Description

A logically organized audit finding sprinkled with interesting facts and including clear, feasible recommendations, can be one of an auditor’s best tools for eliciting change. By following a few key guidelines on content and organization, you can create an audit report masterpiece your team can be proud to stand behind. This course teaches auditors how to write an audit report finding and is centered on the five elements of a finding required by the Yellow Book and the Single Audit, and suggested by the IIA.

Learning Objectives:

• Generate concise and logical findings in an hour or less
• Choose the strongest content for your finding
• Choose whether to pursue the root cause
• Create fact-based and control-based tests to support the five elements
• Create auditable and feasible audit finding recommendations
• Choose how much detail to share in the report
• Quantify findings to convey impact
• Edit findings and provide meaningful feedback

Program Knowledge Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Auditing (Governmental) Formal Learning Program Type: Group, Self Study Learning Format: Webinar or In-Person Who Should Attend: Auditors who write or review audit findings Prerequisites: None Advance Preparation: None Recommended CPE Credit: 8+ Hours Instructor: Leita Hart-Fanta, CPA Questions? You can find our FAQ here.