Get IT auditing up and running in your SME's financial auditing process Historically, IT auditing has not been given the attention it deserves within a financial audit. With an increase in governmental regulations and corporate boards realizing its importance, IT auditing has risen to a level where every company, private or public or nonprofit, regardless of size, needs to understand the risks and controls surrounding its financial applications. Mining the myriad purposes of IT, IT Auditing and Application Controls for Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises provides you with the practices and guidance needed to implement IT auditing in your SME. Drawing on their decades of experience in academia and in the trenches, the veteran author team walks you through various financial statement cycles to help you better understand cycle risks, controls, and illustrative application-level controls. IT Auditing and Application Controls for Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises provides executive-level insights into IT auditing and application-level controls for SMEs as well as concrete hands-on tips and techniques that you can implement today. Organized by level of complexity, IT Auditing and Application Controls for Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises features: * QuickBooks and Microsoft Dynamics examples * Cross references to material published by the ISACA and AICPA on the topic * A framework for evaluating risks, controls, and reporting deficiencies * Spreadsheet auditing tools * Insights on the importance of understanding IT risks * Cases of IT audit failures * Research confirming the risks associated with SMEs * Practical guidance to help you analyze and validate reports Whether you're an auditor just entering the business or looking to develop better quality and efficiency in your software controls, IT Auditing and Application Controls for Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises is your go-to guide to getting started in IT financial auditing.

Jason Wood, CPA, CITP, CIS, CIA, CFF, MBA, is President of WoodCPA-Plus, a certified public accounting firm that focuses on IT auditing, consulting, and training. Mr. Wood has over seventeen years of international business experience in IT auditing, helping middle market and global Fortune 500 companies. He is an alumnus of the Big Four accounting firms-Deloitte, E&Y, and PwC. William Brown, PhD, CPA, CISA, CITP, is Chair of Accounting at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he has taught accounting and management information systems. He has over twenty years of business experience including roles as vice president, controller, and CFO of several publicly traded companies and the CIO of an IT intensive high-growth SME. Harry Howe, PhD, is Professor of Accounting and Director of the MS in Accounting Program at SUNY-Geneseo. Howe has coauthored two volumes in the BNA Policy and Practice series and published numerous articles in scholarly and practitioner journals.

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