Whether your firm is small or one of the largest organizations in the country, it pays to develop and maintain a strategic audit plan, according to Lorin Venable, CPA, CGMA. As assistant inspector ...

Financial risks focus on managing the risks of potential loss of physical assets and financial resources. Business risks include contracts, cash and investments, revenue, and inventory. Operational ...

Fene Osakwe is one of Africa's most sought-after cybersecurity advisors, best-selling author, a vCISO, global speaker and cyber mentor. “The more things change, the more they stay the same”—from an ...

A marketing plan audit is a comprehensive review used to evaluate marketing strategy, gauge return on investment and ensure meeting an organization's objectives. Simply, the audit will identify ...

Engineering companies need internal audits regularly. These audits must be conducted according to an audit plan, so that the auditor can know that all important aspects of the company will come under ...

Documenting the nature, timing, extent, and results of your procedures may seem as if it will break your audit budget, but many practitioners have found that this isn’t the case. An AICPA study found ...

One of internal audit's values is to tell management when the controls to manage risks and assure opportunities aren't working. Internal audit should have a plan for the work it will do, and by now we ...

IMGCAP(1)]While putting the final touches on audit work papers and reports may feel like a huge relief, an auditor’s work isn’t finished. As the end of any busy audit period approaches, it’s time to ...

The annual audit plan outlines the audit projects and consulting activities that will be performed by the Office of Auditing and Consulting Services for the fiscal year. The plan is prepared using a ...

The American Institute of CPAs has begun offering intermediate and advanced certificates to CPAs who perform “single audits” of governmental entities and grantees and audits of employee benefit plans.