f you asked any company's CFO this question, you would probably be in for a three-hour conversation. But the core duties can be summarized in just a few paragraphs. A CFO's job can be broken down into three major components: 1. Controllership duties - These make up the backward looking part of a CFO's job.
Authentic assessments, on the other hand, offer more direct evidence of application and construction of knowledge. As in the golf example above, putting a golf student on the golf course to play provides much more direct evidence of proficiency than giving the student a written test.
If the auditor is not satisfied with this, he then carries substantive test which is a comprehensive analysis. For example, to test the accuracy of figure of Sales in income statement, the auditor will look at your Sales system, i.e. the internal controls.