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How to Prepare for a Financial Audit

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Embarking on your first financial audit can be nerve-wracking. This article includes small business accounting tips to prepare for an audit while minimizing its expenses and findings. An audit evaluates: Compliance with accounting standards (GAAP or IFRS.) Risks of fraud or non-compliance.

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Top 5 Mistakes Caught in a Nonprofit Audit

The Charity CFO

Does the idea of an audit from the IRS leave you with sweaty palms? Most nonprofit leaders aren’t accountants and the thought of getting audited is a sizable fear. Luckily, being prepared can help you avoid accounting mistakes that could come up in a nonprofit audit. These penalties can be crushing for nonprofits.

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5 Steps to Prepare your Organization for a Financial Audit

E78 Partners

Audits, while essential for maintaining the integrity and trustworthiness of an organization’s financial reporting, can be a daunting task. This is not just because of the intricacies and specificities required by the auditing standards but also due to the numerous challenges faced by organizations in the run-up to an audit.

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How Continuous Auditing Drives Corporate Spend Optimization

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Usually, the auditing workflow involves looking at expense reports filed by employees, with a focus on identifying potentially erroneous or even fraudulent transactions. It’s now more likely that two employees working from home will accidentally pay the same invoice twice, for example. The Value Of Automated Analytics.

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BlackLine launches Journals Risk Analyser for finance leaders

Future CFO

The new technological advancement paves way for powerful insights and trends to help out finance professionals to streamline audits and boost risk management and compliance. The functionality enables new and actionable visibility into companies’ journal entries and process and allows for dynamic KPI trending.

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Transforming accounts payable operations through AI

Future CFO

Systems powered by artificial intelligence are without a doubt revolutionising invoice processing in finance departments. There are nine ways AI-powered systems can transform invoice processing in Accounts Payable (AP) departments. This ensures that invoices move through the approval chain efficiently and minimises bottlenecks.

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 AppZen On The State Of Spend Auditing

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Firms auditing expenses through manual processes and outdated technologies risk missing the chance to flag erroneous or fraudulent submissions from vendors and employees. Deploying technology — especially artificial intelligence (AI) — can streamline the auditing process and boost cost savings significantly.