{"id":888,"date":"2019-08-15T19:55:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaa-online.org\/arc\/blog\/blog\/changes-kam-count\/"},"modified":"2019-08-15T19:55:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:55:57","slug":"changes-kam-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaa-online.org\/arc\/blog\/2019\/08\/15\/changes-kam-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes in KAM Count"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);\">This analysis was originally posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auditanalytics.com\">Audit Analytics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);\">We recently analyzed the&nbsp;<a aria-label=\"frequency in which key audit matters (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.auditanalytics.com\/frequency-of-kams\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(67, 102, 113); text-decoration-line: none;\" target=\"_blank\">frequency in which key audit matters<\/a>&nbsp;(KAMs) were disclosed in 2017 and 2018. In this post, we take a closer look at the changes in the number of KAMs disclosed by companies during the same time period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);\">This analysis looks at audit opinions from more than 2,400 companies that had KAMs in&nbsp;<em style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">both<\/em>&nbsp;2017&nbsp;<em style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">and<\/em>&nbsp;2018.&nbsp;Of these companies, 57% had no change in the number of KAMs disclosed from 2017 to 2018, 24% decreased the number of KAMs, and only 19% increased the number of KAMs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"border: 0px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\" style=\"display: table; clear: both; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-886\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27360\" height=\"393\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" src=\"https:\/\/eaa-online.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/https__blog.auditanalytics.com_wp-content_uploads_2019_08_Graph-1-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.auditanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Graph-1-2.jpg 701w, https:\/\/blog.auditanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Graph-1-2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.auditanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Graph-1-2-401x300.jpg 401w\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border: none; padding: 6px;\" width=\"526\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);\">The table below lists the companies having the greatest change in the number of KAMs. The two companies which tied for the largest decrease between years dropped five KAMs each. The three companies which tied for the largest increase added four KAMs each from 2017 to 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"border: 0px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\" style=\"display: table; clear: both; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-887\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27327\" height=\"162\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" src=\"https:\/\/eaa-online.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/https__blog.auditanalytics.com_wp-content_uploads_2019_08_Table-1-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.auditanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Table-1-2.jpg 736w, https:\/\/blog.auditanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Table-1-2-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.auditanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Table-1-2-500x147.jpg 500w\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border: none; padding: 6px;\" width=\"552\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);\">It is interesting to note that the two companies with the largest decrease, TLA Worldwide PLC and IDOX PLC, changed auditors for the 2018 fiscal year end.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);\">For more information on this analysis&nbsp;please email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@auditanalytics.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(67, 102, 113); text-decoration-line: none;\" target=\"_blank\">info@auditanalytics.com<\/a>&nbsp;or call 508-476-7007.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This analysis was originally posted by Audit Analytics. 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