Example Achievement Log for a Senior Auditor

A year in the life of a Senior Auditor's log

• Feb - achievement: Completed AP controls audit for Logistics. Tested 187 invoices across three process flows; found 8 duplicate payments totalling £47k that had slipped past the first pass. Recovery initiated.
• Feb - feedback: Marcus (Logistics FD) said the audit 'actually caught something we'd missed for a year.' Said it in the debrief, so that was unexpected.
• Apr - task: Planned H1 audit calendar for Procurement; scope creep from Client Services meant three new supplier audits added mid-planning. Drafted revised timetable and flagged resourcing gap.
• Jun - achievement: IT general controls audit (Heritage Systems) complete. Tested segregation of duties across 22 user profiles in the legacy mainframe. Flagged 5 critical findings; one required emergency access review.
• Jul - task: Took on testing for Payroll Q2 controls after Sarah left. 94 employees, 12 pay runs, variable deductions. Payroll Lead gave me the OM on Thursday; tested Friday, Tuesday.
• Aug - achievement: Payroll sign-off delivered two days early. HR told me the reconciliation variance (£340 month-to-month drift) was recurring and unsolved for three quarters. We traced it to pension overpayment reversals not flagged in suspense.
• Sep - feedback: Julia (Head of Internal Audit) in monthly 1:1: 'You're flagging things that matter. I want you leading the Regulatory Compliance Q4 audit.' Not an ask; a decision.
• Oct - task: Started Regulatory Compliance audit. Scope covers FCA rules, anti-money laundering reporting, and data retention. 47-page regulation schedule. Found gaps in my own knowledge halfway through week one.
• Nov - achievement: Regulatory audit interim findings issued. Tested 156 customer files; 12 missing KYC documentation, 3 AML flagging delays. All mapped to remediation owners with deadlines.
• Nov - achievement: Completed Expense Controls review (Finance). Tested 340 claims from 118 staff across 6 months. Found duplicate reimbursement in 7 cases (total £2,100); policy ambiguity on conference hotel upgrades.
• Dec - task: Year-end controls close-off: compiled all findings, drafted executive summary for Audit Committee, updated remediation tracker. One finding still outstanding from June; chased twice, escalated.

What makes a strong entry

How this becomes your review in November

I completed seven audit engagements this year, testing controls worth billions in transaction volume across operations. The AP audit recovered £47k in duplicate payments that had evaded first-pass detection, and later I traced a three-quarter Payroll variance to pension reversals not flagged in suspense, both discoveries the relevant teams had not been able to make themselves. Julia promoted me to lead the Q4 Regulatory Compliance audit, a scope covering FCA rules and AML reporting that required rapid learning and stakeholder management. I delivered findings on tight deadlines: the Payroll sign-off went out two days early despite taking it on with four days' notice.

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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