An audit can be an unpleasant surprise, or it can be a welcome opportunity to get your organization's affairs in order. While some audits – such as those performed by the IRS – come as a surprise, ...

An external audit focuses on a company's performance and compliance, specifically in the areas of accounting and finance. Accounting records are commonly examined in an external audit to make sure no ...

Internal Audit identifies all auditable activities and relevant risk factors, and assesses their significance through an annual risk assessment, utilizing the Committee of Sponsoring Organization's ...

Each year, the Chief Audit Officer develops an audit plan for the University. Using a risk-based methodology, and in collaboration with University leadership, the Chief Audit Officer analyzes ...

While CSIA certification audits may seem intimidating at the outset, there is much to be learned from them for companies that take the right approach. As a company providing automation and system ...

This paper provides confirmation that better brainstorming really does result in improved productivity. The authors focused on the real-world brainstorming sessions of audit teams, in an effort to ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is advocating the audit-the-auditor concept to promote professionalism among auditors in the country. Speaking at the Ministry of Finance and Ghana Revenue Authority ...