Remote Auditing: Lessons Learned

Enhance your remote audits

Whether a passing necessity or the long-term status quo, remote auditing has become standard practice since the pandemic began. Remote audits offer flexibility and other benefits for clients and auditors. However, there are associated challenges and risks.

Discuss the best practices for effective remote auditing and techniques you can use to ensure you comply with professional standards.

In this webcast, you will learn how to

• Vouch for client-prepared documents
• Plan remote auditing and necessary procedures
• Conduct fraud inquiries and walk-throughs remotely
• Obtain evidence and gather documentation
• Plan for remote inventory auditing

Key Topics

• Tools necessary for remote auditing
• Planning considerations when remote auditing
• Impacts to further audit procedures when remote auditing

Learning Outcomes

• Recall what the auditing standards say about remote auditing.
• Identify best practices to address higher risk audit and accounting areas, especially as it relates to planning.
• Distinguish additional audit procedures.
• Identify documentation requirements when performing a remote audit.

Who Will Benefit

• Practitioners who perform audit engagements