The phrase "auditor has been" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the ongoing role or actions of an auditor in a specific context, often in relation to their duties or findings.
Example: "The auditor has been reviewing the financial statements for discrepancies over the past month."
Alternatives: "the auditor has conducted" or "the auditor has performed".
Ernst & Young's role as Lehman's outside auditor has been under intense scrutiny since the release in March of a 2,200-page 2,200-pageo the investment bank's collapse.
So far, the comptroller's office said Monday, one independent auditor has been suspended and fined, and four others are under investigation.
Arthur Andersen, Enron's auditor, has been driven out of business, and now investigators have turned their attention to Enron's investment bankers.
There are some who regret this, feeling that the auditor has been made to carry the can for fraud within Enron and for the failings of others, such as analysts and the regulators.
Andersen, the firm that audited Enron's books from its inception in 1985 (it was also Global Crossing's auditor), has been suggesting that its failings are representative of the whole profession's.
A veteran Internal Revenue Service auditor has been arrested on charges that he solicited and accepted a $200,000 cash bribe from a business in Great Neck, N.Y, the authorities said yesterday.
In other action against city workers, the board announced that a former engineering auditor had been fined $7,500 for selling sneakers on city time using a city computer.
The investigation also uncovered evidence that at least one I.R.S. auditor had been paid to prepare tax returns, which were signed by one of the tax professionals.
But AremisSoft said yesterday that its auditor had been able to confirm only $1.7 million in payments from the National Health Insurance Fund of Bulgaria and had asked for "additional documentation" to confirm the rest.
When you look at the facts more closely, you discover that the Microsoft internal auditor had been discharged for poor performance before getting into the whistle-blowing business, and the School Construction Authority official blew the whistle only after losing his job.
Such identification of auditors has been going on for many years in Sweden, where nearly all companies, private and public, are required to disclose their audits.
