Most university undergraduate and graduate audit classes are geared towards educating prospective auditors but do not provide education for those who will be audit clients and subjected to audits. Future audit clients need to be educated as well as future auditors to ensure that there is a level playing field. Those being audited do not receive the same level of formal education as internal auditors–most client education occurs during the audit itself. The client, once subjected to an audit and faced with the consequences of a failed audit, will learn via trial and error. If left unprepared, managers can suffer financial losses and promotional setbacks; the preparation and education needed to be audit ready is lacking. Of interest to accounting students and entry-level practitioners, this book provides the audit education and preparation that has been missing by showing how to interface with auditors, helping to identify issues, exposures, and risks, and prime and adequately position current and future managers to achieve successful audits. weiterlesen