SmartSuite for the Audit Quality Assurance Reviewer
The Audit Quality Assurance Reviewer ensures engagements meet internal methodology and the IIA Standards. They verify workpapers are complete and properly reviewed, confirm sign-offs with electronic audit trails, and evaluate reports against methodology and regulatory expectations.
What you own
- Review engagement workpapers against methodology and the Standards
- Verify that reviews and approvals are complete and evidenced
- Evaluate audit reports for accuracy, support and consistency
- Run the quality assurance and improvement programme
- Track quality findings and improvement actions
- Prepare for external quality assessments
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How they use the Internal Audit Management suite
Workflow reviews
Verifies that workpapers include complete, accurate, and properly reviewed documentation.
Automated sign-offs
Confirms all reviews and approvals with electronic audit trails.
Compliance validation
Evaluates workpapers and reports against internal methodology and regulatory standards.
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How SmartSuite supports this role
Internal audit. Gives reviewers complete visibility into review cycles, verifying workpapers include complete, accurate and properly reviewed documentation.
Issues and actions. Tracks quality findings and improvement actions to closure.
Reporting. Confirms all reviews and approvals with electronic audit trails and reports conformance.
Industry reference
The IIA's Global Internal Audit Standards (2024) require a quality assurance and improvement programme with internal assessments and an external quality assessment at least every five years. The reviewer checks workpapers, supervision and reporting against those Standards and the function's methodology.
Regulators read the results. Bank supervisors expect the audit function to be independently assessed under Basel and OCC guidance; government audit organisations undergo peer review under GAO's Yellow Book; healthcare and technology audit functions evidence quality to audit committees and, where external auditors rely on their work, to those auditors under PCAOB AS 2605.
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