Occupation Atlasaudit supervisor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cd4f41a5-87a6-4b3c-8ee3-14e6f457c365
audit supervisor
Audit supervisors oversee audit staff, planning and reporting, and review the audit staff's automated audit work papers to ensure compliance with the company's methodology. They prepare reports, evaluate general auditing and operating practices, and communicate findings to the superior management.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CEIConventional · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional7.00
- E Enterprising3.87
- I Investigative3.57
- S Social2.13
- R Realistic1.14
- A Artistic1.08
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Accountants and Auditors (13-2011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (18)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse financial performance of a company
- arrange audit
- attend to detail in preparation for audits
- audit techniques
- communicate problems to senior colleagues
- corporate law
- develop audit plan
- financial statements
- internal auditing
- international financial reporting standards
- interpret financial statements
- national generally accepted accounting principles
- observe confidentiality
- pose questions referring to documents
- prepare audit activities
- prepare financial auditing reports
- supervise staff
- tax legislation
Optional (19)
- accounting department processes
- adhere to Standard Operating Procedures
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adhere to questionnaires
- advise on efficiency improvements
- advise on financial matters
- audit contractors
- company policies
- conduct financial audits
- design questionnaires
- employment law
- execute ICT audits
- financial department processes
- follow the statutory obligations
- global standards for sustainability reporting
- make strategic business decisions
- perform quality audits
- quality standards
- revise questionnaires
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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