Use the external auditor best practices linked in this blog post to assess your auditing needs and establish clear expectations.

1. System Implementation Process Questionnaire

The questions included in this tool can be applied to the implementation of new systems or major upgrades.

2. Control Testing Responsibility Guide

This guide outlines the Sarbanes-Oxley responsibility assignments and testing process for primary manual controls.

3. SOX Training Guide: Remediation Efforts and Needs

We’ve designed this guide to help companies train SOX project teams on how to identify and communicate deficiencies noted during the testing process.

4. Internal Audit Risk Assessment Questionnaire

Identify areas of concern and build next year's audit plan with our internal audit risk assessment questionnaire.

5. Auditing Corporate Governance Guide

This guide can be used by auditors to assess and understand the four pillars of an organization’s governance framework.

Browse our External Auditor topic page to see all of the related tools and publications we have published.