...A Day in the Life of Brent Dorsey Staff Auditor Professional Pressures By: Carmelia Bell 8/14/2012 Brent Dorsey is an audit working at a company called Northwest Steel located in Portland. Brent is under a lot of pressure due to his job and marriage. Katherine his wife has been complaining about how they are not able to spend time together because of his job. John Peters, his boss is also putting him under pressure because he wants his peers Megan, Scott and him to be able to do accounts payable within 35 hours. John wants this to happen because they have been 30 hours over budget. John would like it to be done no more than 35 hours. John also wants them to work the weekend because it is an important engagement and he wants them to deliver. This causes him to miss time with his wife and also stress about what he can do to put his timing in half. One alternative that is available to Brent in regards to the audit payables is he can change the audit plan and only pull 20 invoices opposed to the chosen 30. The pro to this is they may be able to come in on or under budget and the con is they could miss something, and get in serious trouble for not following procedure. If they do this they would not be following the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 99. Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit requires auditors to obtain “reasonable” assurance that material fraud is not present. The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) standard...
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...A Day in the Life of Brent Dorsey PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS Relevant professional standards for this assignment include AU Section 230, “Due Professional Care in the Performance of Work,” AU Section 311, “Planning and Supervision,” AU Section 326, “Audit Evidence,” ET Section 52, “Article I-Responsibilities,” ET Section 53, “Article II-The Public Interest,” ET Section 54, “Article III-Integrity,” ET Section 55, “Article IV-Objectivity and Independence,” ET Section 56, “Article V-Due Care,” ET Section 57, “Article VI-Scope and Nature of Services,” and ET Section 102, “Integrity and Objectivity.” SUGGESTED SOLUTION What alternatives are available to Brent in regards to the audit of payables? [1] What are the pros and cons of each alternative? (a) Skip audit steps as Megan suggested, (b) “Eat time” as Scott suggested, (c) Do the job quickly, but do it right and record as many hours as it takes, regardless whether you come in under budget or not, (d) Go talk to John and express your concerns over the matter, (e) Go to John’s “mentor” or supervisor—the engagement manager or partner—to discuss the matter and seek advice. a) Pro: Skipping audit steps will allow Brent to complete the work in less time, thus allowing him to come in under budget and to spend some time with his wife. Con: Skipping audit steps can lead to inaccurate audit decisions. Material misstatements could go unnoticed by the firm, leading to an inaccurate audit opinion. This alternative also raises...
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...A Day in the Life of Brent Dorsey A Staff Auditors’ Professional Pressures[1] Learning Objectives Understand some of the pressures faced by young professionals in the workplace Generate and evaluate alternative courses of action to resolve a difficult workplace issue Understand more fully the implications of "eating time" and "premature sign-off" More fully appreciate the need to balance professional and personal demands Brent Dorsey graduated eight months ago with a master's degree in accounting. After graduating, Brent began working with a large accounting firm in Portland. He is now on his second audit engagement—a company called Northwest Steel Producers. Working day-to-day with Brent on the audit are two other staff auditors, Scott Olsen and Megan Mills, along with the senior auditor, John Peters. Scott and Megan are both second-year staff accountants and are anticipating a promotion to senior in the next year. John Peters has been with the firm for about five years and has been a senior-level auditor for almost three years. Following this busy season, the partners and managers will sit down and decide which seniors to promote to managers. The rumor around the office is that only four or five of the seven eligible seniors in the office will be promoted in the Portland office. Those not promoted in Portland will most likely be asked to transfer to other offices within the firm that need new managers. Some may even be "counseled out"...
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...A Day in the Life of Brent Dorsey A Staff Auditors’ Professional Pressures Learning Objectives • Understand some of the pressures faced by young professionals in the workplace • Generate and evaluate alternative courses of action to resolve a difficult workplace issue • Understand more fully the implications of "eating time" and "premature sign-off" • More fully appreciate the need to balance professional and personal demands Brent Dorsey graduated eight months ago with a master's degree in accounting. After graduating, Brent began working with a large accounting firm in Portland. He is now on his second audit engagement—a company called Northwest Steel Producers. Working day-to-day with Brent on the audit are two other staff auditors, Scott Olsen and Megan Mills, along with the senior auditor, John Peters. Scott and Megan are both second-year staff accountants and are anticipating a promotion to senior in the next year. John Peters has been with the firm for about five years and has been a senior-level auditor for almost three years. Following this busy season, the partners and managers will sit down and decide which seniors to promote to managers. The rumor around the office is that only four or five of the seven eligible seniors in the office will be promoted in the Portland office. Those not promoted in Portland will most likely be asked to transfer to other offices within the firm that need new managers. Some may even be "counseled out" of the firm. John has...
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