by Terry Owen The pandemic and the changing role of internal audit have likely prompted you to make quick and sweeping decisions in order to continue to deliver for your stakeholders. I imagine that you have made an untold number of adjustments to the way you lead your audit team on-the-fly in 2020. Congratulations on […]
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What a new auditor needs to know
In some work environments, a new auditor is expected to hit the ground running! Here is your assignment, newbie. Now go! My audit supervisor in my first professional job in public accounting expected that of me. She literally gave me last year’s working papers and told me to replicate them in half the time of […]
How to Give a Great Presentation: 9 Tips for Auditors
How to give a great presentation: By Jim Comer “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” “… a thousand points of light.” Most Americans know that Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Kennedy and George Bush uttered […]
What is the job of an auditor?
Maybe the dog will listen to you describe auditor independence, audit subject matter, audit criteria and audit deliverables. Auditors, I suggest you keep your job title on the down-low when meeting someone new at a party. Why? Because just as soon as you reveal you are an auditor, your new acquaintance will get very quiet. […]
Tone at the top
Tone at the top is the first attribute of control environment in the COSO model. Tone at the top is the first attribute of internal control listed in the Green Book (Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government). Here is how the GAO kicks off the Green Book: Green Book: 1.02 The oversight body […]
One way to combat a loss of focus at work
What time of day are you most able to focus? For me, I do my best work between 7 AM and 1 PM. My college roommate preferred studying after 10 PM. Protect your most precious resource, your time! Whatever your most productive time is, protect it. Don’t allow anyone to schedule a meeting during your […]
How to delegate tasks to your audit team
Can you get some of this stuff off of me, please? Do you feel like you’re falling behind on projects that are important to you? Maybe it’s time to learn how to delegate tasks. Elizabeth Bakken’s comprehensive article on how to delegate is a great read. Based on her advice, I have delegated the majority […]
Are you looking for a good audit report example?
Are you looking for a good audit report example? Well, consider the following real-life examples from three city auditors that I have curated for your consideration. None of them are perfect because no written document is ever perfect (for proof of imperfection, reference any of my books or blog posts!), but each has compelling positive […]
When do you apply the 17 principles of internal control on your audit?
In this episode of THE SAMPLE, Leita Hart-Fanta, CPA answers the question, “When do you apply the 17 principles of internal control on your audit?”
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