Example Achievement Log for a Audit Manager

A year in the life of a Audit Manager's log

• Jan - task: Drafted 2025 audit plan covering 14 locations across retail, warehouse, and HQ. Shifted schedule after procurement flagged vendor risk tier changes. Plan signed off by CFO on Jan 28.
• Feb - achievement: Completed controls testing at Denver warehouse. Found duplicate payment to carrier Williams Transport for 47 shipments (Jan-Feb). Recovered 18,600 dollars; flagged invoice matching gap in AP system.
• Feb - feedback: AP controller Maria Santos said in team meeting: your findings forced us to tighten three step verification on all freight bills over 5K. That alone saves us thousands monthly.
• Apr - task: Managed vendor compliance audit of three logistics partners on SOC 2 Type II certs. One failed (Crossroads Distribution) on encryption controls. Recommended contract renegotiation and stayed through remediation plan.
• May - achievement: Led internal controls refresher workshop for finance teams at four locations. 68 staff attended across two sessions. Post-training test scores improved from 71 percent to 89 percent average.
• May - task: Conducted surprise cash count audit at flagship retail store. Discovered till balancing process ignored on Saturdays (5 weeks missed). Retrained manager and implemented daily sign-off requirement.
• Jul - feedback: COO Brett Haynes told me in hallway after board update: your quarterly findings summaries are finally making compliance readable. The dashboard format works.
• Aug - achievement: Completed inventory reconciliation audit across all 12 retail locations. Identified 34,000 dollars in discrepancies traced to barcode scanning errors and shrinkage. Root cause: outdated scanner firmware.
• Oct - task: Picked up unplanned payroll audit after turnover in accounting. Reviewed Q3 tax deposits, payroll accruals, benefits deductions for 240 employees. Found one miscalculation affecting six contractor payments.
• Nov - achievement: Audit plan completion: 13 of 14 audits done. Issued 41 findings across year. Nine rated high-risk, 26 medium, six low. All high-risk items have management action plans with owners assigned.
• Dec - feedback: Internal audit director Susan Webb said in 1:1: you stabilized the function this year. Finding quality is solid, follow-up tracking is reliable. Ready for you to lead the external audit coordination next year.

What makes a strong entry

How this becomes your review in November

I completed 13 of 14 planned audits this year and issued 41 findings, nine of which were high-risk with assigned action plans. Early in the year I found a duplicate payment to Williams Transport for 47 shipments and recovered 18,600 dollars, which exposed a gap in AP's invoice matching process that Maria Santos and her team then fixed system-wide. I also led internal controls training across four locations with 68 staff in attendance, and post-training assessment scores improved from 71 percent to 89 percent. The year included unplanned work on payroll audit coverage and vendor compliance review, and Brett Haynes noted that the quarterly findings dashboard format has made compliance reporting readable for the board.

Starting your own log

Don't try to reconstruct a year you have already had. Start from today, one line whenever something happens, and let it build. The Perform Review Achievement Log does this for you and can capture wins straight from Slack, and how to start an achievement log covers the wider playbook.

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