Index

Account reconciliation

audit objective

cause statement, example

condition statement, example

continuous auditing program example

criteria statement, example

effect statement, example

expansion of testing, avoiding temptation for

process frequency

sampling techniques

Accountability

action plans

auditors

and control limits

and formal reports

of process owners

Action items. See also Action plans

continuous auditing, use of to verify newly implemented items

outstanding

owner

as source of business knowledge

tracking

Action plans. See also Action items

accountability of auditor

accountability of process owners

cause-specific action

and client relationship

closed plans, review of

components of

condition and cause, addressing

effectiveness

as goal of report

management buy-in

as objective of continuous auditing

open plans, review of

overview

ownership of

perfection in, attempting

and recommendation component of five-component approach

and reporting delays

requirement for

review of by audit department

and root cause

symptom fixes

target date

and timeliness of reporting

tracking

validating

Approach phase

overview

sampling

scope

technology

testing approach

testing criteria and attributes

volumes

Approach review

Approvals

data access

information retrieval plan

overrides

Assessment

continuous auditing, fit and need

quality assessment

self-assessment

Audit department. See Internal audit department

Audit opinion

overall opinion. See also Formal reports

ratings. See also Ratings

Audit sampling. ...

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