Delayed audit report

Due to difficulty to close out the audit finding by collecting bits and pieces of the auditors report, as I am new to the company, I proposed to reaudit the whole process and deliver the new audit report and finding instead. Alternatively we submit RCA to reasons as to why we could not closed out the NCR raised on the Client Audit finding.

Our client still insisted that to close out the NCR raised during the Client Audit finding, is to submit the complete audit report and its analysis of the previous audit. How should I go about this situation?

Answer: You may try to explain to your client that since a very long time has passed since this audit (almost a year by now), the effort to complete and submit this report may not be worthy, since the condition may have changed and the non-conformity treatment may not reflect the audited situation. Besides that you also may argue that the next audit is close and you can use that audit to cover this gap, avoiding unnecessary costs.