Audit prep
Collect audit evidence while the period is still open, so the request list stays short and no figure has to be rebuilt after it is asked for.
Tools
AuditBoard, Validis, NetSuite, BlackLine, FloQast
Outcomes
No evidence request older than a week • Every request owned before it is sent • Reconciliations delivered without a rebuild • Open gaps visible weeks before fieldwork
Documentation
Instruction-ready detail below
The prepared-by-client list usually arrives in week one, and half of it cannot be produced without three weeks of chasing across departments. The bank reconciliations, the vendor master change log, and the deferred revenue rollforward are the usual casualties, because each was closed out in a spreadsheet that nobody kept. This workflow treats the audit as a dated process rather than a season of panic. Every line on the request list gets a named owner, a due date, and a place the evidence will live, and the same line is tracked from the day the period closes instead of the day the auditor asks for it. Anything another workflow already produced, such as the reconciliation pack or the deferred revenue rollforward, is attached to the request rather than rebuilt from scratch. Items that cannot be evidenced are escalated with the reason and the reporting impact, not quietly dropped. A person still decides what is material enough to chase and signs off on the pack before it goes out.