SmartSuite for the Audit Manager
The Audit Manager leads individual engagements: scoping, planning, oversight of fieldwork, review of workpapers and timely reporting. They define objectives, risks and controls with standard templates, track testing completion and sign-offs, and coordinate with process owners on findings.
What you own
- Scope and plan engagements with objectives, risks and controls
- Supervise fieldwork and review workpapers
- Manage engagement schedules, assignments and review notes
- Draft audit reports and agree findings with management
- Follow up management actions to closure
- Coach auditors and maintain engagement quality
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Reports to
Direct reports
Works closely with
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Owns
accountable for the process
Touches
contributes or approves
Depends on
consumes its output
How SmartSuite helps, suite by suite
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How they use the Enterprise Risk Management suite
Control testing
Reviews and tests controls linked to enterprise risks.
Findings documentation
Records audit observations tied to specific risks.
Assurance coordination
Aligns audit results with ERM reporting and remediation efforts.
How they use the Internal Audit Management suite
Planning & scoping
Defines objectives, risks, and controls using standardized templates.
Workflow automation
Automates task assignments, review reminders, and follow-up requests.
Progress monitoring
Tracks testing completion, review notes, and sign-offs in real time.
How they use SmartSuite
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How SmartSuite supports this role
Internal audit. Defines objectives, risks and controls with standardised planning templates and tracks testing completion, review notes and sign-offs in real time.
Risk management. Reviews and tests controls linked to enterprise risks and records observations tied to specific risks.
Issues and actions. Automates task assignments, review reminders and follow-up requests to management.
Reporting. Produces engagement reports and status views from the workpapers.
Industry reference
The IIA's Global Internal Audit Standards (2024) set engagement requirements: objectives and scope tied to risk, a work programme, supervised fieldwork, evidenced conclusions and findings agreed with management. Workpapers must support every conclusion and be reviewed before the report is issued.
Sector regimes shape the engagements. Bank audits are read by examiners under FFIEC and Basel expectations; healthcare audits cover billing, HIPAA and clinical compliance; government audits may need to meet GAO's Yellow Book; technology audits often test the ITGCs and SOC 2 controls that external assessors rely on.
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