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Level 7 Diploma in Accounting and Finance

Technological Disruptions in Strategic Auditing

AF705 · Strategic Audit — Week 10 of 16

CourseAF705
Week10 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Technological Disruptions in Strategic Auditing

  1. Big data analytics in audit transaction testing
  2. Machine learning and artificial intelligence in anomaly detection
  3. Continuous auditing and real-time assurance architectures
  4. Evaluating efficiency and reliability gains from audit automation
  5. Big Data Analytics - ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL)

What you will be able to do

  • 5.1 Assess current developments in auditing.
  • 5.2 Assess the importance of the current developments in audit processes.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess current developments in auditing.

Study materials

Videos

  • Big Data Analytics - ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 19 min · for registered students
  • ICAEW Insights In Focus: AI in audit - the good, the bad and the ugly · YouTube · ICAEW · 40 min · for registered students
  • Technologies Disrupting Financial Audit Process · YouTube · SANS Institute · 60 min · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Evolution of Auditing Regulation
  • Week 2: Ethics and Professional Conduct in Assurance
  • Week 3: Legal and Statutory Responsibilities of Auditors
  • Week 4: Financial Statement Preparation and Audit Linkages
  • Week 5: Strategic Audit Planning and Business Organisation
  • Week 6: Audit Risk Identification and Assessment
  • Week 7: Audit Risk Mitigation and Response Design
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Audit Monitoring and Engagement Quality Control
  • Week 10: Technological Disruptions in Strategic Auditing
  • Week 11: Emerging Assurance Horizons and Regulatory Reforms
  • Week 12: Applying Strategic Audit in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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