- Industry
- Accounting & Audit
- Channels
- Ledger · Client portal · Audit file
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- Cloud, hybrid or on-premise
- Control
- Human approval where it matters
- Pilot
- Measured proof in 4 weeks
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Solutions/Accounting & Audit/Audit Sample & Working Paper
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Audit Sample & Working Paper Agent
Selects the sample, gathers the evidence and produces the working paper in your template — before fieldwork begins, not after.
40%Less time on evidence collection
FullAudit trail from sample to source
EarlierExceptions surfaced, before fieldwork closes
01 — The challenge today
Where the
time goes.
- Sample selection is done manually at the start of every engagement — the same logic in a different spreadsheet each time, with no documented selection rationale.
- Evidence gathering means chasing clients for documents that should have arrived before the engagement started.
- Working papers are assembled after fieldwork, under time pressure, with incomplete notes — coverage gaps discovered too late.
- Selection methodology varies by engager; consistency across the practice depends on whoever sets up the file.
02 — How the agent works
It acts —
not just answers.
The fieldwork arrives documented, not described. Sampling and evidence gathering consume the front half of every audit. An evidence agent selects the sample against the methodology, requests it, reads what comes back, tests it against the assertion, and drafts the working paper with the source documents linked. Your auditors spend their time on exceptions and judgement.
Draws the sample using the documented methodology — items above the materiality threshold plus a seeded residual sample — and records why each item was chosen.
Runs the request-and-chase cycle with the client directly, against the audit timeline.
Maps evidence to the relevant assertion, performs the routine tests and flags exceptions.
Drafts the working paper in your firm's template — selection rationale, coverage table, evidence index and open items — ready for review and sign-off by a person.
Live demo · Alder & Finch Bikes Ltd
8/30
Items sampled
£28,194
Population covered
61%
Coverage on 27% of items
4+4
Threshold + seeded residual
Draft
Working paper ready
03 — Business value
What it
pays back.
Outcomes your team can measure — not a demo that never leaves the lab.
Outcome 01
Risk-adjusted coverage
the outcome a senior auditor would target, every time.
Outcome 02
Consistent methodology
across every engager and every file.
Outcome 03
No chasing for what's already in the file
evidence gathered automatically.
Outcome 04
Working papers before fieldwork
not assembled under pressure afterwards.
04 — Getting started
Proof in
four weeks.
We would rather prove one use case properly than describe five. Pick the process that hurts most — we will run it on your existing client data in four weeks.
Week 1 · Scope
One process, one team, one measure. Agree what “better” means — in hours, days or cost — and measure it before anything changes.
Weeks 2–3 · Shadow
The agent runs alongside your team on live work, with a person approving each action. Its output is compared honestly with what your team produced anyway.
Week 4 · Measure
Report against the baseline, agree the guardrails that stay and document what your team owns. Then decide whether the next process follows.
Three operating principles
Principle 01
Acts inside your systems
Works where the work already is — your core systems, documents, inboxes and channels. No new tool for your team to copy things into.
Principle 02
Bounded by your rules
Limits are set per process: what the agent may do on its own, what needs human approval and what it may never do. Anything outside the boundary goes to a person.
Principle 03
Reviewable and reversible
Every step is logged — what it read, what it changed, who was notified and when. Evidence you can use in audit and compliance reviews.
05 — FAQ
Questions,
answered.
The short answers buyers ask us most about the Audit Sample & Working Paper Agent.
What does the Audit Sample & Working Paper Agent do?
Selects the sample, gathers the evidence and produces the working paper in your template — before fieldwork begins, not after. Draws the sample using the documented methodology — items above the materiality threshold plus a seeded residual sample — and records why each item was chosen. Runs the request-and-chase cycle with the client directly, against the audit timeline.
Which problems does it solve for Accounting & Audit teams?
Sample selection is done manually at the start of every engagement — the same logic in a different spreadsheet each time, with no documented selection rationale. Evidence gathering means chasing clients for documents that should have arrived before the engagement started. Working papers are assembled after fieldwork, under time pressure, with incomplete notes — coverage gaps discovered too late. Selection methodology varies by engager; consistency across the practice depends on whoever sets up the file.
What business value can we expect?
Risk-adjusted coverage: the outcome a senior auditor would target, every time. Consistent methodology: across every engager and every file. No chasing for what's already in the file: evidence gathered automatically. Working papers before fieldwork: not assembled under pressure afterwards.
Does a person stay in control?
Yes. The agent works within limits you set for each process: what it may do on its own, what needs human approval and what it may never do. Every action is logged, reviewable and reversible.
How quickly can it be deployed, and where does it run?
Most teams start with a four-week pilot: scope one process in week 1, run the agent alongside your team with human approval in weeks 2–3, and measure the results against the baseline in week 4. It works across Ledger · Client portal · Audit file, and can be deployed in the cloud, hybrid or fully on-premise.
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