And it gets a little busier...

At this time of the year, normally auditors are not yet deeply-soaked at their workstations doing documentation, vouching like there's no tomorrow, and literally living at their respective offices. But for me who have a client that ends Nov. 30, its another story. The need to extend time is never an issue for me because of the loads of work I'm currently handling. The levels of audit experience is obviously directly related to work that you're assuming. And it adds in a variable of quick learning curve. The feeling that I commit more than half of my 24-hours to work is not new anymore. For my experience working more than 2 years with the firm, I learned that doing the audit is not an easy job of just signing-off to procedures we performed to ensure that our clients' figures are fairly presented.

As the close of the fiscal year, I abruptly got the notion that there are so many things still left undone. We are in a serious problem completing the procedures still to be performed before we can discuss significant matters to the pre-closing audit meeting (which of course includes our findings). Sometimes I am left wondering are we working too much that we tend to lose our focus on the items with significant audit risk? Anyway, I guess my resolution is just to work-it all out. I guess no matter how well-planned you get, there is always so many things to be done in audit. The only resolution I can suggest is towards more efficiency if we have a chance to design our own methodology in carrying-out the audit. Since I am working for a firm which is bounded by its own set of rules. Then I have to adhere to it. Busy as it may be, I still am my own captain and I shall not let it destroy my priorities in life (as much as possible).