The Effectiveness of Continuous Auditing Implementation: Developing Automated Audit Systems for Fraud and Error Detections
University of Surabaya
The Panel on Audit Effectiveness suggested that auditors need to develop a new approach to conducting audits. Continuous auditing is a new approach that allows auditors to fully understand control points, control rules, and system controls as well as with more frequent, automated data analysis and hence increased audit relevance and reliability will ultimately improve audit quality. The purpose of this paper is to prove effectiveness of Continuous Auditing in bridging auditing with the challenges of detecting fraud and errors. In the KKK Department Store, Continuous Auditing was proven to significantly improve the audit quality and internal control of the organization with a very significant decrease in audit findings in 2012 and 2013. The continuous audit findings in 2012 decreased by 75.76% or decreased by 3,523 from the findings in 2011 followed by a decrease in findings of 81.44% or 3787 findings from 2011 to 2013. Manual audit findings also decreased very significantly, namely by 96.19% or 733 from findings in 2011 to 2012 and a decrease of 99.74% or by 760 findings from 2015. 2011 to 2013. This significant decrease in continuous auditing findings was due to real-time audits, population data not sample, and continuous improvement of parameters. Another important factor that greatly influences the effectiveness of continuous auditing is the interaction between the continuous auditing component, the owner and the internal auditor and all related parties. Continuous Auditing has proven to be very significant in improving audit quality and organizational internal control but has proven ineffective in handling transactions involving manual transactions and collusion. In this study, it looks at two key controls, namely "checking whether there is a Receiving Report made more than the date specified on the Purchase Order" and "checking whether there is a Receiving Report that is not in accordance with the authorized purchasing order". An effective solution is to eliminate such manual transactions or authorizations made through systems with inherent control. This was implemented in 2013 and successfully resolved the issue. The continuous audit approach is an approach that is efficient and effective as well as sustainable and can provide timely signals in dealing with fraud and errors through internal control and risk mitigation.
Keywords: Audit Systems Audit Quality Continuous Auditing Error Fraud
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