Understanding usage and value of audit analytics for internal auditors: An organizational approach

Although internal auditors are increasingly aware of the importance and value of audit analytics, prior research indicates that the use of audit analytics is below expectation. This paper uses the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework to identify and examine factors at the organizational level that influence post adoption usage of audit analytics, as well as whether using audit analytics improves the performance of the internal audit process. Data were collected from clients of a major audit software vendor. Results indicate that application-level usage is influenced by management support, technological competence, and standards, while professional help, technological competence, and application-level usage drive feature-level usage. Finally, both application-level and feature-level audit analytics usages improve the performance of the internal audit process.