SmartSuite for the Audit Analyst
The Audit Analyst provides data extraction, analysis, visualisation and continuous auditing support for the audit function. They integrate data from ERP and financial systems, monitor transactions for anomalies and build dashboards of high-risk areas and control performance.
What you own
- Extract and prepare data from ERP and financial systems for testing
- Design analytics and continuous auditing routines
- Monitor transactional data for anomalies and exceptions
- Build dashboards of high-risk areas and control performance
- Support engagement teams with sampling and trend analysis
- Maintain the audit function's data and reporting tools
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How they use the Internal Audit Management suite
Data extraction & analysis
Integrates data from ERP/financial systems for testing and trend analysis.
Visualization
Builds dashboards showing high-risk areas, exceptions, and control performance.
Continuous auditing
Monitors transactional data for anomalies, exceptions, or emerging issues.
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How SmartSuite supports this role
Internal audit. Integrates data from ERP and financial systems for testing and trend analysis, and builds dashboards showing high-risk areas, exceptions and control performance.
Issues and actions. Monitors transactional data for anomalies and raises exceptions as tracked items.
Reporting. Delivers analytics-driven insight to the audit function and leadership.
Industry reference
The IIA's Global Technology Audit Guide on data analytics and the 2024 Standards' expectations on technology-enabled auditing describe the analyst's remit: full-population testing, continuous monitoring routines and dashboards that direct audit effort to risk.
Data sources are sector-specific. Banks analyse transaction, loan and payment data under Basel and BCBS 239 data-quality expectations; healthcare analysts test claims and billing against CMS rules; government analysts follow GAO's Yellow Book when analytics support audit conclusions; technology analysts work with access logs and change records for SOC 2 and ITGC testing.
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