مسعود شاهوردی

The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to implementing a risk-based auditing system in Iran. Content analysis was performed using a qualitative method and the statistical population was the community of auditors and members of the community and the Association of Certified Auditors, which was selected by purposive sampling of 20 people. The method of analysis of this research was qualitative and based on the Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM). Findings show that in this study, the factors are in 9 levels, in the highest level of factors are the emphasis of universities on the theory, complexity of operational and practical implementation of the audit system based on the risk of instructions and the lack of professors. It is dominated by taste management and is at the lowest level of technical challenges. It should be noted that the factors that are at a higher level are less effective and are more affected by the factors at lower levels. These strategies can lead to the adoption of guidelines and the complexity of the operational implementation of the risk-based audit system in an organization.

The purpose of using risk-based auditing is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of auditing, because by determining the type and nature, timing and scope of content tests in a reasonable way and with the ability to be fully responsive, the reviews are done to the appropriate extent. The result of the time spent changes to a more logical level. In the general audit plan, in case of reliance on internal control system, content tests are limited and in case of non-reliance on internal control system, more extensive content tests are predicted and performed. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to implementing a risk-based audit system in Iran. For this purpose, 200 experts were selected from the auditing experts who constitute the statistical population of this study. This selection was done randomly and data were collected from samples. For this purpose, using the confirmatory factor analysis method, the reliability and validity of the questionnaire were first investigated and then the model considered for this study was evaluated and analyzed through the structural equation method. After the analysis, it was found that the questionnaires and collected data were completely approved in terms of structure, validity and reliability, and final analyzes could be performed based on them. Through the analysis of structural equations, it was found that the final model has a significant relationship and the model is confirmed that this model is the result of a qualitative analysis extracted through the ISM model.