Extractly

Feb 20 2025

Product

Caseware Extractly

Automate vouching and substantive testing directly in Excel. Extractly is the AI-powered Excel add-in that transforms how auditors and finance teams perform substantive testing and document verification.

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Excel Add-In for AI-Powered PDF and Image Extraction

Extractly transforms how auditors and finance teams verify financial data. As an Excel add-in, it enables auditors to conduct substantive testing efficiently right from Excel. It also allows finance teams to effortlessly match supporting PDFs to transactions. By automating data extraction and matching from PDFs and images, Extractly eliminates manual effort, improves accuracy and accelerates workflows. 

Features

Smart Data Extraction: From PDF & Images to Excel

Extract structured and unstructured data from scanned or digital documents including handwritten notes and integrate it directly to workpapers. Seamlessly convert PDF data into clean Excel-ready format for analysis using industry-leading OCR technology. 

Automated Data Matching for Sample Testing

Instantly validate invoice amounts, supplier names and numerical consistency across documents. Pinpoint discrepancies and ensure accuracy without manually searching through multiple PDFs. Conduct large sample testing at once, saving time on high-volume substantive testing. 

Intelligent Table Extraction & Formatting

Convert unstructured bank statements, invoices and ledgers into clean, tabular formats. Format extracted data to fit your audit templates with customized column mapping. Detect totals, validate calculations and ensure numerical accuracy

Interactive Document Linking for Faster Review

Click on extracted data in Excel to instantly navigate back to the source document. Review supporting evidence without switching between multiple screens or files. Incorporate a structured workflow for testing, complete with built-in approvals and reviews.

Benefits

Improved Confidence in Audit Assessments

Improved Confidence in Audit Assessments

Align extracted data with sample selections to verify authenticity quickly. Eliminate the hassle of manual data entry and integrating data from digital or scanned documents into workpapers. 
Faster, More Accurate Substantive Testing

Faster, More Accurate Substantive Testing

Process large sample sets in seconds, improving audit efficiency.  Automate document matching against large samples, reducing hours of manual cross-checking and enabling auditors to meet tight deadlines without stress. 
Reduce Audit Costs

Reduce Audit Costs

Maximize efficiency and cut down on manual review labor. Focus on critical data with smart linking and reformat information flexibility. Use the arithmetic feature to instantly verify additions within PDF files ensuring error–free calculations and faster reporting cycles.  
Seamless Integration with Workpapers

Seamless Integration with Workpapers

Effortlessly connect extracted data with Excel-based audit workpapers. 
Collaboration with Engagement Teams

Collaboration with Engagement Teams

Facilitate real–time communication with built-in annotation and commenting features, keeping all team members aligned and efficient during engagements. 
Secure Client Communication

Secure Client Communication

Protect sensitive data with built-in security measures and role-based access. 

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Validate

Feb 20 2025

Product

Caseware Validate

Run thousands of checks on your financial statements in seconds. Eliminate errors and accelerate financial reviews. Instantly validate financial statement accuracy with AI-powered precision, reducing manual work and ensuring compliance.

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End the Cycle of Tedious Financial Statement Reviews

Leverage advanced AI algorithms that perform thousands of unique financial checks in seconds, cross-referencing thousands of data points for consistency, accuracy and compliance. Upload financial statements and let automated arithmetic and validation checks eliminate the need for manual reconciliation, streamlining reviews and increasing confidence in producing error-free reports. 

Features

AI-powered Mathematical Accuracy Checks

Instantly verify totals with automated vertical and horizontal calculations across all financial tables in your reports including supplemental disclosures. Customizable formula options provide flexibility for specific reporting needs while maintaining precision and reliability. No more manual recalculations.

Internal Consistency & Prior Period Checks

Automatically cross-check figures between statement and notes across both annual and interim reports. Instantly detect mismatched descriptions, inconsistent opening/closing balances, narrative irregularities and spelling errors. Identify discrepancies early with Red, Amber and Green indicators to flag text or numerical inconsistencies across versions.  

Version Comparison Between Multiple Drafts

Track changes across multiple document versions while carrying forward references and adjustments from prior reviews. Avoid duplicate review cycles and ensure a complete audit trail for greater consistency and accountability. 

Simplified Review and Mark Up

Easily review reports with a side-by-side page view for faster validation. Make editable markups, with all changes logged for transparency. Users can overwrite and track revisions, reducing manual errors and ensuring accuracy and compliance. Enhance team collaboration even under tight deadlines.

Benefits

Eliminate Manual Errors and Enhance Accuracy

Eliminate Manual Errors and Enhance Accuracy

Check for errors within your financial statements as a standalone document. Automatically detect inconsistencies in figures and descriptions to improve accuracy.
Accelerate Review Cycles & Save Time

Accelerate Review Cycles & Save Time

Reduce the manual workload for recalculations and cross-checking, accelerating financial statement review cycles. 
Improved Confidence for Filing

Improved Confidence for Filing

Deliver audit-ready financial reports that align with underlying accounting records and regulatory standards. 
Detect Errors Early to Avoid Costly Corrections

Detect Errors Early to Avoid Costly Corrections

Detect and resolve errors before submission, avoiding costly corrections later. 
Streamlined Collaboration During Tight Deadlines

Streamlined Collaboration During Tight Deadlines

Enable seamless team reviews with built-in commentary, version comparison and resolution workflows. 
Scalable, Secure and Designed for Complex Reviews

Scalable, Secure and Designed for Complex Reviews

Cloud-based and optimized for firms handling multiple engagements and multi-entity financials.

Get started in 4 easy steps

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Upload Financial Statements in PDF Format

Easily upload your financial statements with just a few clicks. Validate automatically recognizes prior-year versions and organizes documents for seamless comparison, ensuring an efficient and structured review process.
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Run Thousands of Pre-built Checks in Seconds

Validate instantly performs thousands of unique financial checks, cross-referencing key data points for casting errors, internal consistency, prior period mismatches and compliance risks. Say goodbye to tedious manual validation.
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Generate Summary of Findings & Target Reviews

Receive an intelligent, easy-to-navigate summary that highlights validated data, flagged errors and unmatched figures requiring review. Color-coded indicators ensure that you can prioritize critical issues quickly.
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Resolve Errors & Finalize Financial Statements

Drill down into flagged discrepancies, apply judgment to indeterminate figures, and make real-time adjustments with version control and automated cross-referencing. Generate a compliant financial report with confidence.

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Audit

Aug 14 2024

Product

Audit

Depend on a comprehensive, cloud engagement management solution, integrated with a smart methodology to empower your audit teams and raise efficiency with advanced automation to produce fast, reliable, risk-focused audits

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High quality audit results with less effort

Most audits have evolved beyond using manual processes. Today, digital tools are transforming the audit industry and creating new efficiencies. Using the power of Caseware Cloud, our audit solution empowers your teams to collaborate effectively and efficiently produce high-quality audits.

As the global leader in the accounting and auditing space for more than three decades, Caseware has harnessed the power of automation, data analytics and smart algorithms in a game-changing application. Caseware Audit helps audit teams save time, mitigate risks and deliver superior services to their clients with ease.

Features

Real time engagement collaboration and improved client communication

Experience real-time engagement collaboration/updates for multiple users, staff and clients between all documents. Each team member can perform their tasks independently and seamlessly without waiting on others to exit the document.

Review tools and alerts that ensure accuracy and reduce confusion

Access review tools for checklists and financial statements, including built-in analytics and alerts. Quickly review engagements and identify issues accurately through our simple, colour coded visualization tool, which allows you to provide greater value-added insights to your clients.

Integrated guided methodology that increases audit accuracy

Using client data and responses to pre-set questions, online content is tailored to provide only what is relevant for the engagement at hand, saving you time and increasing your efficiency.

Risk management and visualization enable a smoother audit experience

New and existing risks can be added and updated at any time. Our centralized summary page provides visual charts, records and stores risk assessment notes. Materiality is documented and visible within the navigation panel. Easy visualization cues allow you to easily see if an assessment is higher than materiality.

Benefits

Boost client collaboration

Boost client collaboration

Securely send and receive documents and track information requests with our ‘Prepared by Client’ query function
Conduct high quality audits

Conduct high quality audits

Built-in content that addresses key requirements and concepts in the professional standard helps you comply with confidence
Work together - from anywhere

Work together – from anywhere

Staff in multiple locations can collaborate without the need for being in the same location and can access the latest client data from anywhere, at any time
Ensure consistency and efficiency

Ensure consistency and efficiency

A single platform that centralizes many components of audit work with engagement management, linked methodology and other tools
Intelligent file building

Intelligent file building

Built-in intelligence means that you only see documents and procedures that are relevant to the audit you are working on
Relax with iron-clad security

Relax with iron-clad security

All data is secured from digital threats and attacks by security applications embedded with multiple layers of encryption in a cloud system

Supporting tools

Get the most out of your Caseware Audit experience

Leverage these supporting components to maximize the capabilities of Caseware Audit

  • Cloud Connector
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    Provide real-time data linkage between your engagement and MS Excel to access trial balance data and other properties.

  • CloudBridge
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    CloudBridge is a powerful software utility that lets users transfer data seamlessly from Caseware Working Papers to cloud engagements. The easy-to-use interface and robust features simplify the process and provide organizations with a reliable solution for managing their data with confidence.

Find the answers you need

Do I need a PEG subscription to purchase Caseware Cloud Audit?

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Yes, we license and use content from CPA Canada. An active PEG subscription license is required to purchase Caseware Audit.

How do I work with other colleagues or auditors?

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The product can be accessed by multiple users simultaneously, allowing for a smooth completion of work. Using cloud technology, you can access your audits from anywhere in the world.

How do I work with clients?

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Using our ‘Prepared by client’ functionality, you can make requests to your clients directly from the software.

How do I transition from Caseware Working Papers to Caseware Cloud Audit. Do I have to start from scratch?

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We have developed a tool (CloudBridge) that aids in the transition from Caseware Working Papers to the Caseware Audit. CloudBridge transfers specific data similar to a rollforward

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ReviewComp

Jun 05 2023

Product

ReviewComp

Connecting Data, Workflows and Results

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Redefining the approach to attestation services

Today’s business environment is dynamic and evolving rapidly. Guesswork, improper documentation, the struggles in collecting PBC (Provided-By-Client) documents, and the lack of smart software for other professional accounting services all create critical problems for accountants. The need for an intelligent, cloud-based application that combines engagements into a seamless workflow is more crucial than ever.

Caseware ReviewComp is a collaborative, cloud-based engagement management app designed specifically to support review, compilation and a wide range of non-attest engagements. It also stores files and entity and contact information, and organizes data flow. ReviewComp communicates, reports and generates automated financial statements — creating seamless workflows.

Features

Transparent engagement management

Track the entire scope, timeline and execution of engagements in real time with a shared dashboard. Collaborate with clients and colleagues on documents within a shared engagement.

Automated financial statement preparation

Reduce completion time with numerous sample disclosures that include relevant requirements. Information used in multiple places throughout the engagement will only need to be entered once and will flow through the entire engagement in real time.

Intelligent content

Tailor content using client data and responses to pre-set questions, providing only relevant info for the engagement at hand. Simple and clean programs tailor and optimize content intelligently, based on client circumstances.

Secure engagement trail and client collaboration

Collaborate with your clients using our built-in query system and complete requests within the client portal to create a more secure, efficient communication process. Engagement information is recorded, tracked and stored in a user-friendly environment.

Benefits

Practice with confidence using engagement software

Practice with confidence using engagement software

Built-in guidance based on CPA Canada’s Professional Engagement Guide helps practitioners perform high-quality, cost-effective engagements.
Streamline your workflow

Streamline your workflow

Rather than paring down extensive checklists, start with an easy Planning Optimizer document that tailors the engagement as you provide details.
Increase efficiency with a single and consistent interface

Increase efficiency with a single and consistent interface

Centralized components in a single app, including engagement management, linked methodology, trial balance tools and PBC document management — including built-in e-signature support.
Safeguard information with a secure, robust platform

Safeguard information with a secure, robust platform

Rest easy with a water-tight cloud ecosystem created for attestation services and built to meet security standards in a virtual world.
Save time with automated financial statement review, report and letter drafting

Save time with automated financial statement review, report and letter drafting

Built-in logic updates the language on letters, reports and financial statements to help align deliverables with quality standards.
Level up your processes with dynamic scaling

Level up your processes with dynamic scaling

Dynamically scale to the size and complexity of the client or the service being provided.

Supporting components

Gain data-driven insights to better inform your engagements

Achieve unparalleled results on your engagements with a cloud-based connector that links real-time data to other applications.

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    This cloud-based tool links trial balance and other engagement and entity data between your Caseware Cloud app and Microsoft 365 Excel in real time.

  • CloudBridge
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    Easily transfer data from Caseware Working Papers to a cloud engagement with this reliable tool that makes the transition to the cloud seamless.

Support & FAQs

What kind of engagements can firms accomplish with Caseware ReviewComp?

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Reviews (CSRE 2400), compilations (CSRS 4200) and other accounting service offerings firms generally provide. These include preparing financial statements from bookkeeping data, tax services and business plans.

Does a firm need to have a PEG subscription from CPA Canada to purchase Caseware ReviewComp?

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Yes, you need an active CPA Canada PEG subscription license to purchase Caseware ReviewComp. The PEG subscription contains the methodology which supports the content for both Reviews and Compilations, which are included in your purchase.

Can a firm use a PACT subscription to purchase Caseware ReviewComp?

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A PACT license is not a substitute for a PEG license. You need an active PEG subscription license.

How often does Caseware ReviewComp update its content?

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The content is updated when CPA Canada updates the PEG Review and Compilation content. We also review our ASPE note examples periodically. Features and functionality are updated throughout the year.

How can a firm transition from Caseware Working Papers on the desktop to ReviewComp?

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Caseware developed a comprehensive tool (CloudBridge) to aid firms in their seamless transition from on-premise to the cloud environment.

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PBC

Jun 05 2023

Product

PBC

Improve client request management and enhance customer communications

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Communicate seamlessly and collaborate with clients in real time

More than 55 percent of accounting firms globally say their current client communication process is not very efficient, according to recent Caseware research. In an increasingly competitive world, it’s clear that traditional methods are not up to the task.

Caseware PBC is a client collaboration app that makes it possible for firms and individual engagement teams to securely communicate with clients and manage requests smoothly. Running on Caseware Cloud, it streamlines workflows and facilitates information exchange from anywhere in the world.

Features

Centralized client requests makes for easy management

Sophisticated list management software offers a built-in client query system, ensuring security when sending, receiving and storing data. With it, your team can request information and documents, track client activity and exchange feedback seamlessly. Also, for easy client collaboration, Caseware PBC offers a digital electronic signature function that allows clients to sign their documents from anywhere.

Customizable content capabilities for a tailored experience

Caseware PBC offers flexible, pre-built content that you can use as-is or customize to meet the requirements of your firm and the unique aspects of your engagements.

Request tracking helps staff stay on top of communications

Use the PBC app to track the status of client requests. The system will notify the staff at important stages throughout the engagement. For example, the app triggers automatic status updates when there’s an outstanding request or when the client responds.

Timed client requests

Your practice can effectively align client requests with the status of an engagement. This can be achieved by sending multiple, grouped requests at once, or responding to requests individually. The end result is increased efficiency and client satisfaction.

Benefits

Enhanced client communication

Enhanced client communication

Securely send signed letters and supporting documents to clients in a snap via the built-in query system. Not only will this save your team time, it will also improve client relations.
Platform integration

Platform integration

Work directly in an engagement file while building and sending information requests to clients. You can also retrieve and accept documents from linked files, as the information will automatically flow through the engagement file.
Improved visibility

Improved visibility

Create transparency with real-time status updates and leverage built-in automation for enhanced status-tracking, thus improving client and data visibility.

Find the answers you need

Can Caseware PBC be used as a stand-alone app?

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Caseware PBC can be used with Caseware engagements or as a standalone app within Caseware Cloud for non-Caseware engagements.

What does it look like when integrating Caseware Working Papers with the app?

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Within Caseware Working Papers, you can access Caseware PBC to directly send and receive requests. Caseware PBC is associated with the engagement itself. The receive button in Caseware Working Papers can be customized to automatically receive accepted documents from Caseware PBC.

Drive your highest level of client satisfaction with PBC

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Working Papers

Jun 05 2023

Product

Working Papers

A flexible and intuitive platform for managing assurance and accounting working papers

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Deliver high-quality engagements with seamless integrations

Caseware Working Papers is a flexible engagement management platform that integrates everything you need to provide accurate assurance and reporting results. It delivers a one-stop location for your data.

Access to all the information you need during an engagement is readily available, with data linked so that any changes you make flow through to all related documents. You can significantly decrease manual effort associated with an engagement while improving the transparency, consistency and quality of your team’s work.

Utilize trusted Working Papers templates

Features

Seamless data imports and exports to document management systems

Import trial balance or general ledger details from over 60 accounting packages and applications like Word, Excel, PDF, ERPs and other electronic formats. With smart integrations, the engagement data is easily exported to tax packages and other document management systems.

Powerful document management platform for added efficiency

Access a comprehensive working paper management system with a wide range of capabilities for delivering efficient accounting services. Gain full visibility for engagement workflows, allowing all authorized users to access documents regardless of their location.

Roll forward for embedded continuity from one year to the next

Maximize your firm’s efficiency levels by leveraging Working Papers’ roll-forward capability. This feature takes information from your existing engagement and rolls forward selected information to the next year.

Boost information sharing with centralized and accessible data

Enhance engagement transparency and easily address questions that arise by retaining all engagement information and supporting materials in one conveniently accessible location.

Benefits

Create next-generation reporting

Create next-generation reporting

Our purpose-built accounting software turns any documents, including financial statements, into a cost-effective report, immediately ready for client, stakeholder or external accountant review. Even PDF versions can be easily created and shared.
Enhance client communication

Enhance client communication

Quickly and securely send contacts, signed letters and supporting documents using Caseware PBC. By easily managing information requests and aligning them with engagement status, you can respond individually or in aggregate.
Depend on data to minimize risk

Depend on data to minimize risk

Integration with Caseware IDEA brings analytics directly into your workflows and minimizes the risk of error or data inconsistency. This allows you to provide valuable insights to your stakeholders and ensure their continued business.
Work together effectively

Work together effectively

Activating the SmartSync module in Caseware Working Papers allows team members to collaborate efficiently on the same engagement file. This benefit is possible even from different locations, eliminating the hassles of version control.
Customize processes

Customize processes

Build intelligent documents, including financial statements, reports and work programs, based on your specific project needs or business requirements. Use the CaseView module within Working Papers to support smoother organization-wide adoption.

Supporting Components

Guidance that simplifies audit and assurance

Templates developed in line with professional standards to simplify the lives of accountants.

  • Audit
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    Technology-leveraged practice aids based on CPA Canada’s Professional Engagement Guide.

  • Review & Compilation
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    Conduct review and compilation engagements with technology-leveraged practice aids based on CPA Canada’s Professional Engagement Guide.

  • Financial
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    Use ASPE and IFRS templates for corporate financials and customize automated statements for government reporting to meet PSAB Canada standards.

  • Working Papers Templates
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    Financial statement, working paper, checklist and letter template packages supporting ASPE, ASNPO and PSAS standards, all levels of assurance, with available practice aids from CPA Canada, and a wide selection of options for the most commonly used presentations.

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Ramp up your engagements with cutting-edge capabilities

Tap into these powerful embedded capabilities within the platform

  • SmartSync
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    Provide your team with up-to-date changes to working papers, allowing them to collaborate on engagement files in real time, reducing project delays.

  • CaseView
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    Create a work paper from scratch, including client-ready financial statements, as well as checklists, custom documents and financial reports.

  • SmartAnalyzer
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    Caseware IDEA licensees can use this module to run more than 80 guided, risk-based analytic tests on general ledgers, subledgers and journal entries.

Gain data-driven insights to better inform your engagements

Achieve unparalleled results on your engagements with utilities that link Working Papers platform and other applications for data access.

  • Caseware Connector
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    This Microsoft add-on for Working Papers lets you automatically synchronize trial balance data to your Microsoft Word or Excel documents.

  • CloudBridge
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    CloudBridge is a powerful tool enabling users to seamlessly transfer data from Caseware Working Papers in the cloud to a cloud engagement.

Find the answers you need

Can I directly upgrade from an older version of Working Papers to the latest version? And if I do, will my files convert?

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Yes, you can upgrade to the latest version without installing the versions in between. Caseware only guarantees a successful conversion between subsequent versions when converting your files. It is possible to restore older files to the latest version directly, but we encourage you to create a backup before attempting to do so.

Is Working Papers financial accounting software offered in 32-bit?

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Current versions of Working Papers are available exclusively in 64-bit. Any 32-bit version is no longer supported.

Take a modern approach to managing working papers

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IDEA

Apr 26 2023

Product

IDEA

Generate better audit insights with the trusted platform for data analytics

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Expand your audit analytics landscape

Data analytics is changing the game for audit, accounting and finance professionals worldwide. When analyzing audit data — whether you’re detecting fraud or identifying anomalies, trends and patterns — you must have a solution that delivers high-quality results without fail.

Caseware IDEA is a comprehensive, powerful and easy-to-use data analysis solution designed by audit experts. With a modern, intuitive interface and advanced analytical functionalities, Caseware IDEA accelerates data analytics, provides a user-friendly experience and supplies you with in-depth knowledge in a timely, cost-effective manner.

Features

Seamless data imports to add audit efficiency

Import data easily from top sources, including PDF, Excel and CSV. IDEA accounting software also works with 50+ packages (Quickbooks, Sage, Xero, etc.), Caseware Working Papers, Python and more.

Powerful audit analytics for deeper, more informative insights

Boost your view with our all-in-one analytical tool that covers every audit need. Whether you’re running a specific test, like sampling, or using built-in automated tests for an entire financial audit, IDEA has you covered.

Comprehensive reporting that gives auditors the full view of what’s happening

Visually pinpoint patterns, trends and outliers using interactive dashboards. With seamless integrations, you can export engagement results or third-party applications.

Reliable audit trail that delivers an accurate and reliable record

Master your work with Project Overview. This tool displays every task’s status using sleek graphics. Document the project or generate a script quickly to re-run the analytics later.

Benefits

Boost productivity

Boost productivity

Automate data analysis using ready-made workflows and simplified navigation to reduce errors. Watch productivity soar as staff focus on more critical work, saving time and money.
Improve risk management

Improve risk management

Mitigate risks related to data security and confidentiality with Caseware’s unified ecosystem. Harness audit intelligence and machine learning techniques to generate risk-based samples.
Reclaim time and money

Reclaim time and money

Reduce wasted time. Save weeks using IDEA to verify and analyze hundreds of thousands of records in minutes.
Strengthen collaboration

Strengthen collaboration

Improve documentation, reporting and collaboration with colleagues and clients, strengthening the audit process and other engagements.
Bolster data integrity

Bolster data integrity

Analyze all data with full confidence using read-only access to source data. IDEA guarantees the accuracy of audit assessments and disclosures in published financial statements.
Provide an unforgettable customer experience

Provide an unforgettable customer experience

IDEA’s intuitive design prioritizes users. With our software, you receive a wealth of resources to gear teams for success.

Supporting components

Enhance your IDEA experience

Take advantage of these modules to run more tests and generate better insights.

  • IDEA Lab
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    Offers analytics plug-ins developed by industry experts, with cutting-edge tech and industry-specific functions for various tasks.

  • SmartAnalyzer
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    SmartAnalyzer enhances audit quality with a range of routines that analyze transactions in GL, A/R, inventory, fixed assets and A/P.

  • Passport
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    Caseware IDEA’s Passport user portal hosts downloads, tutorials, SmartAnalyzer apps, industry content, custom functions and more.

Boost your reports with these added features

These plug-ins add more capabilities to your IDEA solution.

  • Exceptional Exceptions
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    Access audit intelligence and machine learning techniques to generate risk-based samples and provide overviews of risk areas. Focus on items posing the biggest threats.

  • Financials
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    Access 100+ smart audit tests for faster, detailed analysis of the general ledger and important sub-ledgers to detect issues effortlessly.

  • Journal Entry Testing
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    Apply over 20 journal entry audit tests and use integrated workflows to conduct audit tests directly and save engagement evidence.

  • Fuzzy Join
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    Perform a fuzzy join between two IDEA databases by testing for possible duplicates.

  • Subset Sampling
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    Run a Stratified Random Sample analysis and use the plug-in independently on any data set or as a complement to the Exceptional Exceptions app.

  • Text Analysis
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    Parse and analyze report files, then import results into IDEA to create sentiment analysis, word frequency and word cloud charts.

Take your IDEA solution to the next level

These innovative tools offer additional capabilities to IDEA’s core functionality.

  • SmartExporter
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    Simplify workflows and diminish wait times with this intuitive extraction tool that pinpoints and exports the precise SAP® data required for analyses.

  • Cloud Import Utility
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    Integrate IDEA with over 90 accounting applications that can fetch information, such as trial balance, with precision and consistency.

Deliver deeper insights and more informed business decisions

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Caseware Cloud

Apr 26 2023

Product

Caseware Cloud

Modernize your practice with a flexible, secure platform built to meet the needs of future-focused audit and accounting functions

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One integrated platform that lets you work the way you want

Moving to the cloud is becoming more than just a trend for accounting practices and functions across the globe. As work environments become more flexible, so does the way accounting practices operate. That’s why we developed Caseware Cloud — the one-stop, secure platform for accounting professionals for all engagement, analytics and practice management needs.

Caseware Cloud boasts over 85 cloud applications and tools, along with seamless integration with other Caseware platforms like Caseware Working Papers and IDEA, as well as other external architectures.

Features

A powerful platform designed for easy connectivity and collaboration

Our next-gen cloud technology reimagines the concept of connectivity to your clients, stakeholders and team members. Securely access apps and documents on the go. In addition, staff can use dashboards to display real-time information to deepen and accelerate decision-making.

Extensive library of engagement and practice management apps

Caseware Cloud offers numerous global and localized engagement applications, behind which is the powerful SE engine, helping you manage practice and service functions with greater agility. Automation, advanced analytics and an intuitive user experience enhance efficiency and quality, boosting the value of your services and providing a competitive edge.

Flexible customizations and integrations

Caseware Cloud offers a variety of APIs that firms can use to seamlessly integrate with other software programs in their practice, leading to increased efficiencies and smoother data flows. The platform also empowers users to customize their engagement workflows and leverage the powerful data warehouse and advanced analytics for enriched insights. The result is a competitive edge for talent and client acquisition/retention.

Data protection through strong permission controls

Admins can leverage built-in roles for easy access management or create permissions based on specific engagement needs. Additionally, leadership teams and stakeholders can stop worrying about information security, with encryption on par with large banks and financial institutions.

Benefits

Enhance data security

Enhance data security

Protected by bank-level encryption to ensure your data is always secure, Caseware Cloud is ISO27001 and SOC 2® Type 1 and Type 2 certified. Data storage occurs in state-of-the-art data centers operated by Amazon Web Services. You can rest assured knowing all financial data is defended from natural disasters and any risk of it being lost or stolen.
Collaborate in real time

Collaborate in real time

Use the intuitive, collaborative capabilities of a centralized location to boost efficiency and staff engagement. You can also streamline client and staff communication through sleek collaboration capabilities.
Amplify productivity and talent retention

Amplify productivity and talent retention

Attracting and retaining the right talent is a top challenge for accounting practices and functions. Give your practice a competitive edge as a new generation enters the workforce. Implement a new-age tech stack that reimagines their user experience, empowers them with automation and provides motivation to stay upskilled.
Get transparent engagement management

Get transparent engagement management

Track and monitor important aspects of your engagements from one central location and make course corrections easily.
Eliminate downtime

Eliminate downtime

Mitigate the risk of downtime with automated software updates. Ensure consistency by having all team members working on the latest version at any given time.
Realize cost efficiencies

Realize cost efficiencies

Reduce capital expenditures and deployment times by letting Caseware manage your infrastructure. Our platform allows you to seamlessly scale as you grow.

Supporting components

Capitalize on embedded capabilities within Caseware’s advanced software

Enhance your experience with Caseware Cloud and drive the best results possible with these robust modules.

  • Client portal
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    Facilitate collaboration with clients through a client portal that features file sharing and status reporting.

  • Centralized file management
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    Stay organized with centralized data storage, archiving and backup features of a full document management system.

  • Staff and contact management
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    Easily add staff, contacts and group users with the ability to modify their properties simultaneously for added flexibility.

  • Authorization
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    Gain full administrator access control to docs and engagements. Grant permissions by role and app with Caseware Cloud.

  • Time and billing
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    Caseware Cloud generates draft timesheets from your calendar and files, accessible from any device for time/billing management.

Make use of these advanced tools designed to drive success in the cloud

Explore these powerful cloud features that can help bring accounting and audit organizations into the modern age.

  • Cloud Connector
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    Provide real-time data linkage between your engagement and MS Excel to access trial balance data as well as engagement and firm properties.

  • CloudBridge
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    Easily transfer data from Caseware Working Papers to a Cloud engagement. This robust utility makes the transition to cloud seamless.

  • APIs
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    See how Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) can help connect your Caseware Cloud account to other tools and systems used in your practice.

Let Caseware’s advanced applications take your firm to a new level of success

These modern apps are designed to reduce repetition and needless work, enabling your staff to work smarter and quicker to deliver better results.

  • Audit & Assurance
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    Our global portfolio of audit, review and compilation apps enables high-quality engagements with guided workflows, built-in collaboration and more.

  • Practice Intelligence
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    Sherlock offers secure, automated data warehousing for all ongoing and historic Caseware engagements. Turn big data into actionable insights.

  • PBC Requests
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    Caseware PBC allows firms and individual engagement teams to communicate with clients more effectively and simplify client information gathering.

  • Quality Management
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    Caseware SQM is an intuitive, cloud-based quality management system that’s easy to design, implement and manage at the firm and engagement levels.

Drive success with Caseware’s innovative solutions

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SQM

Apr 25 2023

Product

SQM

Reimagining quality management for assurance and related services

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Risk-based quality management

The adoption of the new Canadian Standard on Quality Management (CSQM) is moving accounting firms toward a modernized, risk-based approach to quality management. To bring about this change, technology is going to play an essential role.

Introducing Caseware SQM – a robust, intuitive, cloud-based system of quality management designed for progressive accounting firms. It’s easy to design, implement and manage at the firm and engagement level, and helps practices deliver assurance services with confidence.

Features

Built-in risk assessment process with guidance and checklists

Gain an understanding of the firm, identify quality risks, set risk assessment thresholds and assess the potential effect on the business. Proactively approach risk management by spotting potential risks before they occur and take preventative measures to reduce the likelihood of non-conformance.

Rich library of risks, policies and procedure responses

Designed and approved by a global group of industry experts in the field of quality management and assurance, SQM facilitates compliance to CSQM standards. Ensure that your firm is equipped with the necessary resources to address a wide range of quality-related issues.

Automated notifications delivered in real time

Get notified about staff activities and tasks instantaneously through email notifications on all changes and updates, and receive reminders about periodic tasks as per the frequency defined during the design phase. Increase efficiency and free up employees’ time and resources to focus on other important tasks.

Controlled access

Flexibility to assign access to different modules within the application based on the roles and responsibilities within the process, ensuring quality control. Reduce the risk of data breaches, unauthorized access to sensitive information and other security issues.

Benefits

Comply with confidence

Comply with confidence

Assists with maintaining Canadian quality management standards, reducing quality risks and stress related to regulatory inspections.
Build trust

Build trust

Improve your firm’s reputation and contribute toward enhancing the public trust in the accounting profession.
Boost efficiency and productivity

Boost efficiency and productivity

Take advantage of the intuitive quality management app to set up clear processes and responses that are documented and consistently applied.
Drive growth

Drive growth

Facilitate better practice management and drive business growth by managing risks proactively.
Ensure consistency

Ensure consistency

Build process consistency across the different practice areas and streamline accountability of different partners and staff.

Supporting tools

Elevate your Caseware quality management experience

To ensure quality assurance standards are fully met, Caseware SQM is designed with a dynamic workflow split into five modules:

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    Select relevant objectives, create your own risks, policies and procedures, schedule tasks and publish your system of quality management.

  • Operate
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    Easily view the published system, including objectives, risks, policies and procedures, create new tasks and complete assigned ones.

  • Operate overview
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    Get an overview of a firm’s tasks and reports and the ability to see outstanding tasks and review registers — all from one central location.

  • Monitor
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    Determine the nature, timing and extent of monitoring activities that will be performed and create work programs from activities selected for testing.

  • Evaluate
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    Assess the system and conclude whether the objectives are being achieved. Also get the option to identify issues and remedial actions.

Support & FAQs

Must firms have engagements in the Caseware ecosystem to use SQM?

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No. Caseware SQM can be used by firms of all sizes irrespective of whether they are an existing Caseware customer or not.

Are there any benefits for a firm to have engagements in the Caseware ecosystem when using SQM?

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Yes, integration probabilities within the Caseware ecosystem will allow users with SQM and Caseware engagement files to automate policy procedures and tasks based on criteria from information documented within Caseware engagement files.

What if firms are doing engagements in Working Papers?

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SQM is not reliant on users leveraging any particular software for engagements. Engagement files are not stored. Engagement purchases are not required.

Do firms need to be a current Caseware Cloud user to buy SQM?

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Firms can still buy SQM, but they will also need to purchase Caseware Cloud licenses for the users.

Enter the modern age of accounting with Caseware solutions

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Accomplish

Apr 21 2023

Product

Accomplish

Increase productivity and confidence across your practice

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Effective and efficient accounting workflow management software

Caseware Accomplish is a smart accounting workflow management app that amplifies productivity, keeps everyone on track and builds confidence. Focusing on the right tasks guarantees time is spent where it’s needed most and that deadlines are met.

Visibility into engagement levels across the firm allows for improved engagement project management and helps everyone work toward achieving the firm’s overall goals. It’s time to remove silos and adopt more effective ways of working.

Features

Full-suite integration

Work performed across Caseware engagement softwares (Working Papers, Caseware Cloud, PBC Requests) is tracked in one place, ensuring nothing is missed and that the risk of inconsistent information is reduced.

Interactive dashboards

See your firm’s full work stream at a glance. Apply custom views and filters to ensure critical deadlines don’t interfere with one another, allowing you to focus on what’s most important.

Real-time deliverable status

Stay on top of internal and external deliverables, know the status of each task (open, unassigned, overdue), and customize based on what is most critical to you.

Workload customization

Effortlessly drag and drop tasks so that all queries and engagements are accounted for, workloads are optimized and tasks are distributed equally.

Benefits

Effective management of your people and time

Effective management of your people and time

Your staff can identify their most important tasks, queries and engagements and dedicate time where it’s needed most. Review and optimize workloads based on the status of assigned tasks and your staff’s capacity.
Meet deadlines and balance workloads

Meet deadlines and balance workloads

Plan with insight and accuracy so your team members can manage capacity and deadline issues. Highlight and remove bottlenecks that were previously a challenge to find.
Create visibility to keep everyone in the know

Create visibility to keep everyone in the know

Remove silos and increase engagement across your firm. Add transparency and accountability with centralized dashboards that show upcoming work, deadlines and budget details.

Find the answers you need

Does Caseware Accomplish integrate with other products?

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Caseware Accomplish fully integrates with other applications in the Caseware ecosystem through Caseware Cloud. Tasks and activities in Working Papers and Caseware Cloud can all be tracked in one place. Integration with PBC Requests and query functionality in our Cloud engagement apps means practitioners can track client queries. Caseware Cloud Time users can be notified of jobs at risk of running over time or budget through Accomplish.

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