Auditors need to feel comfortable when signing the audit in order to produce comfort to society. Today, most companies use complex IT-systems that require that an IT-audit is performed. Rarely auditors possess the sufficient knowledge to perform the IT-audit and therefore an external part of the audit team is involved, namely IT-auditors. It can therefore be problematic for the auditors to ensure the quality of this part of the audit. In this thesis we aim to widen the understanding of how IT-auditors affect how auditors experience that they become comfortable. To investigate the addressed problem the following research question is asked: How do financial auditors experience that they become comfortable with IT-auditors? Ten auditors were interviewed on how they experience the different senses of the Comfort theory to become comfortable. With these senses as background, the study’s aim is to gain a perception of how auditors in Sweden perceive that they become comfortable with IT-auditors, which makes the auditor comfortable to sign the audit. The conclusions are that certain characteristics, such as technical and social skills together with good communication and understanding of the IT- auditors work is perceived as important factors for auditors to become comfortable

Informationsteknik är ett expanderande område som utvecklas i takt med den teknologiska utvecklingen. Allt eftersom samhället blir mer digitaliserat har det en betydande påverkan på den finansiella revisorn och dess revisionsarbete. Det finns tidigare forskningar och diskussioner kring hur viktigt IT-kompetens är för den finansiella revisorn på grund av den växande IT-miljön. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om den finansiella revisorn har tillräckligt med IT-kompetens för att granska affärssystem, förstå om eller när den finansiella revisorn tar hjälp av en IT-revisor samt undersöka vilka förväntningar som finns på finansiella revisorer. För att besvara studiens syfte och frågeställningar har en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med semistrukturerade intervjuer genomförts. Respondenterna som deltog i undersökningen var revisorer från olika revisionsbyråer samt en VD, vilket la grunden för den empiriska data som därefter analyserades med hjälp av studiens teoretiska referensram. De centrala slutsatserna som tagits fram i studien är att den finansiella revisorn anser sig själva ha tillräckligt med IT-kompetens för att utföra deras arbetsuppgifter och för att kunna utföra granskningar av ett affärssystem. Studien påvisar att om en finansiell revisor ska kunna göra granskningar av ett affärssystem krävs det grundläggande kunskaper om hur affärssystem fungerar. Studien visar även att en finansiell revisor kan ta hjälp IT-revisorer när deras kunskaper inte är tillräckliga. Det förekommer främst vid granskning av komplexa och specialanpassade affärssystem. Till sist visar studiens resultat att förväntningarna som finns på finansiella revisorer överensstämmer med kundens förväntningar. / Information technology is an expanding area that is evolving in step with technological development. As the society becomes more digital, it has a significant impact on the financial auditor and its audit work. There is previous research and discussions about how important IT competence is for the financial auditor due to the growing IT environment. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the financial auditor has sufficient IT competence to audit information systems, to understand if or when the financial auditor engages the help of an IT auditor and examine the expectations that exist for the financial auditors. To answer the studies purpose and the formulated questions, a qualitative research method with semi-structured interviews was conducted. The respondents who participated in the study were auditors from various auditing firms and a CEO, they formed the empirical data which were then analyzed by using the studies theoretical framework. The key conclusions in the study are that the financial auditor considers themselves to have sufficient IT competence to perform their tasks and to be able to audit an information system. The study indicates that basic knowledge of how information systems work is required from a financial auditor to perform an audit of the system. The study also indicates that a financial auditor can engage the help of IT auditors when their knowledge is not sufficient. It appears mainly in audits of complex and special adapted information systems. Lastly the result of the study shows that the expectation of the financial auditor is in line with the customer’s expectations.