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Study programmes 2007-2008Last update : 7/05/2008
GEST0887-1  Advanced Auditing
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
"licencié" business studies, 2nd year2
Sales engineer, 3rd year2,5
Holder(s) :  Michel Grignard
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  General points :
- Status & environment of the auditor

Accounts auditing :
- Application of processes to audit all columns of assets & liabilities, profits & losses, and the notes to the yearly accounts
- Application in company cases


Auditing of the administrative organization or of the internal control system :
- Analysis of general auditing principles : division of labor, definition of attributions, the need for written instructions, authorized signatures, layout of premises, budgeting control, the use of computers, etc.
- Cases illustrating those principles
- Traditional division of the company into cycles : purchases, production, sales, wages, etc.
Course objective :  This course aims at bringing together all subjects linked to finance to set up a critical analysis of the company.
Prerequisites :  FIN 505 Accounting & Finance
FIN 504 Corporate Accounting
FIN 524 Financial Analysis
FIN 503 Cost Accounting
FIN 502 Management Accounting
Organization :  Lecture divided into 2 parts : theoretical study & case studies.
Written notes :  - BARBIER E., "L'audit interne", Ed. d'organisation, Paris, 1989, 115
pages.
- LURKIN P., "Etats financiers, analyse et interprétation", Ed. De Boeck, Bruxelles, 1990, 445 pages.
- SIMONS P., "L'audit financier", Ed. d'organisation, Paris, 1987, 110 pages.
Assessment :  1st session assessment : oral examination
2nd session assessment : oral examination
prolonged 2nd session assessment : oral examination


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