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# Audit Workspace for the Auditor

# Audit Workspace for the Auditor {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

The auditor workspace is a centralized workspace for managing audit
activities.

## Overview of auditor workspace {#auditor-ws__section_wyj_q45_tqb}

An auditor analyses the operational and financial processes of a company to ensure compliance
with industry and federal regulation. They prepare financial reports, review internal controls,
collect evidence, conduct audit test, and follow up on audit findings.

Using the auditor workspace, auditors can perform fieldwork such as control tests, activities,
interviews, and walkthroughs. They can document their work and findings, and resolve or follow
up the audit findings.  
Figure 1. Workspace for auditor

## Tasks of an Auditor {#auditor-ws__section_rdt_hls_vqb}

The following table lists the key tasks that you can perform in your role as an auditor.  
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| Activity | Task |
|-|-|
| Examine records, reports, operating practices, and documentation to ensure compliance with internal controls. | [Update an assigned control test](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/Qtfu_lWvnT2F_zIU6KcptQ "Use the Audit Workspace to ensure compliance with the established internal control procedures by reviewing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation."). |
| Create test plans to document control testing procedure. | [Create a test plan](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/mxa3DX9oqzuaWI~ll670_w "Create a test plan to document the control testing procedure. You can create a test plan from scratch or based on a test template to describe how a feature is to be tested."). |
| Coordinate walkthroughs and interviews for assessing internal control processes. | [Update other assigned audit tasks](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/j9Cgyw8jhq5V~OQ3M0tscg "Update the audit tasks such as walkthroughs and interviews that are assigned to you when you get a notification."). |
| Request and review evidence for control implementation. | [Request evidence for audit tasks](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/nh4GD0FC~j03pkaRM9w1xA "Request evidence at any stage during an audit. The details about the items for which evidence is requested are also provided to the person responsible for providing the evidence."). |
| Comply with federal, state, and local security legal requirements. | [Create an observation for an audit task assigned to an auditor](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/rbKsGsDO9ZGWloa~UhV_mA "Create an observation for an audit task to comply with federal state and local security legal requirements by studying the existing and new security legislation."). |
[Table 1. Tasks of an auditor]

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