ASIC Regulatory Guide 166 AFS Licensing: Financial Requirements (Australia) for Auditors
What does ASIC Regulatory Guide 166 AFS Licensing: Financial Requirements (Australia) require of a Auditor?
ASIC Regulatory Guide 166 (July 2022), the financial requirements that Australian financial services licensees must meet under their licence conditions: solvency and positive net assets, the cash needs requirement met by one of five options with a projection the governing body approves, the annual audit report on compliance, surplus liquid funds where client money or property is held, adjusted surplus liquid funds with monthly certification and ASIC reporting triggers where the licensee deals as principal, the definitions of adjusted assets, adjusted liabilities, net tangible assets, eligible undertakings and excluded assets, and the tailored requirements for market participants, responsible entities, IDPS operators, custodians, margin lenders, foreign exchange dealers, retail OTC derivative issuers, crowd-sourced funding intermediaries and corporate directors of retail CCIVs. Under ASIC Regulatory Guide 166 AFS Licensing: Financial Requirements (Australia), which defines 12 controls, a Auditor's work is deciding which controls you own outright, which you share and which belong to another team, then holding the evidence for the first group.
Which ASIC Regulatory Guide 166 AFS Licensing: Financial Requirements (Australia) controls land on the Auditor
Internal Auditors assess whether compliance controls are operating effectively. They plan and execute audit engagements, evaluate evidence, report findings, and track remediation of identified gaps and nonconformities.
ASIC Regulatory Guide 166 AFS Licensing: Financial Requirements (Australia) defines 12 controls across 4 domains that directly affect the Auditor role. Understanding which controls fall within your ownership, which are shared, and which are owned by other teams is the foundation of effective compliance management.
What a Auditor is accountable for under ASIC Regulatory Guide 166 AFS Licensing: Financial Requirements (Australia)
Planning and executing risk-based audit engagements against compliance frameworks
Evaluating control design and operating effectiveness through testing
Documenting findings, observations, and recommendations in audit reports
Tracking remediation actions and verifying closure of audit findings
Assessing organisational readiness for external audits and certifications
Where Auditors lose time on ASIC Regulatory Guide 166 AFS Licensing: Financial Requirements (Australia)
These are the most common obstacles Auditors face when managing ASIC Regulatory Guide 166 AFS Licensing: Financial Requirements (Australia) compliance, and how to address them:
Challenge 1
Efficiently testing controls across large, complex frameworks
Challenge 2
Accessing reliable evidence without disrupting business operations
Challenge 3
Mapping controls across multiple frameworks to avoid duplicate audit testing
Challenge 4
Keeping audit programmes current with regulatory and framework changes
Challenge 5
Communicating audit findings in a way that drives management action
A working order for a Auditor starting on ASIC Regulatory Guide 166 AFS Licensing: Financial Requirements (Australia)
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