18 of the top 20 accounting firms rely on Ideagen Audit Analytics to validate regulatory filings, confirm independence, and support audit quality programs. With decades of data coverage and a broad set of structured datasets, Ideagen Audit Analytics is the trusted resource for firms committed to accuracy, compliance, and integrity.
Compliance, reporting and independence
Accounting firms face constant pressure to demonstrate compliance, maintain independence, and uphold audit quality best practices. From issuing audit reports to onboarding new clients, every step requires precise, accurate, and complete information.
Ideagen Audit Analytics provides firms with the tools to verify and validate their data, ensuring confidence in regulatory filings, independence compliance, and audit quality programs.
Challenge & Solution
Ensuring accurate and complete regulatory reporting
Regulatory filings must reflect your firm’s activities correctly and comprehensively. Ideagen Audit Analytics helps firms double-check their reporting and reduce errors:
- Validate PCAOB Form AP submissions – confirm that auditor participation across engagements is correctly recorded and consistent with internal records.
- Review Form 2 filings – ensure that inspection and oversight reporting is complete, accurate, and aligned with regulatory requirements.
- Maintain a clear history of auditor changes, audit fees, and disclosure events to support transparent and auditable reporting.
- Demonstrate a firm-wide commitment to audit quality through consistent, verified reporting processes.
Challenge & Solution
Supporting independence and client onboarding
Maintaining independence is central to audit integrity. Ideagen Audit Analytics enables firms to verify relationships and client data to prevent conflicts of interest:
- Cross-check client audit histories, restatements, and internal control disclosures before onboarding.
- Identify potential conflicts across existing engagements to confirm independence compliance.
- Perform thorough know-your-client due diligence with structured access to data on 60,000+ SEC registrants and 8,000 European companies.
- Ensure new engagements comply with firm policies and regulatory standards before acceptance.
Challenge & Solution
Monitoring employee investments and potential conflicts
Employee investments and related-party relationships can create independence challenges. Ideagen Audit Analytics allows firms to track, verify, and flag potential conflicts:
- Monitor employee holdings and exposures against client relationships to confirm independence standards are met.
- Cross-reference company events such as restatements, ESG disclosures, cybersecurity incidents, and enforcement actions to validate risk assessments.
- Build proactive safeguards to maintain compliance with professional standards and regulatory expectations.
Challenge & Solution
Embedding audit quality best practices
Ideagen Audit Analytics helps firms strengthen overall audit quality by verifying and contextualizing data across all engagements:
- Benchmark audit fees, disclosure practices, and independence compliance against peers to confirm completeness and consistency.
- Integrate regulatory and client data into internal workflows to ensure ongoing accuracy and audit-readiness.
- Identify trends in disclosures, control weaknesses, and regulatory scrutiny to guide firm-wide quality initiatives.
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