees of AlphaTech ethics and compliance program. The amount…

9. Laura’s allegations a. Fact: Laura found the shortfall and repayment, she reported to Robert Calloway, the Chair of the Audit Committee. Robert arranged a meeting with Tony and Doug to look in to Laura’s allegations. They lied and denied all the allegation and Robert believed them without investigation. b. Issue: Did Robert violate fiduciary duty? c. Answer: Yes d. Rationale: Robert violated the fiduciary duty of care which requires directors and officers to use care and diligence when…

& Zhou, 2009, p. 544). The PCAOB implemented several auditing standards intended at guaranteeing adequate audits in affiliation to SOX 302 and SOX 404 (Mundy & Owen, 2013, p. 185). Mundy and Owen point out that the PCAOB auditing standards assist to recognize the procedures and measures, whether they are manual or automated, that should be audited in order to gauge the success of internal controls over financial reporting (p. 185). In addition to establishing auditing and attestation…

Answer 1 Audit firms adopt the approaches for auditing the specified audit assignment which will be the key factor to determine the outcome of that audit. Risk based audit approach is related towards the company’s financial statements that may contain misstatements which can happen by omission or error as risk consequences faced by business. If auditors failed to go for correct approach there is more likeliness of failing of audit and this failure will lead to legal case against the audit firm…