Robotic Process Automation Is A Game-Changer In The World Of Advisory 服务
In recent years, businesses have embraced the benefits of robotic process automation (RPA). From carrying out mundane tasks to ensuring accuracy and consistency, RPA has allowed your traditional accountant to toss their visor aside in favor of something more modern. 今天, 多亏了RPA的不断进步, 你的注册会计师现在有了大量的数据, 趋势, and projections to help drive business growth and sustainability. Fortunately for all, this development will only continue to pick up steam as time goes on.
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The Elevation Of Business Advisory 服务 With Robotic Process Automation
As software technology designed to automate and simplify mundane, 重复的任务, the implementation of RPA has driven greater accuracy, 效率, 和知识. As a result of having access to more essential and timely information, 所有者和管理者能够更快地做出决定, more informed business decisions with the guidance of their accountants.
在这里, 在公共会计领域, there has been a lot of interest in RPA as a means to streamline the audit and assurance process. Rather than asking certified public accountants to manually enter data, RPA has taken on the task and successfully completes all assignments with improved accuracy and fewer distractions. Moreover, thanks to the automated process, audits are no longer limited to sample size. Rather, businesses can approach essential management functions from a holistic approach.
“Revenue audits can be automated by software robots that perform rules-based functions to execute reconciliations, 分析方法, 以及双重用途程序(如.g. internal control tests and tests of details),” according to 一篇文章 《比较靠谱的赌博软件》上关于RPA的文章. “Revenue is generally a high-risk area in audit engagements, and automating the tasks that do not require auditor judgment has the potential to improve audit quality by reallocating the work of auditors to analyzing the differences generated by the RPA software.”
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会计自动化哪些流程?
The audit processes most likely to benefit from RPA are those that include specific tasks, 是重复的, 耗费时间的, 这并不需要审计判断. The goal is not to eliminate the human element, but to free up the human to make a greater impact on the businesses and organizations they serve. This can be done by standardizing the way processes are executed and mapping out essential information to ensure RPA achieves its intended objectives.
Below are a few areas RPA is already being introduced and how you might already be benefiting from this advancement in technology.
对账和分析程序
使用狙击枪, auditors can gain the ability to effortlessly log into a client’s secure fire transfer protocol (FTP) site in an effort to gain access to, 编译, 并保存相关审计证据. Types of information being pulled include current and prior year sales listings and the trial balance. 一旦收集到这些信息, RPA is programmed to calculate the total sales per listing to compare it to the trial balance’s total. 然后, 如果金额一致, RPA software moves to the next step – calculating whether the total revenue amount between current and prior years is materially different. If so, an alert can be activated and further action can be taken to get you back on track.
比较说明:双重用途审计测试
Another reason your audit team might implement RPA is to determine whether price and quantity are different across sales orders, 发票, 以及运输单据. If a discrepancy is identified, the audit team is notified and action taken. 再一次。, RPA is a great resource for auditors who are interested in providing more value-added services, such as precisely assessing the risk of material misstatement.
The audit side of the accounting profession isn’t the only area being elevated by RPA. Those on the tax side of the house are benefiting too. Calculations of book-tax differences and tax return prep are all being successfully automated. And then there’s the impact RPA has on our ability to provide client advisory services. Allowing RPA to collect and store specific files, 把计算, and more gives advisors more time to perform higher-level work that will drive meaningful business results.
The RPA journey has only just begun in the accounting industry and we can’t wait to see how far it will take us. If you would like to learn more about RPA, how it’s being deployed at 意图 & 比较靠谱的赌博软件, and how we are using it to become better advisors to our clients, 联系我 今天.
By Cody Kiser, CPA (新费城 CPA 公司)
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