TY - BOOK AU - OLALERE, Oluwadamilola Esther TI - Effect of Audit Committee Characteristics on Financial Performance of Listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria PY - 2022/// CY - Ibafo PB - Accounting KW - Social Science KW - Accounting N2 - ABSTRACT The audit committee's monitoring role has a significant impact on how well the company performs. This study investigated the effect of audit committee characteristics on financial performance of listed deposit money banks in Nigeria. The independent variable is the audit committee characteristics while financial performance is the dependent. The study covers a period of 2011- 2021.The data was analyzed using simple regression analysis. Moreover. The study shows that there is a strong statistical significance on audit committee and financial performance. The study showed that audit committee independence has a p value of (.025), audit committee size has a pvalue of (.000) , audit fees (.000) at level of five percent level of significance . The study concludes that audit committee characteristics has a significance on financial performance. The study recommends that deposit money banks in Nigeria should automate their systems and adopt the use of ICT in financial analysis and reporting ER -