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Audit & Assurance Faculty

Join the ICAEW Audit and Assurance Faculty, an internationally recognised network of professionals focused on keeping ahead of the changes to the audit and assurance landscape. Membership is open to everyone - non ICAEW members are welcome to join.

In this section

Audit & Beyond is now a digital publication. You can browse Audit & Beyond content from 2022 and earlier here.

Q&A: May 2023

ICAEW’s Technical Advisory Service offers answers to some topical questions.

Risk assessments in 2023

ICAEW resources can help auditors to assess risks faced by their firms and by entities they audit.

Webinar recordings

What makes a good audit manager

This webinar will focus on the technical, people and project management skills needed to succeed in the role and use real life examples to identify practical solutions to help improve the quality and efficiency of the audits you manage.

Future events and webinars

ISA 600 - What's changing?

This webinar will share some practical insights on how the ISA is changing and how it affects you.

Technical releases

Technical Release 01-21 AAF SRA final

This technical release has been prepared for ICAEW members involved in the preparation of an Accountant's Report in respect of the Solicitors Regulation Authority Accounts Rules effective from 25 November 2019.

Guides and publications

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Considerations for group auditors

This Audit and Assurance Faculty Know-How guide explores COVID-19 issues faced by UK group auditors with overseas component auditors. It offers practical considerations in relation to the work of component auditors to address the requirements in ISAs (UK). It may also be relevant for group auditors in other jurisdictions with similar requirements.

Implementing and applying ISAs

Audit and assurance representations

Thought leadership

Audit Quality Forum (AQF)

Since it was established in 2004, Audit Quality Forum (AQF) has encouraged open and constructive debate amongst stakeholders about how to improve audit. Find out more about the AQF’s legacy and the wealth of material produced by the AQF with the support of BEIS, ICAEW and the FRC.

Audit insights

Auditors bringing their knowledge of market sectors and business issues for the benefit of wider stakeholders, and alerting practitioners to some of the issues they should consider when planning their audits.

AuditFutures

ICAEW’s AuditFutures is an innovative and collaborative initiative, an action-research programme that uses interdisciplinary thinking, design-led processes and interactive workshops to reimagine the audit profession.

The future of audit

As discussions about the future of audit continue to evolve, the Audit and Assurance Faculty intends to influence the debate through a series of succinct, high-level thought leadership essays that consider a range of issues directly or indirectly relevant to the debate.