Monthly Newsletter-Dec ’11: “The 12 Days of Audit”

“The Twelve Days of Audit”

1.  On the first day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
One bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

2.  On the second day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Two Audit interns…
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

3.  On the third day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Three hours to do the preliminary survey…
Two Audit interns
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

4.  On the fourth day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Four page Planning Memo…
Three hours to do the preliminary survey
Two Audit interns
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

5.  On the fifth day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Five global processes to audit…
Four page Planning Memo
Three hours to do the preliminary survey
Two Audit interns
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

6.  On the sixth day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Six key controls to test per process…
Five global processes to audit
Four page Planning Memo
Three hours to do the preliminary survey
Two Audit interns
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

7.  On the seventh day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Seven regional Controllers to train on peer testing…
Six key controls to test per process…
Five global processes to audit
Four page Planning Memo
Three hours to do the preliminary survey
Two Audit interns
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

8.  On the eighth day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Eight supporting spreadsheets to reconcile…
Seven regional Controllers to train on peer testing…
Six key controls to test per process…
Five global processes to audit
Four page Planning Memo
Three hours to do the preliminary survey
Two Audit interns
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

9.  On the ninth day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Nine remediation test runs…
Eight supporting spreadsheets to reconcile…
Seven regional Controllers to train on peer testing…
Six key controls to test per process…
Five global processes to audit
Four page Planning Memo
Three hours to do the preliminary survey
Two Audit interns
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

10.  On the tenth day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Ten hour post-audit conference…
Nine remediation test runs…
Eight supporting spreadsheets to reconcile…
Seven regional Controllers to train on peer testing…
Six key controls to test per process…
Five global processes to audit
Four page Planning Memo
Three hours to do the preliminary survey
Two Audit interns
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

11.  On the eleventh day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Eleven notations in the Comment Log…
Ten hour post-audit conference…
Nine remediation test runs…
Eight supporting spreadsheets to reconcile…
Seven regional Controllers to train on peer testing…
Six key controls to test per process…
Five global processes to audit
Four page Planning Memo
Three hours to do the preliminary survey
Two Audit interns
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennessee

12.  On the twelfth day of the audit, my Audit Manager gave to me…
Twelve hours to get to my next audit site…
Eleven notations in the Comment Log…
Ten hour post-audit conference…
Nine remediation test runs…
Eight supporting spreadsheets to reconcile…
Seven regional Controllers to train on peer testing…
Six key controls to test per process…
Five global processes to audit
Four page Planning Memo
Three hours to do the preliminary survey
Two Audit interns
And one bus ticket to Pigeon Forge,Tennesseeeeeeee

I would love to hear how many of these “Days of Audit” resonate with you.  Happy Holidays to one and all.  See you next year…

Paul Fine
Director of Marketing & Business Development
DoubleCheck LLC
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1-888-299-3980
Atlanta,GA