
With the advent of AI, Machine Learning and others, technology continues to grow at a speed of light with no signs of slowing down. The way we live or work on daily basis is also being revolutionized and it is of utmost importance that audit management does not fall behind when it comes to adapting new technologies.
Since the great depression of 1929, audit has evolved steadily adapting to the computing age and in recent years the rise of data analytics and CPAs have played a very important role in the process. With time, automation and digitization of business information are reshaping the world of finance, changing how we work.
You know what is the most unprecedented thing in this whole process? It is the speed of this change. According to various reports, as much as 49 percent of the work activities could soon be automated by using the current technology. It is also projected that, 40 percent of basic accounting work could be automated by the end of 2020. All thanks to robotics!
So, below are few technologies that are changing the Audit Management scenario for good;
Blockchain: I know a lot of people who often refers the Blockchain technology as a bubble. However, I beg to differ in this case. Blockchain is still in its infancy and we need to give it a bit of time in order to mature. Coming back to auditing, traditionally auditors wait till the end of the financial year to conduct all the audits. On the other hand, thanks to Blockchain based smart contacts, an audit can be created immediately when a transaction is done. Now with Blockchain, auditing would bring much more transparency and accountability on the table.
Analytics: Since the invention of analytics, technology is going through rapid changes. Analytics helps the auditors to focus their efforts on outliers of the whole data set and provide important analysis of huge data sets. Analytics holds the advantage of analyzing the whole data sets instead of testing some sample based data set, which eventually helps in a proper and correct audit.
Artificial Intelligence: Since its inception, AI is taking over various industries. So, how Audit would have been left behind? Thanks to the AI based cognitive computing, now audit professionals get many opportunities, which eventually leads to derive important insights through audit processes. At the end of the day, all these helps organizations to take effective measures in order to maximize value.
So, as stated currently audit management is standing at a very important crossroad, where it only has two options; 1) maintaining the status quo or 2) work hard and bring the much needed change.
Taking into consideration the importance of technology in audit, most of the organizations have started to find out how technology can change the space and how it can be applied. In order to acknowledge the significant contribution in the Audit Management industry, Insights Success has shortlisted “The 10 Recommended Audit Management Solution Providers 2019”, who are working round the clock to make the Audit Management space a better and improved place to work on.