Conducting a Remote Audit

Overview

Whether it is a passing necessity or the wave of the future, remote audition is happening everywhere you turn. From vouching client prepared documents to steps to performing a remote inventory, this course will discuss the items to focus on and the potential techniques to perform in order to adhere to professional standards.

In this self-study course, you will learn how to

• Leverage the benefits of remote auditing
• Manage the team, client, and audit process remotely
• Identify engagement-wide procedures from client acceptance through report issuance when remote auditing
• Identify and obtain audit evidence for generally material accounts

Highlights

Key Topics

• Basics of remote auditing.
• Engagement-wide considerations when remote auditing.
• Narrow topic considerations when remote auditing.

Designed For

Who Will Benefit

Auditors in practice

Objectives

Learning Outcomes

• Recognize the differences between conducting a traditional audit and a remote audit.
• Identify engagement wide considerations under a remote audit, including client acceptance, risk assessment, fraud, and documentation.
• Identify considerations related to remote auditing within specific areas of the audit, including material asset and liability account, walk-throughs of internal controls, and inventory procedures.