Smarter Public Sector Auditing Through Automation

Public sector internal auditors are under increasing pressure to deliver deeper insight, stronger assurance, and greater accountability while managing limited resources, evolving compliance requirements, and growing expectations for transparency. Intelligent automation is reshaping the internal audit function by reducing manual effort, accelerating testing activities, and enabling auditors to focus more time on risk analysis, oversight, and strategic value.

In this webinar, we will explore practical ways automation can streamline time-intensive internal audit activities, including extracting evidence from PDFs, validating calculations, reconciling supporting documentation, comparing document versions, and organizing work papers while maintaining clear audit trails and supporting professional judgment. Participants also will gain insight into governance, security, and quality considerations for adopting automation tools in government audit environments.

After attending this session, participants should be able to:

• Review Global Internal Audit Standards requirements related to engagement documentation
• Differentiate rules-based automation from AI-enabled capabilities and identify how each can support audit efficiency and audit quality
• Identify high-impact use cases for intelligent automation in public sector audits
• Demonstrate approaches for maintaining sufficient audit documentation that supports professional standards and audit conclusions when using automation
• Evaluate governance, security, and quality considerations associated with automation and AI-enabled tools in government audit environments
• Describe key security and data-handling considerations for government environments, including evaluating vendor assurances and determining when to use internal components for sensitive data
• Identify quality control practices that help validate automation outputs through professional judgment and align documentation with applicable standards