Audit Quality Group
The Audit Quality members are the office's technical experts, focused on ensuring that high quality audits are carried out on behalf of the Auditor-General. They provide accounting and auditing advice to auditors and conduct quality assurance reviews to check that professional standards are met.
They are responsible for:
- appointing auditors and monitoring fees charged for annual audits of public organisations;
- monitoring the independence of auditors;
- setting the Auditor-General's auditing standards;
- interpreting auditing and accounting standards;
- developing auditing policies and accounting policies;
- providing technical advice, training, and assistance;
- leading work on performance measurement and reporting; and
- carrying out quality assurance reviews of a sample of the products produced by the Office, including annual audits.
The group is involved in a lot of the Office's work (such as annual audits, performance audits, inquiries, good practice guides, reports to Parliament on annual audits, long-term plan audits, and research and development projects).
The Assistant Auditor-General, Audit Quality is Todd Beardsworth.
Page last updated: 12 April 2023