The thesis deals with definition of activities and roles of internal and external audit in context of providing true and fair view of accounting. These issues are solved from the point of view of Czech accounting standards and also in comparison with IFRS. The thesis is divided into two basic parts theoretical and practical. The theoretical part defines basic terms and introduces the procedures of internal and external audit. The thesis also deals with main legislation which adjusts activities of auditors. It also includes specifications of Czech and international legislation which auditors have to follow and definition of true and fair view. The practical part deals with audits of two accounting units in stage of identification of risks. Accounting unit A has implemented internal audit which uses model COSO for identification of risks. Accounting unit A is under an obligation to have their financial statements verified by external auditor. Accounting unit B is also under an obligation to have their financial statements verified by external auditor and the same time they transform their financial statements to IFRS. According to above mentioned procedures it was possible to evaluate the individual roles of internal and external auditors.

A auditoria externa de demonstrações contábeis é um dos instrumentos mais importantes para o desenvolvimento do mercado, pelo fato de adicionar credibilidade e segurança às informações financeiras prestadas pelos agentes econômicos que buscam captar recursos junto ao público investidor. A doutrina jurídica pátria, entretanto, ao contrário do que ocorre em outros países, tem relegado o estudo do assunto a um papel secundário, quase não abordado nas obras nacionais, deixando sua pormenorização integralmente sob o domínio da ciência contábil. Esta postura causa um afastamento do jurista da realidade das circunstâncias em que a auditoria se desenvolve, fazendo com que, pela falta de compreensão das peculiaridades da matéria, haja a aplicação inadequada de muitos institutos a uma realidade específica e, muitas vezes, diversa daquela para as quais referidos institutos foram concebidos. Como a matéria abrange tanto o Direito quanto a Contabilidade, tencionamos fazer aqui uma abordagem conjunta, a fim de possibilitar a comunicação das duas ciências e compartilhar os problemas que o tema apresenta. Passamos em revista a natureza dos principais institutos de auditoria; seu relacionamento e importância na economia; as características jurídicas do contrato, suas obrigações, as partes contratantes e os terceiros interessados; o desenvolvimento contábil de sua execução; e seu relacionamento com os sistemas de governança corporativa. Além disso, verificamos as atuais tendências quanto ao sistema de riscos e responsabilidade civil do auditor, matéria amplamente discutida no âmbito internacional. / The external audit of financial statements is one of the most important instruments in market development, to add credibility and security to the financial information provided by economic agents seeking to attract resources from the investor public. The national legal doctrine, however, contrary to what occurs in other countries, has relegated the study of the subject to a secondary role, almost national works not covered in detail, leaving fully under the domain of accountant science. This attitude causes a hivingoff lawyer of the circumstances in which the audit develops, causing, by lack of understanding of the peculiarities of the subject, inadequate application of many institutes to a specific reality occurs and, often, different from that for which these institutes were designed. As the subject covers Law and Accounting, we intend to do a joint approach to enable the communication of both science and share the problems that the theme displays. Passing across the nature of the main audit institutes, their relationship and importance in the economy, the legal characteristics of the agreement, their obligations, the contracting parties and third parties, your ledger development and relationship with the corporate governance systems. In addition, we verify the current trends regarding the system of auditor\'s civil liability and risk, widely discussed internationally.

The thesis is focused on cooperation between external and internal audit and its benefits for the selected organisation and all concerned parties. Theoretical part deals at the beginning with the history of external and internal audit in Europe, United states of America and Czech republic. Other chapters are dedicated to the definitions, mission and contribution of external and internal audit. The thesis also deals with the czech and international legislation in the field of the analyzed audit. The practical part is focused on external and internal audit in two organisations, more specifically the University of economics in Prague and company ČEZ. Those organisations were selected with the intent of making a comparison of the contribution of the audits in different institutions, when it comes to the nature of business and size.

This diploma thesis deals with external audit of banks in Czech Republic. The main objective of this thesis is to describe in detail the techniques, strategy and methods which are used by the external auditor during the engagement and to compare them with those used in internal audit. The main emphasis during the stage of interim audit is put on control of risk management activities. The first part of this diploma thesis is devoted to theoretical issues and legal aspects of audit profession. Specific characteristics of banking institutions audit including major risks and the scope of external auditor's activities are described in the second chapter of the thesis. Third part describes the main stages, used methodology and the process of external audit of banking institutions. Last chapter is devoted to a brief description of the internal auditor's activities in the bank and their comparison with the external audit.

The aim of the diploma thesis "Tests carried out in audit" is evaluation of the general purpose financial statements performed by the asistent auditor in the trainee program. The theoretical part explains the basic concepts of the auditing profession, defines the person authorized to perform audit activities, their rights and obligations. As well it analyses each phase of the audit, characterize the audit process and analyze the audit risk, the concept of materiality and the substantive tests. The practical part of the thesis is focused on the analysis of selected audit procedures in the basic part of the General purpose financial statements (tangible assets, accounts receivable, payroll, cash and cash equivalents).

The goal of my thesis "Audit of a bank" is to identify and describe the area of external and internal audit in banking and to focus on specifics of bank audit in comparison to external audit of commercial enterprise. The first part is focused on audit of financial statements. In the second part are described the specifics of banking segment. Third part describes internal audit and cooperation between external and internal audit. In the last part there are described methods applied during the audit of the bank.

This master thesis deals with the area of external audit of banks and its relations with regulatory and supervisory authorities. Its goal is to identify and describe the specifics, which differs bank's financial statements audit from audit of other non-banking institutions, and discuss cooperation between external auditors and supervisory authorities. The first section defines the general framework of the external audit with an emphasis on legal aspects. In the second part are described the phases of the common audit procedures. The third section defines the characteristics of banking institutions and describes the specifics of audit methodology and procedures applied during the audit of the bank. The final part discusses the role, responsibility and cooperation of banks, external auditors and regulatory and supervisory authorities.

The diploma thesis focuses on comparasion of internal and external audit procedures in the selected business unit. It specifies differencies between types of audit. The differencies are applied to practical cases in the selected business unit. There are specified benefits resulting from cooperation between internal and external auditors. It contains suggestions for improving internal audit in selected business unit.

Proper records management plays a significant role in the auditing process, risk management and wider corporate governance. Despite this role, in South Africa, many governmental bodies are issued with disclaimer reports every year by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) due to a lack of supporting documentation. This problem is exacerbated by the exclusion of records management from the criteria for a sound financial management infrastructure in many governmental bodies. The other dilemma is that some records such as financial records, personnel records and electronic records usually fall outside the jurisdiction of the organisation’s records manager. Utilising the King Report III as a framework, this study sought to develop a framework to embed records management practices into the auditing process in the public sector of South Africa, with a view to entrench a culture of clean audits. The study relied on mixed methods research (MMR), with the quantitative study conducted first through informetrics analysis of audit reports, while the qualitative paradigm was used to substantiate numerical data. Data collection adopted a multi-approach with four key sources of data: a questionnaire, interviews, literature review and publicly available data from the consolidated general reports of AGSA. The study revealed that most governmental bodies have established internal audit units, audit committees and records management units, which did not work in unison. In most governmental bodies records management did not form part of the audit scope and records management professionals were not part of the audit committees. As a result, most governmental bodies continued to receive negative audit opinions from AGSA. The study recommends that records management community should utilise auditing and risk management as a springboard to propel records management to the new heights. A further empirical study on the role of auditing and risk management in records management that embraces both the private and public sectors is recommended. / Information Science / D. Litt. et Phil. (Information Science)

This diploma thesis is a practical excursion into the organization of controls in a particular shared service centre. The work deals with the company relation to the section 302 and 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act and describes the company's internal control system according to the COSO "Integrated framework - Internal control" issued in 1992. More detailed description is provided within the company's fraud risk assessment process and within yearly testing process of control activities in order to meet section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The specifics of external audit when performing audit in shared service centre, the shared service centre influence to foreign accounting entities from internal control system perspective are the other topics taken in consideration. Finally, there are highlighted benefits of automated system for processing travelling expenses in relation to the COSO "Integrated framework - Internal control" issued in 1992 and in relation to necessary assurances requested by U.S. SEC for the purpose of preparing financial statements under U.S. GAAP. The company's relation to anti-corruption laws (such as the FCPA) intersect in the analytical section, whose purpose is to find internal control gaps in the department processing travel reports in terms of their content and process.