Journal VOL. 2 NO. 2, September. 2021, ISSN: 2811 - 2628
Enterprise Resource Planning and the Internal Auditors' Job
Showunmi Ayomide Consolation, Amuno Jonathan, Omorogbe Comfort
ABSTRACT
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an information technology that has brought a rapid change in business processes and has improved the data processing of s, as it eliminates the need to manually manage the flow of information and provide real-time information to support management and decision-making on operations. This study examined the impact of enterprise resource planning would have on internal auditor’s job. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted using survey setting; and a sample of 50 respondents was purposely selected. Descriptive and inferential statistical tools of means, standard deviation and regression analysis were used to analyze the research problem. The result revealed that there is a significant impact of enterprise resource planning on internal auditor’s job, (R2 = 0.306; P<0.05) as it relates to reliability, quality and real time communication of ERP on internal auditor’s job. The study recommended that ERP should be implemented in firms as it reduces the weakness of internal control. ERP is one of the fitting solutions for companies that have grown rapidly and have several returns that advances company performance, competitiveness and secure sustainability while the internal auditors should design suitable and appropriate IT control tests.
Keywords: Enterprise, Resource, Planning, Audit, Communication
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