Auditor duties and responsibilities
Auditors perform many tasks that help a company or individual maintain the integrity of their records and statements. Duties and responsibilities of an Auditor may include:
- Identifying areas of loss prevention, risk mitigation, health and safety, or operations efficiencies that may help a business
- Gathering information on the client from sales and customer success representatives department to understand needs
- Collecting, collaborating, and communicating relevant inputs to internal stakeholders
- Documenting all findings in an organized and timely fashion
- Delivering results back to end customers or business stakeholders as needed
- Providing resolutions and answers to branches, carriers, and employees on routine issues and concerns related to invoice auditing
- Ensuring accuracy and compliance to accounting standards, procedures, and internal control
Auditor skills and qualifications
A successful Auditor will have various prerequisite skills and qualifications required for the duties performed in this job. Some of these may include:
- Ability to meet tight deadlines
- Ability to detect patterns in data
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships
- Ability to work on a team and as an independent contributor
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work in stressful situations and under pressure
Auditor experience requirements
Auditor candidates need to have at least two to three years of experience working as an Auditor or Junior Auditor. Ideally, the candidate will have experience reviewing and auditing information similar to the type of information your company will need auditing. For example, for a Financial Auditor role, the candidate should have at least a year of experience in accounting or financial auditing.
Auditor training and education
An Auditor candidate needs to have a bachelor’s degree or higher academic certification from an accredited university. Auditor candidates in finance will need to have the specific education, training, and certification to be a chartered professional accountant (CPA) or certified management accountant (CMA). An Auditor candidate who is recognized and certified as a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) should be preferred.
Auditor salary expectations
According to Indeed Salaries, the average salary for an Auditor in Canada is $70,523 per year. The salary may vary depending on experience, location, or company that is hiring.
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