Financial Auditor

After the internal audit,

☛ Hold an auditors meeting with auditees involved with the audit, discuss the non-conformances and what part is missed

☛ Issue the audit report in a timely manner

☛ Encourage auditees to take corrective actions again flaws

☛ Help and guide those responsible for completing the corrective actions with setting reasonable deadlines

☛ Take the feed-back of the auditees and how your audit team were perceived

The first thing to know when answering this question is that your interviewer is hoping to understand how you operate in the internal audit function and how your personality may affect your work. Be honest in your response, mention a real weakness, but frame it as something you were made aware of, subsequently worked on and have overcome and thus improved. This shows your interviewer that you are self-aware, open to constructive criticism and flexible in terms of your own development.

A typical job interview question and one which gives you the opportunity to mention any achievements or qualifications you have that add value to your role as internal auditor. Now is the moment to talk about your skills, your experience and how you will be an asset to their business. Make sure to give examples of everything you discuss, for example, don’t just say “I’m a good team player”, prove it. A handy tip in this instance is also to make sure you have memorised the job description so you can keep referring back to it as you make your case for why they should hire you.

Be honest while staying positive, avoiding anything that suggests conflict or in which you could be perceived as portraying your current employer or manager negatively. This will reflect equally badly on you. A better interview tactic is to talk instead about the need for new challenges and development opportunities.

Focus on the alignment of the opportunities the role offers with your personal aims and ambitions and convey what a good fit you are for the role by drawing attention to the parallels between your skills and experience, and the role requirements.

It is a good interview tactic to learn how to strike a balance between sounding confident but not conceited and modest but not overly self-critical. Acknowledge that while you are proud of your achievements there is always scope for improvement and development and you are keen to continue your journey with new opportunities.

In an organisation, errors are about to happen intentionally or un intentionally. Intentional errors are frauds which is very tough to identify when people collude to make it very secretively since audit is persuasive and not conclusive.

Internal control review including role and effectiveness of senior management, evaluation of Human resources policies and practices, assess the role and effectiveness of the audit committee and other committees audit risk management c, Revenue cycle, receivables, Expenditure cycle, payroll cycle.

I have learnt that communicating effectively plays a very important role in audit. My articleship gave me a opportunity to work on it.

To conduct an internal audit you should

☛ Decide what you want to achieve

☛ Identify risks and review objectives

☛ Plan and audit activities

☛ Validate the facts and complete the work

☛ Develop a deliverable or report that will drive action

☛ Follow up

I have a degree in accounting as well as well as a professional qualification with the association of certified chartered accountants. I have five years completed articles training with kpmg chartered accountants.

This question according to Edwards is again about striking the right balance. He says, “If a ‘rotation scheme’ is in place, candidates should show clear ambition, whilst demonstrating an open-mindedness to different career directions.” He further explains, “If you typecast yourself into one narrow career path, there’s a chance you’re talking yourself out of the job if the company is any less than 100% sure they can deliver on your ambitions.”

For it let me gain different experiences that help me improve my skills personally and professional at the same time learning new things.

Most interview guides will recommend having at least one example to hand so you are not seen to be struggling to think of something. The answer should be told like a story, in an engaging way, and demonstrate that you are the right person for the job due to a mixture of the right competencies and attitudes.

I would make the reports and avoid providing specific recommendations and leave management through their own brain storming process to identify the next course of action to address the anomaly pointed out.

Errors can be detected in a financial document by comparing them to the originals and looking at the specific information in each of the columns. If the numbers do not match up, there is likely some sort of issue. The common issues in financial documents revolve around errors of principle, omission and commission.

Effective Delegation.Identifying potential in the candidates.. Most importantly bringing the best out of the person and deliver effective results.

Interviewers want to see that you understand how the firm is successfully servicing its clients.

In your answer you should touch on what the firm does differently to its competitors, the strong relationship-building skills held by people at the firm, and the services it offers clients in addition to audit.

Scenario based questions are particularly common in typical interview questions and answers structures for audit roles as they provide practical proof of certain core competencies. In your example, interviewers will be looking for demonstrations of teamwork, leadership and versatility, problem-solving and quick thinking.

I have the determination. On getting my feet to this door of oportunity and I am willing enough to give all my focus and attention to prove that the company gain an asset.