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ACBA Audit Resources and Software Tools

This resources listing carries MS Excel products only. It is divided into four sections. For tools designed to help you create your own templates go to ACBA Oddments.

Audit Functions and Tools

Templates

Downloadable files carrying templates which are designed to use with the ACBA Electronic Working Papers package but may be employed generally. You can see these templates in action within one of the company's Exhibition Workbooks.

Description of General Contents Detailed Listing of Templates
Arithmetic and Analysis
  • Year on year analytical review;
  • Simple Auditor Time Control sheet;
  • Risk Index template;
  • Expenses claims mileage monitoring.
Styles and Presentation
  • Standard Audit Test with X-Ref. column;
  • Summary of Queries for Auditee Response;
  • List of hindrances and constraints during an audit;
  • Peer Review and Quality Assurance of Draft Report.

Project Resource & Scheduling Control Kit

A simple, user friendly workbook, with instructions, for resource planning, scheduling and control of small projects. It allows an MS Excel workbook effectively to have multi-user functionality and gives project managers/team leaders instant access to up to date information on the progress of their project.

Seminars, Presentations and Published Articles

The slide presentations which accompanied seminars given by Stephen Allen to UK professional groups can be downloaded from here. This listing also includes copies of articles published on audit related topics.

Group Date and Place/Publication Seminar Title or Article
IIA-UK (Eastern Region) 19 Sept 2003, Ipswich Analytical Aspects of Audit
CIPFA in the Midlands 22 Oct 2003, Coventry Electronic Working Papers (for Audit)
Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation February 2008, Benefit Magazine Certificated Conflict
Excel DevCon 2012 25 January 2012, Barbican, London "Controlled Statements" within ACBA Electronic Working Papers
EuSpRIG 2012 5 - 6th July 2012, EuSpRIG 13th Annual Conference, Manchester. ISBN 978-0-9569258-6-2 On the Interpretation of Spreadsheets within their Environment

EuSpRIG, the European Spreadsheet Risk Interest Group, holds an annual conference (usually in early July) to which both academics and interested people from the business community are invited. The next conference will be held at the University of Greenwich, 4 - 5 July 2013.