Overview of analytics

Cycle

Analytic

Procurement

Reconciliation of vendor accounts to the trial balance

Procurement

General Ledger Analysis (view on full population)

Procurement

Goods Receipt without a Purchase Order

Procurement

Invoice Receipt without a Purchase Order

Procurement

Overview of purchases from one time vendors (vendors without required master data)

Procurement

Ageing Goods Receipt / Invoice Receipt account

Procurement

Direct expenses (payments with P&L effect but no corresponding invoice)

Procurement

Retrospective PO (PO created after invoice)

Procurement

Purchase document analysis (view on full population)

Procurement

Ageing supplier balances

Procurement

Debit supplier balances

Procurement

Duplicate invoices

Procurement

Duplicate payments

Procurement

Same material purchased at different vendors

Procurement Purchase price analysis

Procurement

Manual entries to vendor control accounts

Procurement

4-way match (Purchase Order / Goods Receipt / Invoice / Payment)

Procurement

Segregation Of Duties (SOD)
- Create Purchase Requisition
- Create Purchase Order
- Approve Purchase Order
- Post invoice
- Post payment
- Post Goods receipt
- Maintain vendor
- Maintain vendor bank account

Procurement

Incomplete vendor master data

Procurement

Duplicate vendor master data (name, address, VAT, bank)

Procurement

Changes to vendor master data

Assets

Reconciliation of asset control accounts to the trial balance

Assets

General Ledger analysis (view on full population)

Assets

Fixed assets movement schedule (Fixed assets roll-forward reconciled to trial balance)

Assets

Depreciation rate consistency check

Assets

Overview of remaining lifetime

Assets

Overview of  changes in depreciation rate

Assets

Assets with a negative net book value

Assets

Manual entries to asset control accounts

Assets

Incomplete asset master data

Assets

Duplicate asset master data

Assets

Changes to asset master data

Journals

Reconciliation of accounting documents to the trial balance

Journals

General Ledger analysis (view on full population)

Journals

List of manual journals with round numbers or recurring digits

Journals

List of manual journals with blank narratives

Journals

List of journals with a value greater than [Curr]X

Journals

Journals processed by users at risk (management, executives, IT)

Journals

Journals with a specific user narrative

Journals

Journal entry line items posted to seldom used accounts

Journals

Journal entries that have unusually small or large amounts when compared to the  average amounts posted to that account

Journals

Journal entries that are posted to unrelated account combinations
- Fixed assets or inventory <> P/L
- Fixed assets or inventory or A/R or A/P <> fixed assets or inventory or A/R or A/P
- Bank <> P/L
- P/L <> P/L (excluding reclassifications)
- Bank <> deferred/accrued accounts
- A/R or A/P <> P/L (manual entries)

Journals

Users who seldom post journal entries - header level test that identifies journal entries made by users who do not post often

Journals

Journal Entries with Integrity Issues

Journals

Back dated and pre dated journal entries
- Header level test that identifies journal entries that are back dated or pre dated
- Have a large number of days between posted date and effective date.

Journals

Large income statements credits posted before quarter end

Journals

Large revenue debit after quarter end

Journals

Potential Duplicate Journal Entries (manual entries) :
     Line level test that identifies similar or potential duplicate journal entries for each company code in a same year on :
       - accounting code
       - amount
       - month
       - debit/credit indicator

Journals

 Entries posted on weekends or bank holidays

Journals

Changes made to chart of accounts

Journals

Ageing open items on balance sheet accounts

Journals

Segregation Of Duties (SOD)
- Maintain posting periods
- Maintain chart of accounts
- Post accounting document
- Post manual entries

Journals

Unbalanced journal entries

Journals

Valuation of balances in a foreign currency

Journals

Revaluation of foreign exchange rate effects on profit and loss accounts

Inventory

Reconciliation of inventory control accounts to trial balance

Inventory

General Ledger analysis (view on full population)

Inventory

Inventory valuation evaluation (quantifying potential overstatement of stock)

Inventory

Negative inventory balances

Inventory

Manual entries to inventory accounts

Inventory

Posting period analysis (financial close evaluation)

Inventory

Evolution of average material accounting value

Inventory

Overview of inventory balances and quantities

Inventory

Inventory rotation analysis

Inventory

Duplicate inventory master data

Inventory

Missing inventory master data

Inventory

Changes to inventory master data

Inventory

Overview of inventory location

Sales

Reconciliation of customer control accounts to the trial balance

Sales

General Ledger analysis (view on full population)

Sales

Ageing of customer balances

Sales

Customers with a credit balance

Sales

Customers where the receivables balances went over the credit limit (at period end or during period in scope)

Sales

Sales cutoff testing (sales recognised in the wrong accounting period)

Sales

Analysis of average selling price per material

Sales

Manual entries to customer accounts

Sales

Customer reimbursements (cash payments to customers)

Sales

Analysis of credit notes issued

Sales

Sales document analysis (full population)

Sales

Incoterm consistency check

Sales

Segregation Of Duties (SOD)
- Create sales document (sales order…)
- Approve sales document
- Post sales invoice
- Post customer payments

Sales

Duplicate customer master data

Sales

Missing customer master data

Sales

Changes to customer master data

VAT

Reconciliation of sales tax  control accounts

VAT

General Ledger analysis (view on full population)

VAT

Tax code consistency check

VAT

VAT number validation

VAT

Manual entries to sales tax control accounts

VAT

Tax rate consistency check

Payments

Payments to bank accounts not configured in master data

Payments

Payments to employees or members of management

Compliance

Transactions with blacklisted entities or persons (Know Your Customer)

Compliance

Transactions with countries under embargo

Compliance

Transactions with persons or entities that pose a conflict of interest