A Research On The Audit Project Management Of Company A

Auditing is one of the important ways to supervise and manage the financial work of various kinds of organizations and institutions.Its importance in the modern economy and society has become increasingly prominent.Just as in other industries,accounting firms are paying more and more attention to the management of audit projects.How to apply advanced project management theory to audit project to ensure that the audit project achieve its goals,at the same time also to ensure the quality of the project,and to reduce the cost of the project has been given more and more attention by the project managers.Compared with the developed countries,audit project management in China's accounting firms starts late and develops slowly,and with limited experience gained,which to a certain extent,restricted the development of China's CPA industry.Especially that nowadays large and medium-sized domestic accounting firms are facing the pressure of accelerating the expansion and occupying the industry share.CPAs in China need to apply project management theory to improve work efficiency and quality,and to reduce operating cost.This article introduces the background and the significance of the selected topic,and introduces the relevant domestic and overseas researches,and the relevant theoretical basis of the audit project management.It then proceeds from the status quo of the current audit project management of company A,analyzing the existing problems,including overcosting,low employee satisfaction,non-satisfactory audit quality and deviation in risk control,and the causes of such problems.It uses the modern project management theory by applying the viewpoints and methods in terms of the management of cost,quality,human resources and risks to the management of audit projects.It also puts forward the measures in the areas of budget management,recording of billable hours,employee performance assessment,supervision of project progress,risk response to internal and external risks,etc.,to standardize the management system,process and standards,so as to improve audit quality,to reduce the project cost as well as to control risks.Due to that there are a wide variety of project management techniques and tools,and many of the indicators in the actual implementation of audit projects are difficult to quantify accurately,this paper focuses on the qualitative analysis,and put forward tools and technologies that are adaptable and operable to company A.It also pointed out that accounting firms should establish and implement their own audit project management systems and methods in light of their actual conditions to continuously improve project management and audit quality.