Audit Fundamentals Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/audit-fundamentals Audit Fundamentals explores the principles, standards, and real-world practices behind accounting and auditing. Each episode breaks down essential audit topics — including risk assessment, internal controls, audit evidence, financial reporting, and professional standards — through practical conversations and clear explanations that make complex concepts easier to understand. © 2026 Earmark Media LLC 2b518653-7a2d-5695-818a-3fe397ee17b0 yes Meredith Mednick, CPA, CA en Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:56:44 -0700 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:08:44 -0700 https://img.transistorcdn.com/cjHD2VSbYo3r9lingiLpkvBkbT2YhQBEJ-xi2z1vCmA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MGVh/MDE4Nzg1MmNkZmNl/MDE4NmM4YTMyMWYw/MWE0Zi5wbmc.jpg Audit Fundamentals episodic Meredith Mednick Audit Fundamentals explores the principles, standards, and real-world practices behind accounting and auditing. Each episode breaks down essential audit topics — including risk assessment, internal controls, audit evidence, financial reporting, and professional standards — through practical conversations and clear explanations that make complex concepts easier to understand. Audit Fundamentals explores the principles, standards, and real-world practices behind accounting and auditing. Earmark Media No No Audit Documentation 4 4 Audit Documentation full 6977c08d-1269-4957-84bc-15c92bdc62d9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1ee60fcf Good documentation is what stands between a clean sign-off and a review that never ends. Meredith Mednick, CPA, makes the case for why workpapers matter, walks through what the standards actually require, and gets specific about what good documentation looks like in practice versus what auditors too often turn in. Practical, direct, and built around the principle that if it isn't written down, it didn't happen.


Connect with Meredith

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmednick/

Earn CPE for Listening to This Podcast
https://www.earmark.app/

This podcast is a production of Earmark Media

]]> Good documentation is what stands between a clean sign-off and a review that never ends. Meredith Mednick, CPA, makes the case for why workpapers matter, walks through what the standards actually require, and gets specific about what good documentation looks like in practice versus what auditors too often turn in. Practical, direct, and built around the principle that if it isn't written down, it didn't happen.


Connect with Meredith

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmednick/

Earn CPE for Listening to This Podcast
https://www.earmark.app/

This podcast is a production of Earmark Media

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0700 Meredith Mednick Meredith Mednick 2948 Good documentation is what stands between a clean sign-off and a review that never ends. Meredith Mednick, CPA, makes the case for why workpapers matter, walks through what the standards actually require, and gets specific about what good documentation looks like in practice versus what auditors too often turn in. Practical, direct, and built around the principle that if it isn't written down, it didn't happen.


Connect with Meredith

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmednick/

Earn CPE for Listening to This Podcast
https://www.earmark.app/

This podcast is a production of Earmark Media

]]> audit review, audit sign-off, audit workpapers, proper documentation for audits No Meredith Mednick, CPA, CA Audit Assertions 2 2 Audit Assertions full 06106a97-c4f5-45a3-a07c-8a8b7141b339 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f1805b66 Audit assertions are the foundation of everything you do on an engagement, but ask ten auditors to explain them clearly and you'll get ten different answers. Meredith Mednick, CPA cuts through the noise with a plain-language walkthrough of the full framework: transaction-level and balance-level assertions, each anchored to a concrete example and connected directly to audit risk and procedure design. Whether you're building the foundation or filling in the gaps, this episode makes the framework click.


Connect with Meredith

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmednick/

Earn CPE for Listening to This Podcast
https://www.earmark.app/

This podcast is a production of Earmark Media

]]> Audit assertions are the foundation of everything you do on an engagement, but ask ten auditors to explain them clearly and you'll get ten different answers. Meredith Mednick, CPA cuts through the noise with a plain-language walkthrough of the full framework: transaction-level and balance-level assertions, each anchored to a concrete example and connected directly to audit risk and procedure design. Whether you're building the foundation or filling in the gaps, this episode makes the framework click.


Connect with Meredith

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmednick/

Earn CPE for Listening to This Podcast
https://www.earmark.app/

This podcast is a production of Earmark Media

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0700 Meredith Mednick Meredith Mednick 2234 Audit assertions are the foundation of everything you do on an engagement, but ask ten auditors to explain them clearly and you'll get ten different answers. Meredith Mednick, CPA cuts through the noise with a plain-language walkthrough of the full framework: transaction-level and balance-level assertions, each anchored to a concrete example and connected directly to audit risk and procedure design. Whether you're building the foundation or filling in the gaps, this episode makes the framework click.


Connect with Meredith

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmednick/

Earn CPE for Listening to This Podcast
https://www.earmark.app/

This podcast is a production of Earmark Media

]]> transaction-level assertions, balance-level assertions, audit risk, audit procedure design No Meredith Mednick, CPA, CA Audit Sampling 1 1 Audit Sampling full db6e85ba-8bd8-4801-b998-60d4af3d15d6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d50e97b5 Audit sampling doesn't have to be intimidating. Meredith Mednick, CPA, CA breaks it down into plain language - when it applies, statistical versus non-statistical methods, sample sizing and selection, and evaluating your results. Grounded in a running client scenario, this episode is built for auditors who want to understand the standard, not just survive it.
  • (00:00) - Busy Season Panic
  • (02:28) - What Sampling Is
  • (04:37) - When Sampling Applies
  • (05:58) - Meet Maple Ridge
  • (06:50) - Statistical vs Judgmental
  • (10:08) - How to Select Items
  • (13:16) - How Big a Sample
  • (16:50) - Midpoint Recap
  • (18:10) - Execute the Sample
  • (20:53) - Evaluate Misstatements
  • (23:54) - Sampling Risk Explained
  • (25:55) - Document It Right
  • (27:58) - Impact on Audit Opinion
  • (29:22) - Key Takeaways
  • (31:24) - Where to Learn More
  • (32:20) - Wrap Up and CPE

Connect with Meredith

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmednick/

Earn CPE for Listening to This Podcast
https://www.earmark.app/

This podcast is a production of Earmark Media

]]> Audit sampling doesn't have to be intimidating. Meredith Mednick, CPA, CA breaks it down into plain language - when it applies, statistical versus non-statistical methods, sample sizing and selection, and evaluating your results. Grounded in a running client scenario, this episode is built for auditors who want to understand the standard, not just survive it.
  • (00:00) - Busy Season Panic
  • (02:28) - What Sampling Is
  • (04:37) - When Sampling Applies
  • (05:58) - Meet Maple Ridge
  • (06:50) - Statistical vs Judgmental
  • (10:08) - How to Select Items
  • (13:16) - How Big a Sample
  • (16:50) - Midpoint Recap
  • (18:10) - Execute the Sample
  • (20:53) - Evaluate Misstatements
  • (23:54) - Sampling Risk Explained
  • (25:55) - Document It Right
  • (27:58) - Impact on Audit Opinion
  • (29:22) - Key Takeaways
  • (31:24) - Where to Learn More
  • (32:20) - Wrap Up and CPE

Connect with Meredith

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmednick/

Earn CPE for Listening to This Podcast
https://www.earmark.app/

This podcast is a production of Earmark Media

]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:00:00 -0700 Meredith Mednick Meredith Mednick 1976 Audit sampling doesn't have to be intimidating. Meredith Mednick, CPA, CA breaks it down into plain language - when it applies, statistical versus non-statistical methods, sample sizing and selection, and evaluating your results. Grounded in a running client scenario, this episode is built for auditors who want to understand the standard, not just survive it.
  • (00:00) - Busy Season Panic
  • (02:28) - What Sampling Is
  • (04:37) - When Sampling Applies
  • (05:58) - Meet Maple Ridge
  • (06:50) - Statistical vs Judgmental
  • (10:08) - How to Select Items
  • (13:16) - How Big a Sample
  • (16:50) - Midpoint Recap
  • (18:10) - Execute the Sample
  • (20:53) - Evaluate Misstatements
  • (23:54) - Sampling Risk Explained
  • (25:55) - Document It Right
  • (27:58) - Impact on Audit Opinion
  • (29:22) - Key Takeaways
  • (31:24) - Where to Learn More
  • (32:20) - Wrap Up and CPE

Connect with Meredith

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmednick/

Earn CPE for Listening to This Podcast
https://www.earmark.app/

This podcast is a production of Earmark Media

]]> tolerable misstatement, tolerable deviation rate, sampling risk, audit skills No Meredith Mednick, CPA, CA