CASE 6.4 TOMMY O’CONNELL, AUDIT SENIOR 1. Compare and contrast the professional

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CASE 6.4 TOMMY O’CONNELL, AUDIT SENIOR

1. Compare and contrast the professional roles of an audit senior and a staff accountant. In your analysis, consider the different responsibilities assigned to each role, the job-related stresses that individuals in the two roles face, and how each role contributes to the successful completion of an audit engagement. Which of these two roles is (a) more important and (b) more stressful? Defend your choices.  

(Knapp 420) Knapp, Michael C. Contemporary Auditing, 10th Edition.

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Some of the key responsibilities of an audit senior are as follows:

Following are the responsibilities of the staff accountant:

Audit senior has more responsibilities and accountability as compared to staff accountant. Audit senior has a crucial role to play as he not only he completes his areas but also supervise, guide and mentor staff accountants. Audit senior is held responsible solely for expressing the wrong opinion, hence his role of more stressful

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