Description
Properly identifying, assessing, and responding to risk through a detailed audit plan is critical to an effective and efficient financial statement audit. This module will emphasize the key concepts and best practices that drive a thoughtful risk-based approach to forming an opinion on the financial statements.
Major Topics:
- Overview of a risk-based audit process
- How the individual elements of the audit risk formula interrelate
- Emphasis on overall risk, fraud risk, and control risk
- Linking the assessed risk of material misstatement to the detailed audit plan
- Documenting risk assessment conclusions and responses
