Auditing: A Practical Approach with Data Analytics

Auditing: A Practical Approach with Data Analytics, 4^th Canadian Edition prepares today’s students to meet the rapidly changing demands of the auditing profession with a focus on data-driven analysis and decision-making. Students work through a full audit in a practical and applied manner, developing the professional judgement and critical thinking skills needed to make real decisions auditors face every day.

Students are introduced to the language, key processes, and level of thinking required to build ethical and audit reasoning through an integrated case-based approach that better prepares them for successful completion of the CPA exam and the builds the confidence needed to succeed as a modern auditing professional.

ROBYN MORONEY, B.Ec. (Hons), M.Com., Ph.D., CA, CPA, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Monash University, Australia. Before commencing her academic career, Robyn worked as an auditor at Arthur Young, now Ernst & Young. With over 25 years' academic experience, Robyn has previously held positions at the University of Melbourne, the University of Auckland, the University of New South Wales, and La Trobe University. As a member of the board of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, which represents the interests of accounting and finance academics in both countries, Robyn has taken on a number of roles, including co-chairing the conference technical committee and the doctoral symposium. Her areas of research are the behavioural aspects (auditor decision-making processes) and economics of auditing.

FIONA CAMPBELL, B.Com., FCA, is an Assurance Partner with Ernst & Young in Melbourne, Australia. Fiona has been serving clients in the assurance practice since 1991 and has worked on audit clients primarily in the manufacturing, consumer, and industrial products industries, as well as not-for-profit sector organizations. She has considerable experience providing professional services to Australian and foreign-controlled companies, including large publicly listed and private companies. Fiona is also responsible for assurance methodology and technology at Ernst & Young in Australia, and she has been involved in designing the firm's global audit methodology for the past 14 years, including ensuring compliance with both international and local auditing standards.

JANE HAMILTON, B.Bus., M.Acc., Ph.D., is Professor of Accounting at the Bendigo campus of the Regional School of Business, La Trobe University, Australia, and previously held academic positions at the University of Technology, Sydney. Jane has 20 years' experience in teaching and has published the results of her auditing research in several Australian and international journals.

VALERIE WARREN, B.Comm., MBA, CPA, CA, is faculty and a former Accounting Department Chair at the School of Business at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia. Before commencing her academic career, Valerie worked as an auditor with KPMG. As well as teaching a variety of accounting courses, including auditing, advanced accounting, and accounting theory, Valerie also serves as a Practice Review Officer for the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, where she conducts practice reviews of national, regional, and small CA firms to ensure compliance with current accounting and assurance standards.