Audit Tips

7 Tips for Conducting a Survey in a Performance Audit

An opinion survey can add a powerful element to a performance audit report. When carefully designed and correctly administered, a survey can provide valuable insight and information for a performance audit report.

This Audit Tips edition provides practical information on how to conduct a survey and the pitfalls to avoid.

6 Non-Technical Ways to Unlock the Value of Data Analytics

Auditors have been using data analytics in one way or another for over a decade, and yet most struggle to maximize the value this tool can offer.

This Audit Tips edition suggests six non-technical actions that auditors can take to improve the value they can obtain from using data analytics tools in their work.

9 Red Flags to Look for When Auditing Organizational Culture

In essence, audits of organizational culture are about determining whether an organization’s actual culture and behaviours conform to its professed, desired culture. This implies that the first requirement in a culture audit is to have a good understanding of the desired culture in the audited organization, including a clear picture of the expected behaviours that would embody this culture. From this point, auditors can proceed to identify areas where a gap between desired and actual behaviours could present significant risks to achieving an organization’s objectives. During this risk assessment process, auditors should pay particular attention to red flags that may indicate cultural issues worth examining further.

8 Tips to Manage Relations in Times of Change

As technology has evolved, auditors have gained flexibility in working remotely. Our ability to adapt quickly and use the technological tools at our disposal is continuously tested in a constantly changing audit landscape. In this new environment, managing relations with auditees requires an even higher degree of intuitiveness and interpersonal skills than usual.

This Audit Tips edition offers guidance on how auditors can effectively manage relations with auditees during these times of change.

6 Ways Auditors Can Cope with the COVID-19 Crisis

The COVID-19 crisis is triggering unprecedented and trying times for our society and we will all feel its reverberations for years to come. Auditors are also affected and must take stock of how they will manage through this challenging time. Although COVID-19 presents auditors with some challenges, it also brings some opportunities.

This edition of Audit Tips provides advice on how auditors can adapt to the current crisis.