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9081 Post-Audit Surveys
Dec-2023

Overview

This section outlines the post-audit survey process.

OAG Guidance

Post-audit surveys are one of the Office’s main sources of information on how clients and those audited perceive the Office. The post-audit survey process was first introduced in 2003; it collects valuable information related to all product lines from both the users of the Office’s audit reports and management of the organizations subject to audits (auditees).

Engagement leaders are responsible for ensuring that the survey questionnaires are sent to the targeted respondents.

Issuance of post-audit surveys

  • Financial audit surveys invitations are emailed by Design and Publishing to both the “auditee” (deputy minister, CEO, CFO or president) and to the “user” (the chair of the audit committee). Audit team must submit a request via Checkbox after the presentation of the audit report to its recipients.

  • Public accounts audit surveys invitations are emailed by Design and Publishing to the three central agencies and to all the organizations involved. Recipients are the Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada, the Deputy Minister of Finance, the Deputy Receiver General for Canada, and the Comptroller General of Canada, and all those involved in any given year (such as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chair of Departmental Audit Committee). Audit team must submit a request via Checkbox after the presentation of the audit report to its recipients.

  • Performance audit surveys are sent to the primary “auditee(s)” (deputy minister(s)) within four to six weeks of the report being tabled in Parliament, and to any other “auditees” that have at least one relevant finding in the report and with at least 200 hours of work. For performance audits, Strategic Planning is responsible to initiate the survey process with the audit team after the assurance report is tabled.

  • Special examination surveys invitations are emailed by Design and Publishing to both the “auditee” (Chief Executive Officer or President of Crown corporation) and to the “user” (Chair of the Board of Directors of Crown corporation). Audit team must submit a request via Checkbox after the presentation of the audit report to its recipients.

Detailed guidance can be found on the Office’s Intranet post-audit survey process page here.