Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The purpose of internal auditing III. Profession guidance on independence and objectivity IV. Consulting services: a challenge to audit independence? V. Independence vs. Objectivity VI. Conclusion VII. Bibliography I. Introduction The internal auditor occupies a unique position he or she is employed by the management but is also expected to review the conduct of management which can create significant tension since the internal auditor’s independence
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LECTURE 7: ENTERPRISE-WISE RISK MANAGEMENT (“ERM”) AND AUDITING by Hamza Benidir (6405151) Jesse Dunn (6349846) Brenda Lim (6408283) Report submitted to Professor Chris Liboiron for the course Advanced Auditing (ADM 4341 B) University of Ottawa November 4‚ 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 Content 3 1. Enterprise-Wide Risk Management: A Comprehensive Definition 3 a. What is Enterprise-Wide Risk Management? 3 b. ERM Criteria 4 c. Objectives of ERM 5 2. Practical Application
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discipline. The study was guided by the following research questions: What are the risk management strategies employed by insurance companies in Eldoret? How does the auditing process provide for risk uncertainties in insurance companies? What is the relationship between risk management and
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Course Project VI ∫ 1. Comparison of current listing of accounts payable with that of the previous audit date‚ noting significant changes in amounts and makeup. 2. Ratios: * Gross profit ratio * Overhead/material cost * Overhead/direct labor * Accounts payable/ purchases * Units purchased/units sold * Material/total production cost * Specific expense items/sales 3. Trends * Purchases by month * Gross profit by month * Other recurring expenses
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RAFT Task 1 Executive Summary By Cindy Granger December 1‚ 2011 Mission: To implement a corrective action plan in the area of Communication for Nightingale Community Hospital as required for Joint Commission Compliance. Corrective Action Plan: Standard: UP.01.01.01: Conduct a Preoperative Verification Process. At the present time Nightingale Community Hospital is not in compliance with rule UP.01.01.01. Nightingale currently has a five step verification process in regards to Preoperative/Pre-procedure
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4 Communications Methods and Approach 5 [This page intentionally left blank] 1 Background and Purpose In April 201l‚ the Director of the Census Bureau formally commissioned a team to conduct a comprehensive review of the American Community Survey (ACS) program. The review is composed of eight components—four internal and four external. The four internal include: the Strategic Review‚ the Program Management Process Review‚ the Systems Engineering and Integration Process Review‚ and the Business Process
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Case You are the internal audit senior responsible for conducting an assurance engagement of the XYZ Company payroll process. This process has not been audited for three years and‚ as such‚ is due in the normal audit cycle. There have been no significant changes since the previous audit‚ that is‚ there were no system changes‚ no reorganization of personnel‚ and no substantive procedural changes. However‚ during the last assurance engagement‚ the internal audit function identified several observations
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Threats Safeguards Objective assessment a) Self-interest and intimidation threat: A close relationship between a member of the audit team‚ and the audit client or its management arise from a common financial interest may create self-interest and intimidation threat. (APES 110 s290.124) Per APES 110 s290.124‚ unless any financial interest is immaterial and the business relationship is insignificant to the firm and the client or it management‚ the threat creates would be so significant that
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CHAPTER 15 Completing the Audit LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Describe the balance sheet account groups that the major revenue and expense accounts are associated with‚ and the substantive analytical procedures applied to audit revenues and expenses. Outline the overall analytical procedures to be performed at the final stage of the audit‚ including analysis of the income statement‚ the cash flow statement‚ financial statement presentation and disclosures
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Stages of Study and Evaluation of Internal Control The stages/activities involve in studying and evaluating internal control are: A. Obtaining an understanding of the entity’s internal control structure. B. Assessing the preliminary level of control risk. C. Obtaining evidential matter to support the assessed level of control risk. D. Evaluating the results of evidential matter. E. Determining the necessary level of detection risk. STAGE A. Obtaining an understanding of the entity’s internal
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