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Three challenges that face audit and accounting firms in 2024

Dec 07, 2023 · 3 min read · AICPA & CIMA Insights Blog

经济持续动荡,经营环境异常复杂, 实体比以往任何时候都更需要审计和会计师事务所来简化复杂性. Using a data-driven approach, 美国注册188bet亚洲真人体育下载(AICPA)的“提高审计质量倡议”确定了2024年审计和会计师事务所在三个主要领域面临的风险和机遇:寻找和留住人才, risk assessment, and quality management.

Challenge 1 — Finding and retaining talent

Workforce challenges continue to be top of mind for firms. 尽管会计行业并不是唯一面临这一挑战的行业, we have tools at our disposal to mitigate the risk. One important tool is technology. 公司需要开始将他们的技术战略视为人才战略. 技术支持的审计为评估风险、发现异常和欺诈提供了强大的工具. These tools are not a replacement for professional judgment, but they allow job roles to broaden and expand. 技术可以促进与公司战略发展目标相一致的职业发展. Workforce trends indicate employees are looking for meaningful work experiences; when a firm leverages technology-enabled auditing procedures, 这可以在调查数据异常值时腾出时间与客户进行更深入的接触,并为员工腾出时间从事入门级任务以外的工作, which may foster greater job satisfaction.

Resources for implementing technology

The AICPA has developed the Use of Technology in an Audit of Financial Statements 实践援助(技术实践援助)帮助审计师专注于在财务报表审计中使用技术. Part 1 of the technology practice aid, “在审计风险评估中使用自动化工具和技术,,旨在帮助从业人员在应用审计准则声明(SAS)第1号时考虑使用技术. 145, 了解主体及其环境并评估重大错报的风险.

美国注册188bet亚洲真人体育下载致力于通过提供有价值的资源来支持我们的会员,这些资源说明了公司使用技术进行更高效和有效审计的实际例子. This hub provides you with access to the latest technology information, 为您的客户提供最佳服务或支持您的组织的工具和资源.

Challenge 2 — Risk assessment

审计风险评估程序是通过实践监控程序观察到的不合规的常见领域. 审计准则委员会认识到,审计人员在风险评估的某些领域遇到了困难, 包括使风险评估要求适应较不复杂的实体. SAS No. 145, 对截至12月15日或之后的期间的财务报表进行审计时,哪一项有效, 2023, 纳入可扩展性选项,并澄清和加强识别和评估重大错报风险的某些方面, without fundamentally changing key concepts.

Resources for risk assessment challenges

美国注册188bet亚洲真人体育下载的审计质量团队已经创建了资源,包括网络广播,以便您可以从中学习 the most common audit quality issues:

Read the newly updated authoritative Audit Guide Risk Assessment in a Financial Statement Audit(updated for SAS No. 145), 提供将审计风险评估要求应用于不太复杂的实体的实际示例.

Download the “AICPA Audit Risk Assessment Resource” to help document identified risks, risk assessment procedures performed, and the planned responses to those risks.

Download the “Aid for identifying and testing controls at smaller entities,” which provides examples of controls that could be implemented.

Attend the “Risk Assessment Under SAS No. 145的网上广播,了解新的和更新的概念,以更好地进行风险评估.

Watch the “审计风险评估程序的应用和扩展. 145自学课程,它将教你AU-C第315节的细节.

Challenge 3 — Quality management

质量是会计行业的核心,因为它创造了我们的客户重视和期望的信任. 新的质量管理(QM)标准旨在帮助公司以现代和可扩展的方式提高其会计和审计业务的质量. 新的质量管理标准将公司从基于政策的方法转移到基于风险的方法. 风险评估过程是公司将设计和实施的一个新组成部分,作为其质量管理体系的一部分. 这一过程使企业能够调整质量管理体系,以适应企业的性质和环境. 实施质量管理体系需要企业付出巨大的努力, and the AICPA has developed resources to support you.

Resources to support QM implementation

使用我们为AICPA会员提供的全面免费工具,开始您的质量管理体系实施之旅,以符合新的质量管理标准:

Our downloadable 交互式实践辅助和附带的风险和响应库工具 focus on Statement on Quality Management Standards (SQMS) No. 1, A Firm’s System of Quality Management, 并提供实际的例子,展示有效的质量管理体系为贵公司的A&A practice.

This QM standards implementation checklist 为公司提供提示和资源,以帮助从业者准备和实施质量管理体系.

Our crosswalk 文件提供了SQMS编号. 1 and Statement on Quality Control Standards No. 8, as amended.

The webcast “新的质量管理标准:风险评估和应对的实用方法” provides a deep dive into the new risk assessment process, which is a key component of a firm’s system of quality management.

Our self-study course “理解和执行新的质量管理标准将帮助您理解质量管理标准引入的主要变化.

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