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What I’ll be up to over the next few months
The beginning of the year also marks the beginning of the busier time for us at the NAO, as both interim and final audit visits start to loom. Although interim visits tend to start around February,...
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Preparing for final audit
31 March marks the end of another financial year, and our audit clients close their ledgers and are starting the process of preparing their accounts. This means that the Easter break is a welcome...
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Our top 10 tips for coping with final audit stress
The summer months can be a stressful period for financial auditors working at the National Audit Office. This is because the majority of our audit work starts a few weeks after the year end (typically...
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How I got ready to lead on an audit
Particularly at this time of year, which we consider the ‘peak final audit season’, you’ll find yourself spending a considerable amount of time on site with clients (final audit season is also the peak...
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Completing your first audit as lead
Now is an exciting time for financial audit teams, as most of us are wrapping up our work and getting our final accounts signed by the Comptroller & Auditor General, ready for Parliament recess...
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A year in review – Looking back on 2014
The Christmas break gives us a chance to put a bit of a distance between us and the previous year. I always feel the time off is necessary to forget about work – to enjoy (sparingly) spending time with...
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Train ticket. Overnight bag. Laptop. It must be time for interim audit!
And we are off! It is that time of year again – interim audit. This time of year consists of away trips to various places of the UK, meeting new colleagues that you may not have worked with before, a...
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… And, we’re back!
The particularly keen-eyed among you may have noticed that there has been a dearth of posts over the past few months but I’m here to explain why and to announce that we’re now back in commission. The...
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Our top 10 tips for coping with final audit stress
As our trainees enter the busiest period of the year, we’ve dug out a post from our previous blogger Laura to help cope with the stress of final audit. The summer months can be a stressful period for...
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Final audit: Not as bad as I thought… not yet at least
Well it’s finally here, the time of year I have been warned about ever since I joined the office… Final audit. The constant speculation of the new trainees about how much work is expected, how long the...
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