External audit in banking sector and its relations with regulatory and supervisory authorities

This master thesis deals with the area of external audit of banks and its relations with regulatory and supervisory authorities. Its goal is to identify and describe the specifics, which differs bank's financial statements audit from audit of other non-banking institutions, and discuss cooperation between external auditors and supervisory authorities. The first section defines the general framework of the external audit with an emphasis on legal aspects. In the second part are described the phases of the common audit procedures. The third section defines the characteristics of banking institutions and describes the specifics of audit methodology and procedures applied during the audit of the bank. The final part discusses the role, responsibility and cooperation of banks, external auditors and regulatory and supervisory authorities