1st Edition
Continuous Auditing with AI in the Public Sector
The effectiveness of internal audit activities is important for the sustainability of change in the public sector. In this sense, the tools and techniques used and the level of competencies of public sector auditors are decisive. This book deals with the effects of current technological developments in the public sector on auditing and risk management activities. Therefore, it is a resource for public internal auditors to create a digital audit strategy based on artificial intelligence and blockchain-based applications. Institutionalisation of their structures is important for public sector internal auditors, which is a critical position that ensures institutionalisation. For this, basic requirements, future expectations, and best practices are explained. The digital business model is presented to produce value-added audit findings and outputs that guide public internal auditors and all digital-era stakeholders. This book will be pioneering work based on CA/CM approaches using various AI and blockchain-based tools, and techniques.
There is nothing more valuable to the success of a public internal auditor than a detailed understanding of the business. The important lesson in developing business knowledge, especially in the new audit universe emerging with digital transformation, is that all auditors must understand that they never finish learning about business processes, risks, and control points in the digital era.
They must constantly push themselves to be motivated and learn about the business operations they audit to implement new audit approaches powered by AI. In addition to obtaining up-to-date business information from process owners and stakeholders, public auditors responsible for conducting an AI-based continuous audit programme should also look inside their departments for a different perspective on business information that impacts continuous audit programme phase details and has the potential to add value. It should be noted that the additional source of information begins with your individual audit experience, digital skills, and qualifications.
Foreword
About the Editors
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Lourens Erasmus and Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu
Chapter 2: Background Information About AI in Accounting and Auditing Practice
Chapter 3: New Auditing Perspectives for a Blockchain-based Accounting System in the Public Sector
Chapter 4: The Innovations in the Public Sector Audit Ecosystem
Louis A. Smidt and Leandi Steenkamp
Chapter 5: The Emergence of Algorithmic Auditing in the Public Sector
Chapter 6: The Organizational Needs and Future Expectations of Public Sector Internal Auditors
Chapter 7: New Audit Reporting Tools with AI-Based Implementation in the Public Sector
Chapter 8: Digital Skills of Public Sector Auditors
Chapter 9: Continuous - Auditing / Continuous Monitoring
Chapter 10: The Ethical Perspective of Digital Auditing in Public Sector
Louis A. Smidt and Leandi Steenkamp
Chapter 11: The Impact of AI on the Sustainability in Public Sector Internal Auditing
Chapter 12: Conclusion and Future Research Recommendations
Lourens Erasmus and Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu
Index
Biography
Lourens Erasmus
Lourens is a Professor in the Department of Financial Governance at the College of Accounting Sciences at the University of South Africa (UNISA). His fields of academic interest are in public sector financial governance and internal auditing. Lourens is a Commissioner of the Financial and Fiscal Commission of South Africa, the chairperson of the Education Committee of the Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA), and Treasurer of the Research Ethics Committee Association of Southern Africa. Lourens is a rated researcher and Editor-in-Chief of the Southern African Journal of Accountability and Auditing Research (SAJAAR). He is an Associate Editor of the Scopus-listed, South African Journal of Accounting Research (SAJAR), and project leader of the registered Engaged Scholarship project, Continuous Auditing in Public Sector Internal Auditing (CAPIA).
Sezer Bozkuş Kahyaoğlu (CIA, CFE, CFSA, CRMA, CICP, CPA)
Sezer is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Bakirçay University, in Izmir, Türkiye, and an academic associate of the University of South Africa (UNISA) and the University of Johannesburg. Her research interests mainly include Applied Econometrics, Time Series Analysis, Financial Markets and Instruments, AI, Blockchain, Sustainability, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Fraud Accounting, Auditing, Ethics, Coaching, Mentoring, and NLP. Sezer is the associate editor of two indexed journals and the AI book series editor at Springer. Sezer is a Steering Committee Member at the Good Governance Academy Research Forum and a co-founding member of the registered Engaged Scholarship project, Continuous Auditing in Public Sector Internal Auditing (CAPIA).