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What is Audit Management?
Audit management is an important process for companies looking to stay ahead of external and internal audits, stay compliant, and save time when it comes to auditing. Audit management seeks to correctly implement board-approved audit directives.
What is Audit Management?
Audit management is an important process for companies looking to stay ahead of external and internal audits, stay compliant, and save time when it comes to auditing. Audit management seeks to correctly implement board-approved audit directives.
What is SAP Audit Management?
SAP Audit Management can help ensure company processes around SAP and the data it contains are followed. Struggling to meet audit standards and stay compliant can have major consequences for companies — from external fines to the breakdown of internal processes. Staying on top of audit management requires work and documentation. If done manually, it can be an arduous process with a high potential for error. That’s where companies turn to automation and audit assistant through technology.
Audit management software may include some or all of the following features:
- Risk evaluation
- Audit metrics reporting and dashboarding
- Digitization of audit documents
- Audit report automation
- Issues tracking and monitoring
Vendors such as Protiviti and RSM provide audit management solutions that seek to automate much of the audit management process. Additionally, tax-focused vendors such as Vertex have tools that automate compliance, which will ultimately making audits easier through better reporting and fewer issues.
Key Considerations for SAPinsiders:
- In our recent GRC research, we found rapid changes within compliance and data privacy regulations to be a top driver. However, only about a quarter of companies surveyed said they were looking to grow internal audit as a skillset. This suggests that many companies have what they need for internal audits — if your company does not, you may be falling behind.
- In that same research, we found audit management to be one of the most used GRC solutions, in place at over half of organizations. Improving GRC automation was a top strategy, while facilitating audit planning and performance was also a top strategy. Leading companies are prioritizing audit planning and performance and looking to automate.
- Audit your audit planning process. Regulations around data privacy have made major changes in recent years, and regulatory requirements are likely to continue to change more frequently than we’ve seen before. Planning for audits and conducting regular internal audits is important, and you may need to find a way to be more agile to stay compliant. Of course, getting GRC processes streamlined and consistent in the first place will also help audit planning.
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Surviving an SAP Audit — How to Keep the Auditors out of your HairJan 20, 2021 — This session will provide tips and practical advice that will enable you to not only survive an SAP audit but do so in a way that keeps your sanity and a smile on your face. You’ll learn about the different types of audits and how these might impact auditor expectations and you will come away with tips and tricks from a career auditor on how to work successfully with your auditor during the review. Join this session to:
Learn why one successful audit doesn't equate to a passing grade on the next one
- Get advice for what to do during an audit, including answer questions honestly, listen for and document risk concerns, respond with facts and alternatives, and describe both normal and exception processes
- Hear what not to do during an audit, including blaming a lack of resources, shading the truth, speculating on answers, or even falsifying evidence
- See examples of documentation and FAQs you can prepare in advance to reduce the time the audit will take
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Better Manage Enterprise Risk and Streamline Audit Lifecycle Management with SAP Audit Management (Part 1)Aug 15, 2016 —
See how SAP Audit Management can help improve the different facets of the internal audit lifecycle, including audit planning and preparation while enforcing process control and risk management.
16 minute read
Drive Risk-Based Auditing in the SAP Audit Management SystemJul 11, 2016 — Learn how to configure SAP Audit Management to harness the benefits of risk-based auditing while integrating the system with SAP Process Control and SAP Risk Management. Key Concept SAP Audit Management is part of SAP Assurance and Compliance Software (powered by SAP HANA) that provides enterprises with an end-to-end audit management solution. The product is […]
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Moving to SAP S/4HANA? Avoid these common audit issuesJun 8, 2021 — Although transformative to businesses, SAP S/4HANA implementations have revealed some common, audit-relevant issues that could create risks for organizations. Because much of the focus of these implementations (and upgrades) is on ensuring that business functionality is enabled and the system goes live quickly, controls and security considerations are often neglected, or severely under-scoped. Implementation issues, from lack of requirements traceability to poor assumptions about implementer responsibilities, can easily be avoided with knowledge and planning. Join RSM partners Steve Biskie and Kari Sklenka-Gorden - each of whom have been involved in more than a dozen SAP S/4HANA projects - for some real-world tips and tricks on avoiding the worst and preparing for the best.
Attend this session to:
- Learn the risk themes that seem consistent across organizations and implementation partners
- Understand proven strategies for identifying and mitigating these risks
- Build a case for creating proper enterprise-wide data governance
- Hear how functional testing can fail to confirm controls are working, and when an organization might want to re-think existing control settings
- Learn how to document control decisions for auditability
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Webinar: Transforming the Audit with TechnologyJul 1, 2020 — Industry experts share how cloud technology can increase transparency and improve client-auditor relationships, streamline key audit processes, and limit unplanned costs. Find other insightful content from BlackLine on their Vendor Showcase
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CIO’s Perspective: BekaertDeslee Created A Smart Change Management Solution to Achieve Audit ComfortJan 20, 2021 — Change is a fact of life for many organizations, but constant change to SAP systems also carry both risk and discomfort for auditors. In this executive keynote by Rik Holvoert, CIO of the world leading manufacturer of mattress textiles, BekaertDeslee, attendees will learn how this medium-sized but globally operating company, manages compliance and provides auditing comfort despite constant changes in its SAP Systems landscape. Learn how Rik – together with his leadership team and BekaertDeslee’s auditing company, PwC - created very efficient solutions to bridging the gap between the need for compliance, smooth auditing processes, and managing changes within the globally distributed SAP systems landscape of BekaertDeslee.
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Expert Q&A: Modernize your SAP Audit StrategyJan 20, 2021 — Compliance is always a moving target as emerging regulations and business conditions warrant new approaches to protecting your organization. Join SAP expert Steve Biskie as he answers key questions on what the different type of audits you need to prepare and how to pass them with flying colors. Understand what documentation you need to prepare and how to leverage SAP to support your audit preparation.
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Case Study | How Delivery Hero’s better audit management helped improve the customer experienceMay 12, 2021 — On the face, internal audit processes are rather elementary. Planning, fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up very familiar to us and we are used to performing tasks within these sub-processes in all of our audits. However, how do we leverage technology perform our internal audit tasks in a more effective and efficient manner? The devil is certain in the details. In this presentation, we will tell the story of how we established our internal audit function and also how we are levering SAP products to add value to our organization.
Attend this session to learn how to:
- Create a vision for your digitized future
- Establish and build your internal audit function from scratch
- Focus your internal audit innovation projects on what matters
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