Sage + Audit Preparation: Complete Workflow
Preparing for audit preparation and using Sage? Auditors need to verify bank balances and test transactions against financial statements. Getting bank data into a workable format is the first bottleneck. BankScan AI bridges the gap between your bank's PDF statements and Sage's import feature.
BankScan AI → Sage for Audit Preparation
Convert bank statement PDFs to CSV formatted for Sage import. Convert bank statements to structured Excel files for audit testing, balance verification, and transaction sampling. Save hours of data preparation.
How It Works
Upload your bank statement PDF
Supports all major banks. Upload Full financial year (12 months), plus confirmation of opening and closing balances for the period under audit of statements.
AI formats for Sage
Output as CSV with Date, Details/Reference, Paid in, Paid out — Sage requires separate debit and credit columns rather than a single signed amount — dates in DD/MM/YYYY.
Import and use for audit preparation
Upload into Sage and use the reconciled data for audit preparation.
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Sage + Audit Preparation Features
- Sage ready — Output formatted as CSV matching Sage's expected column structure
- Smart integration — Sage's bank reconciliation remembers previous matching rules, so repeat transactions from the same payee are auto-suggested for the same nominal code.
- Built for Audit Preparation — Convert bank statements to structured Excel files for audit testing, balance verification, and transaction sampling. Save hours of data preparation.
Import for Audit Preparation into Sage
After converting your bank statements for audit preparation:
- In Sage Accounting, go to Banking > select your bank account > Import statement
- Upload the CSV, confirm column mapping (Date, Details, Paid in, Paid out), and import
Common Import Issues
Sage requires separate Paid in/Paid out columns — a single Amount column will fail. Also rejects imports where the date column contains time stamps.
Sage Import for Audit Preparation
Statutory accounts must be filed within 9 months of year-end for private companies; audit fieldwork typically compressed into 2-4 weeks
Convert for Sage + Audit Preparation