Summary of The Auditor

Summary of The Auditor The Auditor by James K. Loebbecke tells a story about the life and career of an auditor named Jack Butler. The book shows Jack’s career from his education all the way to his promotion to partner. Loebbecke designed this story about Jack as a teaching tool to give students an understanding about the life of an auditor. The story begins with Jack’s promotion to partner and how it was bittersweet for him. Jack is excited for the promotion, but is also nervous about the extra responsibility partners have and the stress it can bring on family life. He is also upset because his friend Don was considered for the promotion too, but was turned down. In these chapters, Loebbecke shows the good and the bad that comes with partnership. There are financial rewards and prestige, but also potential strain on friendships and family. For the rest of the book, the author unfolds the events that take Jack closer to his partnership with The Firm. After Jacks promotion, the story goes back in time and shows all the events that led to the promotion. It begins with Jack’s education and then to recruitment at The Firm. During Jack’s college years he gets advice from his father and Wally Garner, a faculty member. At that time Jack takes an interest in accounting and Wally takes Jack underneath his wing and gives Jack advice in planning a career in accounting. Wally gives Jack great advice on the differences between MBA versus MPrA and the differences between the types of accounting careers as Jack prepares for graduate school. With Wally’s assistance, Jack decides to pursue a MBA and attends graduate school. There he participates in Firm night where he meets several potential employers and sets up interviews with several firms. This is when Jack meets Quentin “Bear” Barnes an important character in the book and Jack’s future boss at The Firm. Jack interviews with Barnes and after some consideration between different firms he decides to work