I act as a cross pollinator! I both see and try to resolve the common audit challenges that face most teams including cycle time and reports.
Auditor independence
Scope Limitations Render an Auditor Useless
Scope limitations are barriers put up by the auditee to prevent the auditor from finding out the truth and destroy an auditors independence.
The Sweet Spot for Government Auditors
Treat yo’self to something sweet this Valentine’s Day! Set yourself up in the sweet spot to be the best auditor you can be in 2024.
The Self-Interest Threat
In order to keep their jobs, auditors must moderate the information in their audit reports. This creates a self-interest threat to independence.
Why Do We Need Auditing Standards?
Why do we need auditing standards? Because we need someone at work that we can trust to tell us the truth. If you need to know the truth about something important with your health, do you ask your uncle the plumber, for his opinion? “Hey Unc, I’ve been having this weird pain in my chest […]
How auditor independence can slip away
Auditor independence is as precious and essential to the credibility of an auditor as it is elusive. Independence can easily slip away without you even noticing it. And then one day, when you need to lean on it – when you really need it – it isn’t there. Only then do you realize you have […]
What is the job of an auditor?
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. Shortly thereafter, your not-yet (and likely will-never-be) friend will leave to get a drink and never come back. […]
Ethical guidelines for auditors
The GAO’s ethical guidelines for auditors remind us who we are and why we do what we do. And this is a very good thing, because it is easy to get balled up in the details of our day-to-day work and, forgetting the bigger picture of who we are and what we do, take the […]
Yellow Book Ethics
Enjoy this excerpt from the self-study text: The Yellow Book Interpreted which qualifies for 15 hours of CPE. The GAO has a few things to say about a government auditor’s ethical responsibilities and, thus, added a large section on ethics to the 2007 revision of the Yellow Book. The same ethical principles appear in the 2017 […]
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