auditors

3 definitions • 4 examples

someone whose job is to carry out an official examination of the accounts of a business and to produce a report:

The external auditors (= from outside the company) come in once a year.

a person trained to make an official examination of financial records

someone whose job is to examine the accounts of a business and to produce a report on them:

The accounts are audited once a year by an auditor.

an external/internal/independent auditor The committee will appoint an independent auditor to examine the annual accounts.

a registered/qualified auditor