Why “Ask the Client” may be one of the worst things an auditor can hear March 3, 2008
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At the end of the day, an audit firm’s clients do not like us. They tolerate us as a necessary evil, but in their defense, not many people would be able to tolerate us. For those not in the profession, imagine this: a team of professionals questioning how you do your job, pointing out all the errors that you have made and going through all of your documents. However, we auditors do not like our clients because they get annoyed by us pointing out their errors and demanding documents and explanations. For those of you who would like to defuse some of the tension with your loyal clientele, I would refer you to a fellow bloggers’ post on how to get along with clients. Could come in handy! As for me, I will continue the cold war that has persisted for generations with our clients, only because it gives my day the occasional uptick in genuine humor.
They *love* you, but don’t “like” you. Makes sense.
I saw that this post had one comment and thought to myself…it must be Krupo. Wasn’t much of a stretch. You are a machine Krupo.
Hmmm..coz U’re clients bored with 5w + H …hahah bravo, good article..
Every day feels like agony….quoted from your link to another article…
my thought exactly on my full-time job….my part-time job — much better times to be had there…if only i could reverse the two…(i know, i know, just give it time right?)
send a box of doughnuts next time your talking with the client
it used to be my best defense when i was doing it,
a sugar highed client is the easiets to deal with
Why cant clients PAY us what we deserve….And , and we the last to get paid. I dont care if they love us, tolerate us or hate us!!
The entire accounting staff hates me because I’m trying to do my job.
I ask for a simple thing such as the sales GL for Jan 09, and the controller laughs in my face for asking for such a “ridiculous” thing
I really have no idea how the audit was completed in prior years.
The controller had to “give talks” to two of the junior accounting staff for their attitude towards me.
All because I asked for invoices and shipping documents to test. I need to support my testing with SOME sort of evidence.
These are standard audit procedures – I really don’t understand why it’s like pulling teeth to get what I need.
Oh man, hell clients. Don’t take too much b.s. – if you’re junior, report it upwards and document the amount of your time they’re wasting. In detail.
It can only help save you.
very nice article. some clients are easier to deal with than others!