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An auditor is a person (or firm) who examines and evaluates records, processes, or systems to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable standards, laws, or policies.
Key points
- Main role: verify that financial statements or operations fairly reflect reality and comply with rules (e.g., accounting standards, regulations).
- Types:
- External auditor: independent firm that audits an organization’s financial statements and issues an opinion.
- Internal auditor: employee or internal team that reviews controls, risk management, and operational efficiency.
- Other specialists: forensic auditors (investigate fraud), tax auditors, compliance auditors, IT auditors.
- Typical outputs: audit report and an opinion (e.g., unqualified/clean, qualified, adverse, or disclaimer).
- Qualifications: often a certified accountant (CPA, CA, ACCA) or professionally trained auditor; independence and professional skepticism are important.
Example sentence: “The external auditor reviewed the company’s books and issued an unqualified opinion that the financial statements were presented fairly.”
Key points
- Main role: verify that financial statements or operations fairly reflect reality and comply with rules (e.g., accounting standards, regulations).
- Types:
- External auditor: independent firm that audits an organization’s financial statements and issues an opinion.
- Internal auditor: employee or internal team that reviews controls, risk management, and operational efficiency.
- Other specialists: forensic auditors (investigate fraud), tax auditors, compliance auditors, IT auditors.
- Typical outputs: audit report and an opinion (e.g., unqualified/clean, qualified, adverse, or disclaimer).
- Qualifications: often a certified accountant (CPA, CA, ACCA) or professionally trained auditor; independence and professional skepticism are important.
Example sentence: “The external auditor reviewed the company’s books and issued an unqualified opinion that the financial statements were presented fairly.”
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