PCAOB August 4, 2026
Ex-PCAOB Chief Auditor Hired By Consulting Firm BRG
Barbara Vanich has joined the global consulting firm's Financial Institution Advisory practice as a managing director in its Washington, D.C. office.
Auditing May 15, 2024
KPMG Leads in IPO Audit Clients for Q1 of 2024
The Big Four firm audited eight of the 46 IPOs, tops among the 20 different firms with at least one IPO audit client in the first quarter.
Auditing May 14, 2024
PCAOB Replaces Old Quality Control Rules With a New Standard
The new quality control standard will require audit firms to annually evaluate their QC systems and report the results to the PCAOB.
Auditing May 14, 2024
New PCAOB Rules Would Push Auditors to Assemble Final Documentation More Quickly
As part of a new standard adopted May 13, the time period to assemble a final set of audit documentation would be cut from 45 to 14 days.
Auditing May 8, 2024
AuditBoard Adds InfoSec Solution Enhancements for Cyber Risks
New capabilities include enhanced AI automation, customizable automated workflows, and real-time analytics.
Accounting May 9, 2024
Webcast May 9: Lease Accounting’s Role in Executing Financial Strategy
With changes in lease accounting and emissions standards, organizations need to look beyond compliance to automating, optimizing and consolidating strategic financial systems.
Auditing April 30, 2024
8 Characteristics of a Well-Designed Root Cause Analysis Process, According to the PCAOB
In a staff report, the PCAOB discusses the importance of the root cause analysis process in firms' efforts to improve audit quality.
Auditing April 29, 2024
PCAOB Group Seeks Input On the Most Decision-Useful CAMs or KAMs
The Investor Advisory Group is looking to identify the top three critical audit matters or key audit matters for 2023.
Accounting April 29, 2024
Internal Audit Foundation Report Finds Changing Risk Landscape Will Require Shift in Hiring Trends
According to the report, hiring managers tend to seek recent college graduates who have studied accounting (80%), followed by those from auditing (53%) and business (44%).
Accounting April 24, 2024
AuditBoard Adds AI Capabilities
The application of AI represents a significant opportunity for teams managing risk to better connect data across functions, craft content, and proactively surface issues, risks, and insights.
Auditing April 22, 2024
EY Is the Busiest Among the Public Company Audit Firms
The Big Four firm audited 971 of the 6,607 public companies registered with the SEC in 2024, the most of any audit firm.
PCAOB April 18, 2024
The PCAOB is Hitting the Road This Year
Board members will host a series of five in-person forums for small audit firms in Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, Miami, and Jersey City.
Auditing April 18, 2024
AuditBoard Expands Executive Team to Support Continued Rapid Growth
AuditBoard has brought on public SaaS company veteran Jeff Harper as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) to help scale the organization and infrastructure