Audit fieldwork means processing large volumes of client bank statements. Whether it's a statutory audit, an internal review, or a grant audit, you need transaction data in an analysable format — and you need it fast. Manual data entry introduces errors and eats into billable audit hours.
Why Bank Statement Conversion Matters for Audits
- Sampling: Auditors need complete transaction lists to select representative samples for testing
- Reconciliation: Bank statement data must be reconciled against the client's general ledger — this is impossible with PDFs alone
- Analytical procedures: Ratio analysis, trend analysis, and flux analysis all require structured data
- Documentation: ISA 500 requires auditors to document the evidence obtained — a clean spreadsheet is auditable; a stack of PDFs is not
Time saving for audit teams: A medium-sized audit typically involves 15-25 client bank accounts with 12 months of statements each — that's 180-300 PDFs. Manual extraction at 10 minutes each = 30-50 hours. AI conversion reduces this to under 1 hour of processing time.
The Audit Workflow with AI Conversion
- Request statements: Ask the client to download 12 months of bank statement PDFs for all relevant accounts
- Batch convert: Upload all PDFs to BankScan AI and receive formatted Excel files
- Import into audit software: Load the structured data into CaseWare, CCH, Mercia, or Excel-based work papers
- Perform procedures: With clean data, sampling, reconciliation, and analysis are straightforward
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