r/auditing

40F, bachelor's degree in accounting and about 15 years of bookkeeping experience.

I was happily working at ABC CPA firm as bookkeeper but left the job due to relocating for a relationship. When that relationship went south, I moved home and had a difficult time finding a decent mid-level accounting/bookkeeping job, so I took a position with the school board as bookkeeper at a high school. I LOVED it, but the pay was SO BAD (I was bringing home $1,500/month with only me on insurance) so I was looking and found a bookkeeper position at a construction/oilfield type company. The accounting office is about 12 hours away from operations. Pay is good, health, dental, vision 100% paid by company for employees. I have been absolutely disgusted with the lack of communication from operations. They hate "paperwork", but I can't do my job without information from them. It's like they all expect to have a personal secretary?!?!? No one is held accountable. I've been at this job for 6 months.

Last week a childhood sports team acquaintance I've kept up with over the years, who is a partner and team leader at DEF CPA firm, invited me to interview for a staff audit position. Same pay, same benefits, same commute, but working with smart women.

I put in my notice with the construction/oilfield type company (gave them 1 month) & accepted position at DEF CPA firm. I feel bad because I very much like the ladies I work with but we just share an office space, we are all far to busy drowning in computer & paperwork to collaborate on much. I feel like the audit staff position would be a nice change of pace from bookkeeping.

Thoughts?

How does your audit team obtain access to Amex reporting data for audit testing and analytics?

• Does Internal Audit have direct access to the platform?

• Does Amex offer a role that allows users to view, run, and download reports without administrative or transactional capabilities?

• If so, what role name or permission set is used?

• If not, how does your team obtain the data needed for testing?

I'm looking to understand whether Amex supports a reporting-only access model for Internal Audit and how other organizations have implemented it.

Any insights are much appreciated 🙂

For those who don’t use any kind of audit software (like Teammate) how are you storing audit workpapers?

If by folder how are you organizing them?
Also, how are you showing proof of review by CAE?
And tracking issues?

Do you use any kind of progress dashboard?

Our department is looking to move into a system more like this and I am trying to get some ideas.

Thanks!

Hi, I'm building an app for a UK auditing company, that wants to move their systems from paper and excel onto digital platforms and I need some insight as to how much to charge. I'm new to the UK market so don't really know how much to charge as I imagine it's abit different to the South African market. Any advice would be great. The app has potential to lead to greater opportunities within the company too so that might be something to take into consideration?

(Not sure if the flair is the appropriate one or not, sorry admin)

Tenho 27 anos, trabalho atualmente em uma cooperativa de crédito e estou considerando começar uma preparação de longo prazo para Auditoria Fiscal.
Antes de tomar essa decisão, gostaria muito de conversar com pessoas que já exercem a profissão.
Não quero saber sobre método de estudo ou curso. Quero saber sobre a vida depois da aprovação:
• Como é um dia normal de trabalho?
• Quanto realmente trabalham?
• Existe home office?
• O trabalho é muito estressante?
• O que vocês mais gostam e menos gostam?
• A remuneração compensa as responsabilidades?
• Se pudessem voltar no tempo, escolheriam a carreira novamente?
Se algum Auditor Fiscal em exercício puder conversar comigo por aqui ou por mensagem, eu ficaria muito agradecida

Long-time lurker, first time posting. Could use some outside perspective since I'm too close to this to think straight anymore.

Background: 5+ years in IT Audit at a large bank, have my CISA, and just finished a master's in Data Science. Built some Python automation for audit testing along the way (access reviews, vulnerability analysis) and used data analytics to improve testing coverage.

The situation: I got a verbal offer for a Senior IT Auditor role at another big bank — $135k base (up from my current $115k, which I've maxed out where I am), plus $20k bonus. Solid comp bump, but it's still... audit. Same lane I'm already in.

I turned it down.

Why: I've realized I want to move into GRC/Tech Risk instead of staying in pure audit — more governance/control-design focused work, less "test after the fact." I also happened to land an interview for a Technology Risk & Control role (same company, different team) that's much more aligned with where I want to go. That interview is in a few days. If I get it, great — it's the direction I actually want, even at potentially lower comp than the audit offer. If I don't get it, I'm back to square one with nothing, since I already declined the audit offer and I'd already maxed out my salary at my current job anyway.

My reasoning for turning down the sure thing:

• I'm bored and under-managed in my current role — no real projects, minimal oversight
• The audit offer didn't feel like it was worth leaving for if it was just more of the same
• I said to myself if I'm staying in audit, I need a bigger jump (like 20%+ on base) to make it worth it; if I'm moving into GRC, I'd take less because the direction matters more to me

Where I'm second-guessing myself: Did I just torch a solid, real offer for a maybe? Is "I want to do something different" a good enough reason to walk away from a locked-in $20k raise? Or is this exactly the kind of calculated risk people are supposed to take early-ish in their career when they can afford it?

Would love to hear from anyone who's made a similar jump (or regretted not making one). What would you have done?

Does anyone have experience with Midship with Optro. All the videos make it seem perfect and I see the ceo of Reddit made a LinkedIn post highlighting how it automated 80% of their SOX. But from a senior internal auditor perspective for someone that will have to implement and actually use it, is it as good as everyone makes it seem?

As the title says, I'm an ex big 4 audit senior (laid off in May) with 3 busy seasons under my belt and I have an interview for an internal audit position coming and wanted to know of some tips and tricks and I can use or what sort of questions I might get asked. Looks like this interview is directly with the direct or internal audit so I didn't even get a phone screening, if that matters. Also I don't have cpa but I'm starting to study again with hopes of passing all exams within the next two years.

Wondering if there is any, willing to relocate or if not, remotely working in PH. ✅CISA ✅10 years work exp ✅With big4 exp