The following circumstances are based on a real-life case study. Names were changed for confidentiality. Jane Dosh was the comptroller and a trusted employee at ABC Co.— a small and close-knit family ...
Council President Darrell Clarke is calling for a leadership shakeup at the Office of Property Assessment following the release of an audit of the office that reportedly found substantial inaccuracies ...
The widespread use of information technology (IT) can introduce various risks that affect financial reporting and the audit process. To assist auditors in identifying and addressing these risks, the ...
City Council is calling for several changes to the Office of Property Assessments (OPA) after an independent audit this week revealed issues with how OPA conducts assessments. The audit was completed ...
Testing payroll during an audit can be a tedious manual process, the kind of grunt work that has long been viewed as the “dues” paid by young auditors before they advance in their careers. Recently, ...
An effective internal audit team can provide great value to an organization. It's encouraging this is starting to be recognized. Public accounting firms are recognizing the value that an effective ...
Risk-based audit needs a reset to enterprise risk and value auditing. When I became a chief audit executive (CAE) for the first time in 1990, I determined a risk-based approach was inadequate. A ...
The magnitude of urban disasters, high population densities, and a complex social, political and institutional environment has challenged the manner in which humanitarian agencies are used to working.