How to become an Auditor
Official title: Auditor (accounting)
Also called: Audit accountant, Audit partner, Audit senior, External auditor, Financial auditor, Internal auditor, Internal Audit Assistant Manager, Senior Internal Auditor/Internal Auditor, Audit senior, External auditor, Internal auditor
Auditor (accounting) plans and conducts audit of accounts, bookkeeping of records and financial statements of private persons, enterprises, institutions and governmental organisations. He/she inspects the recording of transactions in daybooks and journals and verifies the transfer of journal entries to ledgers; inspects and verifies negotiable securities and notes receivable and payable. He/she also recommends improvements in accounting procedures or other desirable action.
Main tasks
- Advising on, planning and installing budgetary, accounts controlling and other accounting policies and systems
- Preparing and certifying financial statements for presentation to management, shareholders and statutory or other bodies
- Conducting financial investigations in such matters as suspected fraud, insolvency and bankruptcy
- Auditing accounts and bookkeeping records
Ways in
- University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore
- Licence or registration: Statutory audits of company accounts may only be done by a public accountant registered with ACRA. Registration needs professional exams, practical experience and membership of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. General accounting, tax and bookkeeping work does not need this registration. Law: Accountants Act 2004. Regulator: Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) (https://www.acra.gov.sg).
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $66,900 a year. The middle half earn $58,500 to $92,316 a year.
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
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- Accountant (excluding tax accountant)
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Auditor?
Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.
How much does an Auditor earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $66,900 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $58,500 to $92,316.
Will AI change the work of an Auditor?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026