The findings are in the working papers; the report text starts from scratch.
The audit assistant pulls balances, account movements and sample results from the ERP and the audit software. From these come the report tables, the numbered paragraphs and the reasoning for every finding, each with a reference to the working paper. If a balance changes in a post-closing adjustment run, the table has to be reworked again, and so does the text that goes with it.
1audit engagementA report is due on the annual financial statements as at 31 December 2025.
31working papersThe audit procedures on inventories, receivables and provisions are documented.
14report tablesBalances and prior-year comparisons are compiled from the ERP and the audit software.
2passes after post-closing adjustmentsTwo posting runs after the end of the audit shift figures in text that has already been written.
Nothing is copied by hand from working paper to numbered paragraph any more. That removes 40% of the drafting effort and cuts the two passes after the post-closing adjustments to one.
The 40% reduction in drafting effort is this agent's headline figure. The numbers of working papers, report tables and adjustment runs describe a typical audit engagement and were not measured.