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18/09/2025

Strengthen Your Audit Toolkit with the SAP Data Analytics Master Class
A 3-month, fully online program for internal audit, control, and risk professionals who want to:

Use 300 audit-ready dashboards

Apply AI-powered analytics

Automate tests with beginner-friendly Python
Two 1-hour sessions each week (Tues & Thurs @ 9 AM EST)
Register now: https://shop.aufinia.com/sp/master-class-registration/?source=LIar19

Mind the Gap: Hidden Risks in Journal Entries Every Auditor Should Spot

If you ride the subway, you’ve seen the warning: “Mind the Gap.”
For internal auditors, that message couldn’t be more relevant.

Just as a physical gap can trip commuters, gaps in journal entries can trip up your organization—exposing you to hidden fraud, tax issues, and compliance failures.

Why These Gaps Matter

Missing Numbers = Missing Truth. Sequential journal-entry numbers are a basic control. Breaks in the sequence can signal incomplete data or intentional omissions.

Tax Authorities Are Watching. Countries using SAF-T demand complete, sequential records. Unexplained gaps can spark an audit or penalty.

Data Fixes Leave No Trace. Quick SQL “data fixes” can alter ERP records outside the application, bypassing normal logs—and your audit trail.

What Auditors Can Do

Run Gap Tests. Tools like ACL, Qlik, Python, or SQL quickly spot missing sequences.

Check SAP Logs. Transactions such as SM13 or the RFBNUM00N report help explain legitimate gaps.

Investigate Early. Don’t assume gaps are harmless; verify and document explanations.

Mind the gap in your audit trail before it causes a fall.

04/09/2025

🚀 SAP Data Analytics Master Class – Starting October 1
👉 https://shop.aufinia.com/sp/master-class-registration/

Auditors are expected to detect fraud and manipulation — but the tools most teams rely on (spreadsheets and manual checks) often aren’t enough. That’s why our Master Class is designed to help internal audit, risk, compliance, and finance teams use SAP data, automation, and AI to uncover red flags before it’s too late.

One powerful example is the Beneish M-Score.

This statistical model combines eight financial ratios to estimate the likelihood of earnings manipulation. It was famous for flagging Enron as a likely manipulator years before its collapse, while many analysts were still rating the stock as a “buy.”

Here’s how it works in practice:

Below -2.22 → unlikely manipulator

Between -2.22 and -1.78 → possible manipulator

Above -1.78 → probable manipulator 🚩

The challenge isn’t the formula itself — it’s getting the right data from SAP. Misclassify receivables, depreciation, or margins, and your analysis can give misleading results. With structured data extraction, automation, and dashboards, however, the M-Score becomes a powerful tool in the auditor’s toolkit.

And this is just one of 300+ ready-to-use dashboards, scripts, and methods you’ll learn to apply in the SAP Data Analytics Master Class.

📅 Starts: October 1, 2025
⏱️ Format: 2 × 1-hour live sessions/week (with replays, PDFs & quizzes)
🎓 Credits: 22 CPEs + Certificate of Completion
📘 Includes: ASAP data extractor tool, a free copy of Data Analytics Secrets (600 pages), 300 dashboards & AI agents

👉 Secure your spot here: https://shop.aufinia.com/sp/master-class-registration/

29/08/2025

🐍 Ever wondered what it feels like when Python joins your audit team?
We just published a fun read on it here:
👉 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-python-joins-your-audit-team-aufinias-a4ccc

And if this sparks ideas for your own audit work — enrollment is now open for our SAP Data Analytics Master Class (Oct–Dec 2025), where we go hands-on with Python, AI, and 300 SAP dashboards:
👉 https://shop.aufinia.com/sp/master-class-registration/

12/08/2025

🔍 What can a single date in SAP tell you about fraud?

More than you might think.
Our new LinkedIn article shows how simple date analysis can expose hidden risks — from backdated transactions to unusual posting patterns.

👉 Read it here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dates-dont-lie-using-date-analysis-detect-fraud-sap-aufinias-fw2yc

🎓 Go deeper in our SAP Data Analytics Master Class starting in October: https://shop.aufinia.com/sp/master-class-registration/

28/07/2025

Claire Worledge, Head of Aufinia, is speaking at the 2025 Auditopia ACL Conference!
She’ll be leading a session on how internal auditors can use Python within ACL scripts to unlock new levels of automation and flexibility in audit testing.

The conference is fully virtual and includes on-demand access.
📅 August 27–28, 2025
🔗 Register here: https://auditopia.com/2025-auditopia-acl-conference/


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Reason #17 to Register for the 2025 Auditopia ACL Conference Claire Worledge, head of AUFINIA and one of Auditopia's longest tenured partners, will show how Python can be used from within ACL scripts. is an amazingly versatile scripting language, and using it along with your can....

10/07/2025

🚀 Formation SAP gratuite exclusivement en français pour les équipes Audit, Contrôle Interne, Gestion des Risques, Finance & Comptabilité !

Apprenez à extraire et visualiser les données SAP, repérer les défaillances des processus et automatiser les contrôles pour des décisions plus intelligentes.

📅 11 juillet, 9h30–11h30 (GMT+2) | En ligne | Animée par l’experte SAP Claire Worledge

👉 Inscription gratuite : https://shop.aufinia.com/checkouts/sap-training-july-2025-france/

07/07/2025

🚀 Free SAP training for Audit, Internal Control, Risk Management, Finance & Accounting teams!
Learn how to extract & visualize SAP data, spot process gaps, and automate checks for smarter decisions.

📅 July 15th, 9:30AM–11:30AM (GMT+2) | Online | Hosted by SAP expert Claire Worledge.

👉 Sign up free: https://shop.aufinia.com/checkouts/sap-training-july-2025/

21/04/2025

Unleash the Power of SAP Data: Automate Data Extraction, Visualization & Smart Decision Making - Vietnamese Free Training from Aufinia SAP Data Analytics Experts
Giải phóng sức mạnh dữ liệu SAP: Tự động hóa trích xuất dữ liệu, Trực quan hóa & Ra quyết định thông minh
Tham gia buổi training MIỄN PHÍ của Aufinia – nơi các chuyên gia về phân tích dữ liệu SAP sẽ cùng bạn khám phá các công cụ tự động trích xuất, trực quan hóa và phân tích dữ liệu từ hệ thống SAP nhằm phát hiện rủi ro và tối ưu hóa quy trình kinh doanh.
Đăng ký ngay để tham gia buổi training miễn phí trên Zoom sáng thứ 3, ngày 6 tháng 5, từ 9h00 đến 12h00: https://shop.aufinia.com/op/free-sap-training-in-vietnam/

26/08/2024

🌎 🌐 COMPARE FCPA, UKBA, SAPIN II & CHINA ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW

Series: Journal Entries

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We're talking about FCPA, UK Bribery Act, Sapan II, there's also China Corruption Law. I just thought it'd be interesting to have one slide just to get an id...

13/08/2024

📚 📚 Introduction of SAP TCODE in data analytics for auditors

Series: 11 SAP TCODES that all auditors should know

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Why do auditors actually want to use SAP t-codes when we’re doing some data analytics, might be something about corruption. Here I’m talking about corruption...

09/08/2024

Top 10 Data Analytics for Fraud Detection - Illegitimate Journal Entries (Part 1/3)

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Number one of our top 10 data analytics for fraud detection is going to be illegitimate journal entries. I’m going to show you a demo of a really cool dashbo...

08/08/2024

Series 1: Top 10 Data Analytics for Fraud Detection

Understand Corruption in Fraud Tree for fraud detection (Part 1/2):

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How are we going to go about choosing the top 10 data analytics for fraud detection?We are talking about Corruption in Fraud Tree in this video.So as a certi...