An auditor is a person who has been granted the authority to analyse, evaluate, and confirm the correctness of the parent company's business records, as well as to ensure the company's conformity with tax legislation. Auditors assess the financial operations of the firm in which they work and ensure that an organization runs smoothly. Auditors are economic experts that examine company accounts for accuracy and thoroughness. Internal and external audits are often performed by industries or independent organisations. Internal auditors and compliance officers are the two main categories of auditors. Internal auditors work for the government or for private companies, and their duty is to investigate for financial mismanagement and find ways to reduce theft and embezzlement. The main goals of this sort of assessor are to increase the mother firm ’s financial performance, minimise the corporation's investment losses, and establish more repeated sweeping of infrastructure into revenue generating accounting statements. They keep track of the company's earnings and spending and offer useful recommendations to the board of directors. External auditors, on the other hand, are self-employed individuals who focus on the accuracy of a company's financial statement and guaranteeing that it accurately reflects the company's financial situation.

Eligibility Criteria

• Must possess at least 50% aggregate from a recognized institution in 12th, from any board PUC/CBSE/ICSE/ISC, etc. However, the cut-off margin varies with the selection process of different colleges.
• Should procure a valid score in entrance exams such as GGSIPU CET BBA, AIMA UGAT, CUET, DU JAT, NMIMS-NPAT, etc. Different colleges offer their entrance exams if you don’t have a satisfactory score in JEE or other competitive exams – colleges like NMIMS, Symbiosis International University, XUB, Andhra University, LPU, etc. Every state offers its entrance exam as well.
• One must earn a degree in B.Com/BBA or a Diploma to become an Auditor. This is a basic qualification you must require to enroll in this line of work.
• An M.A in Finance and Accounting can also prove to be helpful while looking for a higher degree and better learning.

Tasks to perform

• Investigate and analyze finance related technologies, suggesting measures to guarantee data consistency and network dependability.
• To ensure that documents are correct, examine cash available, papers bank reconciliation, transferable instruments, and cancelled cheques.
• Inspect documents and conduct interviews with employees to ensure that operations are recorded and that rules and regulations are followed.
• Calculate due payments and produce tax statements, guaranteeing that payments, notification, and other tax demands are implemented.
• Advocate customers against tax administrators and give assistance throughout economic disputes..

Knowledge required

• Arithmetic Prowess – Being able to evaluate and interpret various mathematical equations and use them to address complex problems in arithmetic, geometry, calculus, and other areas.
• Secretarial — Experience in technical and administrative tools and methodologies such as note-taking, document and record handling, stenography and annotations, the layout of forms as well as other workplace practices and etymology.
• English Grammar — Familiarity in English Grammar, the form, and substance of the English language, along with the context and pronunciation of words, principles of grammar, and language.
• Computer Application — Understanding the prospects and functioning of circuit boards, processing units, circuits, electrical devices, computer equipment, plus applications and programming.
• Client and Legitimate Service — Implementation of standards and procedures for the provision of customer and services rendered. This involves identifying customer expectations, meeting product quality requirements and assessing customer loyalty.

Skills required

• Rational interpretation – Use of rationality and inference to distinguish the positives and disadvantages of creative improvements, assumptions, or responses to situations.
• Influence — Inspiring and persuading people to change their behavior and support a certain product, brand, or organization to increase sales.
• Surveillance — Entails keeping track of and evaluating your own, other people's, or organizations' results to make changes or take disciplinary measures.
• Time Management — Interacting and switching between different tasks and activities without consuming excess time to provide results.
• Processes Assessment — Entails identifying metrics or indices of service quality as well as the steps required to enhance or change effectiveness concerning the system's objectives.

Job roles offered

Once you procure the required qualifications for becoming an Auditor, a myriad of options is open to you. There are multiple projects you can undertake throughout this line of work, and there are many other fields you can branch out to as well.

• Inventory Auditor: Inventory Auditors count inventory and generate inventory assessments, visiting numerous establishments on a regular basis to establish precise quantities of various items and resources. Inventory auditors are hired by transportation firms, distributors, resource administration organizations, and other types of retail enterprises to perform full-time hours that could encompass nights and weekends, as well as occasional vacation. Inventory auditors operate in a variety of settings, including inventory rooms, warehousing, and many sorts of retail outlets. The vast majority of the moment, they work alone and communicate to emergency responders and administrators.
• Tax Associate: A tax associate specialises in offering tax processing assistance to customers. At accountancy companies or income preparations organisations, tax colleagues might work full-time or part-time schedules. During tax season, several companies engage contractual tax employees for a few months. The majority of tax associates' time is spent in an office setting. The primary responsibility of a tax associate is to assist individuals and organisations in meeting their legislative and provincial tax responsibilities. Investigating financial documents, all these as monetary declarations and expense documentary evidence, to evaluate consumers' reimbursement or the quantity of tax payments unpaid, cooperating with coworkers to evaluate revenue results, trying to prepare taxation, and submitting necessary supporting documents, all while supplying outstanding consumer customer support, are all examples of job commitments.
• Information Technology: An information technology audit, often known as an IT audit, is a review of a company's information technologies structural system, processes, and software applications. An IT auditor may find methods for an organisation's information networks to effectively suit its requirements, setup equipment and application programmes to create new technologies, and testing methods to verify that they are functioning correctly. The majority of information technology auditors operate in offices, mostly with computer networks. Some auditors may be forced to travel dependent on their company to examine customers' systems. The majority of the moment, accountants operate alone, however bigger assignments may necessitate teamwork.
• Quality Auditor: A Quality Auditor examines a corporation ’s merchandise and operations to verify they comply with all regulations and guidelines. This includes quality-control testing of goods and, in the context of consumer, assessing procedures and deliverables to ensure that all services provided were of exceptional quality. A quality control team generally includes assurance inspectors. They might be team leaders who are in charge of managing colleagues. The manufacturing business employs the bulk of Appropriate Intervention, although they may be encountered in a wide range of businesses, particularly agriculture and technology.
• Revenue Auditor: A revenue auditor does a daily revenue audit, which includes cash summaries, journal entries, and any other revenue reports that a department or organisation requires. Validating and documenting earnings for items or solutions, credit card invoicing and credit card payments, and answering to customers invoicing investigations and complaints are all tasks of a revenue auditor. A revenue auditor creates reports to verify that the company works smoothly and profitably. In a normal office situation, a revenue auditor operates. He works a conventional 40-hour work week throughout regular business times, with no weekend or midnight employment. The bulk of an income inspector's working hour is spent at a desktop, in front of a machine, reviewing and analysing monetary data.

Career opportunities

Auditors can opt for various fields of work in the companies listed below:

• Deloitte
• KPMG
• PwC
• Grant Thorton
• Protiviti
• RSM
• Accenture
• Oracle
• Citi
• UBS

Colleges offering courses

• The Yenepoya College, Mangalore
• Janta Shivratri College, Daltonganj
• AKS University, Satna
• Jharkhand Rai University, Ranchi
• RIMT University, Gobindgarh
• Nirmal Haloi College, Barpeta
• MGR Government Film and Television Training Institute, Chennai
• All India Institute of Management Studies, Chennai
• PDC - Pride Degree College, Bangalore
• Chandigarh University, Chandigarh