What is an auditor?

Answer 1

An auditor is a professional that accumulates and evaluates evidence to report on the degree a company's assertions comply with an established set of procedures or standards (criteria). Use of the title certified public accountant (CPA) is regulated by state law and individuals using this designation must be licensed in the state they practice auditing. Each state has their own regulations for becoming a CPA.

There are four primary types of auditors: certified public accounting firms, government accountability office auditors (GAO), internal auditors, and internal revenue agents.

Answer 2

An auditor is someone who specialises in examining and verifying a set of financial statements by reference to evidence (physical, oral, documentary, etc). When he/she is satisfied that the financial statements are true and fair, he/she will issue an auditors' report which says so accordingly; if there are any significant problems noted, the auditors' report would also make this clear.

Answer 3

Basically, an auditor is a type of accountant and the main job of the auditor is verification of a company's financial records and stuff like that.