Audit Team Characteristics Matter: How Diversity Affects Audit Quality

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mara Cameran ◽  
Angela Kate Pettinicchio
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Team Characteristics ◽  
Audit Team

The Association between Audit Manager and Auditor-In-Charge Experience, Effort, and Risk Responsiveness

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Contessotto ◽  
W. Robert Knechel ◽  
Robyn A. Moroney
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
The Core ◽  
Specific Experience ◽  
Primary Core ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Audit Team ◽  
Industry Experience ◽  
Jel Classifications ◽  
Core Role

SUMMARY Audit quality is dependent on the experience and effort of the audit team to identify and respond to client risks (risk responsiveness). Central to each team are the core role holders who plan and execute the audit. While many studies treat the partner as the primary core role holder, the manager and auditor-in-charge (AIC) are also important. Using data for engagements from two midtier firms, we analyze the association between the experience and relative effort of the manager and AIC and risk responsiveness. We find a manager's client-specific experience is associated with risk responsiveness for non-listed clients but find no evidence that the general or industry experience of a manager, or the experience of the AIC, is associated with risk responsiveness. The client-specific experience and relative effort of the partner is associated with risk responsiveness. These results suggests that managers can provide an important, albeit limited, contribution to the audit. JEL Classifications: M2. Data Availability: The data were made available to the researchers on the understanding that they will remain confidential.

The role of audit quality in firm valuation

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 575-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mishari M. Alfraih
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Audit Team

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of audit quality on the value relevance of earnings and book value. Because joint audit is mandated for all Kuwait Stock Exchange-listed firms, it is hypothesized that the higher the quality of the audit team (as measured by the number of Big 4 audit firms in the joint audit team), the higher the value relevance of earnings and book values for equity valuation. Design/methodology/approach Consistent with prior research, the value relevance of earnings and book value is measured by the adjusted R2 derived from the Ohlson’s 1995 regression model. The number of Big 4 audit firms represented on the firm’s audit team is used as a proxy for audit quality. Three tiers of audit quality exist, namely, two non-Big 4 audit firms, one Big 4 and one non-Big 4 audit firms or two Big 4 audit firms. To address this paper’s objective, the association between audit quality and the value relevance of earnings and book value were examined using four approaches. The final sample consists of 1,836 firm-year observations and covers fiscal years from a 12-year period (2002-2013). Findings Taken together, the four approaches used collectively provide empirical evidence that audit quality positively and significantly affects the value relevance of accounting measures to market participants. Importantly, the results reveal significant variations in the value relevance of earnings and book value jointly across the three possible auditor combinations. Research limitations/implications Although using auditor size as a proxy for audit quality is well established in the auditing literature, a limitation of that proxy is that it measures audit quality dichotomously, which implicitly assumes a homogeneous level of audit quality within each group. Practical implications The findings show the importance of high-quality and rigorous external audits in improving the value relevance of accounting information. Originality/value This study contributes to the extent literature on audit quality by exploring the role of audit quality in a unique institutional setting that imposes mandatory joint audits. Although prior studies have investigated the effect of joint audit pair choice on earnings management and audit fee premium, this study is the first to investigate the effect of joint audit pair choice on the value relevance of accounting information.

scholarly journals Does Engagement Partners’ Effort Affect Audit Quality? With a Focus on the Effects of Internal Control System

Risks ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Suyon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Client Characteristics ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Audit Reports ◽  
It Departments ◽  
Audit Team

An audit team includes engagement partners, CPAs, and staff. Among them, partners play a vital role in performing tasks that require expertise and experience, such as analyzing and understanding the industry, and supervising the overall audit process. In detail, the partners establish an audit plan, determine the overall audit time, provide the audit input ratio of the engagement team, and review the audit reports. This study examines for association between the partner’s audit hour ratio and audit quality depending on the client firms’ characteristics. Although the role of partners is important, the information about partner audit hours is limited. However, the Korean government requires audit firms to disclose the partner hour information in the audit report starting in the 2014 fiscal year. By the disclosure, it is possible to examine the association between partner audit hours and audit quality. In this study, the information on partner audit hour is hand-collected from the firms’ business reports. Using 6340 observations from 2014 to 2017, the partner audit hour ratio is associated with audit quality, under the characteristics of client firms. Firms’ risks are adopted for client characteristics, and we focused on the operation of internal control. The internal control operation level is measured by the following: (1) the ratio of internal control personnel and (2) experience of the internal control personnel in the accounting and IT departments. The result suggests that for the firms where internal control is not effectively operated, partners make more effort to enhance audit quality.

scholarly journals PEOPLE AND AUDIT PROCESS ATTRIBUTES OF AUDIT QUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
NOOR ADWA SULAIMAN ◽  
SUHAILY SHAHIMI ◽  
RANJIT KAUR NASHTAR SINGH
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
External Auditors ◽  
Public Accounting Firms ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Audit Team ◽  
Group 1

This study seeks to add to understanding of the concept and attributes of audit quality from the perspective of those responsible for delivery audit services, the auditors, as a key constituent group in the auditing system. The study surveyed two groups of external auditors (group 1- audit partners and managerial level and, group 2 - senior auditors and junior auditors), as a basis to compare their perceptions on important of auditors and audit process attributes in achieving audit quality in practice. The study was conducted in the form of a survey, with data being gathered via questionnaire. Returned surveys from external auditors yielded a 37% response rate. Overall, top 5 highest rated attributes of audit quality reported to be most important in determining audit quality are: compliance with the International Standard Quality Control (ISCQ) 1, obtaining credible and sufficient audit evidence, technical expertise of audit team, audit work meeting the audit firms’ quality standards, and competency of the audit team. Further analysis shows that the two groups of respondents have differential views on attributes of audit quality in practice. Group 1 perceived attributes of audit quality are related to auditor’s assessment of risk and internal quality review procedures within the audit firm. In comparison, group 2 perceived auditors’ competency and compliance with relevant standards as indicators of audit quality. This study suggests differences in underlying view about attributes audit quality in practice by the two groups of auditors. Public accounting firms might be interested to understand such underlying differences so that efforts in improving audit quality in practice would be focusing on the key attributes that perceived to be important on delivery high-quality audit services. This study is significant by extending the literature on audit quality and also provides useful input to public accounting firms in improving audit quality in practice.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KUALITAS AUDIT TERHADAP KEPUASAN KLIEN

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Mika Marsely Mika Marsely
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Client Satisfaction ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Audit Team ◽  
Client Needs

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of audit quality on client satisfaction. The unit of analysis in this study is the PNPM Mandiri Urban LKM in Sidoarjo Regency, amounting to 291 MFIs scattered in all villages / wards in Sidoarjo Regency. PNPM Mandiri Urban LKM is a nonprofit organization that aims to alleviate poverty. The sample in this study consisted of 32 economic village village (faskel) facilitators who overshadowed 291 LKM and also acted as counterpart auditors during the audit. The number of questionnaires distributed was 32 copies and 32 returned questionnaires or as many as 100%. The data analysis technique used in this research is Multiple Linear Regression Analysis.The results of this study indicate that the understanding attribute of the client industry and responsiveness to client needs has a significant effect on client satisfaction. Meanwhile, the attributes of competence, independence, caution of the audit team, KAP commitment to quality, high ethical standards and skepticism of the audit team did not have a significant effect on client satisfaction. The limitation in this study is that the sample used only comes from one party, namely the auditee. It is recommended that further research should use samples from both parties between the auditee and the auditor so that more valid answers can be obtained

scholarly journals KUALITAS PEMERIKSAAN AUDITOR INTERNAL PEMERINTAH: STUDI PADA INSPEKTORAT KABUPATEN DAN KOTA DI ACEH

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arfan ◽  
Darwanis Darwanis ◽  
Johan Wahyudi
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Time Horizon ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
The Government ◽  
Audit Team

<p><em>This study aims to test the influence of educational background, capacity, integrity, and conflict of role in the audit team on audit quality of government internal auditors in Aceh. This study is a hypothesis testing research. The population were 299 auditors working for the inspectorate's office of regency and city in Aceh. Then, by using Slovin formula and proportionate stratified random sampling, the samples were 92 auditors. The data used were primary data for the year 2020 collected through a questionnaire on a one-stage time horizon. The analysis method used multiple linear regression. The result showed that educational background had no influence, while capacity, integrity, and conflict of role in the audit team partially had an influence on audit quality of government internal auditors in Aceh. Limitation of this study was questionaires were sent via internet by using google form, so that not all questionnaires were returned by the respondents. In addition, the time for returning the questionnaires was different between the respondents and some even returned them too long. The implications of this study is that it can help the government, especially the government of regency and city in Aceh, to be able to improve the audit quality of internal auditors by taking into account the factors that influence it, in particular the capacity and integrity of internal auditors.</em><em></em></p>

scholarly journals PENGARUH KOMPETENSI, INDEPENDENSI DAN UKURAN AUDITEE TERHADAP KUALITAS AUDIT

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Dwi Agustina H. ◽  
Made Sudarna ◽  
Unti Ludigdo
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Variable Size ◽  
Mental Attitude ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
Inspection Tasks ◽  
One Year ◽  
Audit Team

This study examines and analyzes the influence of competence, independence and the size of the auditees on audit quality. Audit quality is defined as the probability that the auditor will both discover and report a breach in the client’s accounting system. Drivers of audit quality-a framework are : culture within the firm, the skills and personal qualities of audit partners and staff, the effectiveness of the audit process, the reliability and usefulness of audit reporting, factors outside the control of auditors. Competence of auditors is adequate professional proficiency to perform inspection tasks and professional proficiency in the preparation of examination report. In this study, the competence dimension of competence using Certified General Accountant (CGA) are leadership, professionalism and professional knowledge. The independence is the mental attitude and appearance that is free from private interference, and external organizations. The independence consisting of: a long relationship with the auditees and the provision of non audit services and the pressure of the auditees, peer review of auditors. Auditee size is total assets and revenue of each county/city in Java. Using the random sampling method, the research tries to collect some inportant information given by respondents. Questionaire is a tool used to measure the variables. The hypotheses were tested with SPSS. The sample of this study is the Chairman of the audit team LKPD 2010 on the BPK RI in Java. Data obtained by spreading 118 and a total of 110 questionnaires are returned and processed feasible. The results partially demonstrate competence and independence affect audit quality, while the size of the auditee does not affect audit quality. Researchers can then add other indicators in the variable size of auditees such as number of population and area, total spending, the number of programs and activities within one year.

A Field Survey of Contemporary Brainstorming Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean A. Dennis ◽  
Karla M. Johnstone
Keyword(s):  
Field Survey ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Publicly Traded ◽  
Fraud Risk ◽  
Inherent Risk ◽  
Team Characteristics ◽  
Audit Team ◽  
Audit Standards

SYNOPSIS: The purpose of this study is to guide practice and future research by examining contemporary fraud brainstorming practices. Using field data collected from audits conducted during 2013–2014, we investigate team characteristics, attendance and communication, brainstorming structure, timing, and effort, and brainstorming quality. Results show that although some practices are similar to those reported in earlier field studies, there are interesting differences (e.g., decreased use of checklists, shorter sessions, and risk-based deployment of resources in brainstorming). These differences suggest brainstorming has evolved throughout the intervening period during which new audit standards became effective and the PCAOB criticized auditors' performance in fraud risk identification and risk response generation. We also examine differences in audit team characteristics and brainstorming practices across risk and trading-status partitions. Results reveal auditors deploy more resources to brainstorming when engagement risk is heightened (i.e., publicly traded clients with high fraud and/or high inherent risk); correspondingly, brainstorming quality is higher on these engagements. Collectively, our findings indicate risk-based resource allocations in brainstorming and diligent responses to regulatory concerns.

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