What Makes a Good Audit Senior?

Audit seniors need to develop excellent analytical and personal skills, as well as having good technical knowledge. This seminar, aimed at those with 2-3 years’ experience, will provide participants with a range of practical tools enabling them work effectively and efficiently in the audit field – and help develop their skills in managing audit juniors.

Topics covered include:

• Key planning considerations – including understanding the entity, materiality and preliminary analytical review
• Performing risk assessments and how it impacts on audit testing
• Effective analytical procedures and key questioning skills
• Producing and critiquing evidence in more complicated areas of the audit
• Applying professional scepticism – how to question, and listen, effectively
• Reviewing the work of audit juniors and managing and coaching them appropriately