U2 You have recently graduated from the University of Sharjah and joined Nestle Company UAE as an internal auditor. They have engaged you for an internal audit engagement. You need to audit their procurement (purchase) department. Please write down the key considerations which you will take into account before the start of audit engagement and during the audit engagement?

U2 You have recently graduated from the University of Sharjah and joined Nestle Company UAE as an internal auditor. They have engaged you for an internal audit engagement. You need to audit their procurement (purchase) department. Please write down the key considerations which you will take into account before the start of audit engagement and during the audit engagement?

Contemporary Auditing

11th Edition

ISBN:9781337650380

Author:KNAPP

Publisher:KNAPP

Chapter6: Professional Roles

Section6.4: Tommy O’connell, Audit Senior

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