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Posted on April 29, 2016 by Laura Wright
As our trainees enter the busiest period of the year, we’ve dug out a post from our previous blogger Laura to help cope with the stress of final audit.
The summer months can be a stressful period for financial auditors working at the National Audit Office. This is because the majority of our audit work starts a few weeks after the year end (typically March) and clients are encouraged to complete certification of their financial statements before the end of July. Certification involves the signing of the audit report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of the NAO (currently Amyas Morse) and formal presentation of the accounts before Parliament. As Parliament leaves for summer recess towards the end of July, the deadline for certification tends to be just before this date. more… Our top 10 tips for coping with final audit stressTagged: Annual accounts, Client visits, Clients, Final audit, Financial audit, Work-life balance
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Posted on December 12, 2014 by Laura Wright
WGA is a term that you will frequently hear across the office. For most of us, it has become a standard acronym in our audit vocabulary but if you join the office for the first time, these three letters will probably don’t mean much to you. So, what does WGA stand for and why is it so important to us? more… What is… WGA?Tagged: Annual accounts, Audit cycle, Clients, Financial audit
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Posted on June 20, 2014 by Laura Wright
As an Assistant Auditor here at the NAO, I am studying for the ACA (Associate Chartered Accountant) qualification from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). The ACA course is one of a few Chartered Accountancy qualifications available to students within the UK (alongside ACCA, CIMA and CIPFA). It was therefore important for me (and you as prospective applicants!) to consider whether the qualification was suited to me when I applied for a job here, especially given the long hours of studying involved! more… 10 reasons for choosing the ACA qualificationTagged: ACA qualification, Career options, Employability, Learning, Skills and experience, Support, Training
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Posted on May 23, 2014 by Laura Wright
The summer months can be a stressful period for financial auditors working at the National Audit Office. This is because the majority of our audit work starts a few weeks after the year end (typically March) and clients are encouraged to complete certification of their financial statements before the end of July. Certification involves the signing of the audit report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of the NAO (currently Amyas Morse) and formal presentation of the accounts before Parliament. As Parliament leaves for summer recess towards the end of July (22 July this year), the deadline for certification tends to be just before this date. more… Our top 10 tips for coping with final audit stressTagged: Annual accounts, Client visits, Clients, Final audit, Financial audit, Work-life balance
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Posted on May 9, 2014 by Laura Wright
Although most of the time I’m allocated to the Department of Health and related bodies’ audits, there are opportunities to be involved in audits for our international clients. The past few weeks I’ve been working on the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), which is based in Vienna, Austria. The UN (United Nations) is a fascinating client to work on, due to the wide range of activities it undertakes and its funding structure (some fixed funding or “regular budget” and some voluntary contributions). There are also some quite nice audit locations such as New York, Geneva and Copenhagen that follows such work! more… International audits: The United NationsTagged: Audit locations, Client visits, Clients, Financial audit, International audit, United Nations
Our top 10 tips for coping with final audit stress
10 reasons for choosing the ACA qualification
Our top 10 tips for coping with final audit stress
International audits: The United Nations
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