Business Administration > Accounting > Job Description Of An Auditor

INTRODUCTION:After reading about different career paths in accounting, I would choose auditing - internal auditing to be specific. Auditing is a verification activity of a process or system to ensure compliance with requirements (ASQ, n.d.). A person who does auditing is called an auditor.An auditor is an accounting specialist whose main duty is to review the financial records of public companies and determine their accuracy and legality in line with the General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). An auditor can also work in an advisory capacity, assisting companies to improve their operational efficiency by enabling them with methods to detect and avoid fraud and other discrepancies that may endanger the organization/company (Liberto, 2020).I have chosen this career path – auditing - because I like to achieve the required standards in everything I am doing, including other activities done by others but related to my work. This is not only applied in activities related to finance but to all my other activities – I always want to ensure specific standards and processes are followed. This makes me a natural auditor. For this specific assignment, I have chosen auditing, but specifically, internal auditing because (1) I would be able to ensure my work