Expert answer:What is a client engagement report

Expert answer:Your first major task as lead auditor is to evaluate factors related to client engagement. For this milestone, you will assess a variety of internal and external factors to determine the suitability of the engagement. More detailed instructions inside attachment. If links inside the attachment don’t work please let me know right away or if you have any questions. Thank you in advance.
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ACC 645 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: For the final project, you will work through components of a case study in which you will assume the role of a lead auditor at Willis & Adams. Your
firm has been approached by EarthWear Clothiers to perform an audit. In your role as lead auditor, you will perform management duties. You will evaluate
internal and external factors to determine client engagement, develop an audit plan, determine recommendations for improving internal controls, and
communicate the audit opinion. For this milestone, you will write a report on client engagement.
Prompt: You will evaluate the corporate structure of EarthWear Clothiers and their annual report and then summarize your findings. You will evaluate the
following for your auditing firm, Willis & Adams: independence, knowledge of client industry, and staffing capabilities. Then, assuming that your firm has decided
to move forward as a result of your evaluation of internal and external factors, you will explain why it would be appropriate for your firm to accept EarthWear
Clothiers as a new client, using examples to support your response.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I.
Client Engagement: The external auditing team has been approached by an organization that hopes to be a new client. You are responsible for
evaluating the factors associated with the organization and the external auditing team to determine why it would be appropriate to move forward and
accept the organization as a new client.
A. Evaluate the corporate structure and annual report of the organization, and summarize your findings.
B. Evaluate the following information related to the external auditing firm, and summarize your findings:
1. Independence
2. Knowledge of client industry
3. Staffing capabilities
C. Assume your firm has decided to move forward. Referring to your evaluation of internal and external factors, explain why it would be
appropriate for the external auditing team to accept the organization as a new client, using examples to support your response.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your report on client engagement must be 2 to 3 pages in length (plus a cover page and references), with double spacing, 12-point
Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. You should use current APA style guidelines for your citations and reference list.
Critical Elements
Client Engagement:
Corporate Structure
Proficient (100%)
Evaluates the corporate
structure and annual report of
the organization and
summarizes findings
Needs Improvement (70%)
Evaluates the corporate
structure and annual report of
the organization and
summarizes findings, but
summary is cursory or contains
inaccuracies
1
Not Evident (0%)
Does not evaluate the
corporate structure and annual
report of the organization
Value
30
Client Engagement:
Auditing Firm
Evaluates the independence,
knowledge of client industry,
and staffing capabilities of the
external auditing firm, and
summarizes findings
Client Engagement:
Internal and
External Factors
Explains why it would be
appropriate, based on the
evaluation of internal and
external factors, for the
external auditing team to
accept the organization as a
new client, using examples to
support this response
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major
errors related to citations,
grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization
Evaluates the independence,
knowledge of client industry,
and staffing capabilities of the
external auditing firm, and
summarizes findings, but
summary is cursory, contains
inaccuracies, or is missing
information related to the
external auditing firm
Explains why it would be
appropriate, based on the
evaluation of internal and
external factors, for the external
auditing team to accept the
organization as a new client,
using examples to support this
response, but explanation is
cursory or contains inaccuracies,
or examples are inappropriate
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Does not evaluate the
independence, knowledge of
client industry, and staffing
capabilities of the external
auditing firm
30
Does not explain why it would
be appropriate for the external
auditing team to accept the
organization as a new client
30
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or
organization that prevent
understanding of ideas
10
Total
2
100%
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