Client Stories
Client stories from the field
Controllers and finance managers describe how invoice application audits changed their close — including one engagement that took longer than hoped.
Voices from recent engagements
“They caught a batch of December supplier invoices still sitting in January because the stamp date was treated as the posting date. Our external auditor closed the cut-off point without a second sample.”
Nattapong S. · Group controller, logistics group · Year-end invoice cut-off review
“The first week felt slow while they rebuilt our matching trail. Once that was done, the findings were specific enough that accounts payable could fix postings without guessing. I would still ask for a clearer day-one checklist next time.”
Areeya K. · Finance manager, hospital supplies distributor · Full invoicing application audit
“Supplier sampling showed three vendors where credit notes never reversed the original application. We cleared those before the statutory team arrived, which saved an awkward discussion in the exit meeting.”
Pitchaya L. · Internal audit lead, retail franchise · Supplier invoice sampling assessment
“Remediation weeks kept our clerks from inventing shortcuts. The re-test sample was small but enough to prove the new evidence standard was sticking.”
Daniel H. · CFO, manufacturing JV · Post-findings remediation advisory
Extended story: trading group cut-off week
A three-entity trading group on Rama III asked us for a pre-year-end cut-off review after their auditor flagged last year’s goods-in-transit invoices. Shipping documents lived in a warehouse office; the GL lived downtown.
We spent two days on site matching bills of lading to invoice applications, then one day with the controller mapping which shipments had not yet transferred title. Twelve invoices moved periods. Two more stayed put after we confirmed delivery terms. The statutory auditor reused our schedule and did not expand the cut-off sample.
The constraint that mattered most was access: once the warehouse clerk joined the afternoon calls, testing sped up. If your evidence is split across locations, tell us early so fieldwork dates account for travel between sites.
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