Auditor Interview Questions
Monday, June 4, 2007
General
- (If not already addressed) Introduce and discuss your audit team.
- Please provide us with highlights of your proposal or your approach that you feel are most important for us to know.
- Do you have any comments or observations about our 05-06 CAFR?
- How many government clients do you have? Do all seek and receive the GFOA Certificate of Achievement?
- Will the State reports be completed by your personnel or outsourced?
What reports would the City need to provide you with to complete the State Controller’s and Street Reports? In what format?
- Are there flow charts or other special documents you would require as part of the audit?
- What percent increase should be assumed for each of the optional 2 years?
Moss, Levy & Hartzheim, LLP
- Your proposal transmittal letter indicates that you understand that the RFP requests your firm to “assist” us in preparing the State Controller’s and Street Reports. Please explain.
- Please tell us how you handlequestions / technical issues that might arise during the fiscal year including any costs that might be incurred for these services.
Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott, LLP
- You indicate that your staff is available at no charge to respond to minor questions or technical issues that will take a minimal amount of time to solve. Please clarify what minimal means.
- Page 4 mentions continual update regarding accounting pronouncements, etc. Could you please elaborate on how this occurs?
Final Question
- What is the longest you have been in any one city consecutively? What do you recommend in general as a guideline for rotating auditors?
- Our current auditors do an additional 20 hour project each year for us at no charge. Are you willing to offer the same?
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