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Overview
Improve your auditing performance
With IDEA's powerful functionality you can improve your performance and extend your capabilities. Designed by auditors for auditors.Detect fraud
IDEA's free-form Search function is just one reason why IDEA is the most powerful and complete data analysis software available today to assist you in the detection of fraud.Increase your value
You know how to plan and conduct an audit. Let IDEA help you get more work done in less time. IDEA has a combination of functions and features, not found in any other product, to help you work more efficiently, effectively and add more value to your organization or clients.You don't have to be a technical specialist
IDEA can be used by financial auditors as well as IT auditors. A combination of extensive HTML-based Help, Informative User Guide with tutorial, "IDEAassistants" — wizards for key functions, Windows-standard features like Right Click and Drag and Drop, plus a carefully designed user interface make learning and using a breeze.Features
IDEA has many unique features and functions not found in other audit software.- Creates a record of all changes made to a file (database) and maintains an audit trail or log of all operations, including the import and every audit test, carried out on the database. Each entry is tagged with the user ID from the Windows login.
- Allows you to import and export data into a multitude of formats, including formats for large mainframe computers and accounting software. Can read and process millions of records in seconds. There is no limit to the number of records that IDEA can process.
- Compares, joins, appends, and connects different files from different sources.
- Extracts specific transactions, identifies gaps (for example, in a check number sequence), or duplicates.
- Profiles data by summarizing, stratifying, or aging the files
- Creates useful file statistics automatically.
- Displays the data and your results graphically.
- Creates samples using several different sampling methods.
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Success Stories
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Inclusivitie has over 15 years of experience in consulting, project management, finance, strategy, value creation, accounting, and marketing. Industries serviced have included Energy, Retail, Banking, Services, Education, Fitness, Resorts, Healthcare, Fitness, Non-Profits, and Entertainment.
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MNP is one of the largest chartered accountancy and business consulting firms in Canada. For more than 65 years, their business consultants have proudly served the needs of clients in the public, private and not for profit sectors.
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Brown, Graham & Company, P.C. is a regional public accounting and consulting firm based in Texas. Its 55 year history, diverse experience and progressive strategic goals combine to provide exceptional security to its clients now and for generations to come.
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Brown, Graham & Company, P.C. is a regional public accounting and consulting firm based in Texas. Its 55 year history, diverse experience and progressive strategic goals combine to provide exceptional security to its clients now and for generations to come.
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RSM Richter LLP offers a full range of audit, tax, advisory and consulting services, supported by in-depth industry knowledge and national and international experience. Strategically located in Calgary, Montreal and Toronto, RSM Richter LLP is part of a strong international affiliation covering all major markets around the globe.
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Leonard W. Vona, CEO of Fraud Auditing, Inc., has performed fraud audits for internationally recognized corporations. He has published two acclaimed books on the subject: Fraud Risk Assessment: Building a Fraud Audit Program and The Fraud Audit: Responding to the Risk of Fraud in Core Business Systems.
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A full-service CPA firm, WithumSmith+Brown (WS+B) has the breadth and depth of experience and expertise to provide an elite level of service and quality to private and publicly held companies. Offering specialized support to more than 12 major industry sectors, the WS+B team of 380 professionals across six states in the Mid-Atlantic region brings a unique level of quality to every engagement, providing greater assurance, increased profitability and long-term growth.
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Union First Market Bankshares Corporation (NASDAQ – UBSH) is the largest community banking organization based in Virginia, providing full-service banking at 95 locations through its three bank subsidiaries. Union Investment Services, Inc. provides full brokerage services; Union Mortgage Group, Inc. provides a full line of mortgage products; and Union Insurance Group, LLC offers various lines of insurance products.
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Peñoles Group began operations in 1887 as a mining company. It has integrated operations in the areas of exploration, mining, metallurgy and chemicals. Peñoles is listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange since 1968; the stock is included in the IPC index. It is one of the largest net exporters in Mexico’s private sector.
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Grupo Control began operations in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico more than 40 years ago with the first convenience store in that city under the name of “Del Centro”. The Group is currently composed of department stores “Del Sol” and “Woolworth”, fashion boutiques “Locura”, “Mango” and “Kenneth Cole”, in addition to the restaurants “Café W” and “Noreste Grill”, with presence in more than 50 cities throughout México.
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Twice2much Ltd. is one of the world’s fastest growing Accounts Payable Audit and Recovery specialists and has expanded its users of IDEA four fold in the last year.
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For the 3rd largest health insurance company in the Netherlands data analytics plays a vital role in the day to day business of the Internal Audit Department of CZ. CZ has been using IDEA for 10 years and has a lot of experience with data analytics.
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Vectren Corporation (NYSE:VVC), a progressive energy-holding company headquartered in Evansville, Ind., delivers gas and/or electricity to more than one million utility customers in Indiana and Ohio.
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Allianz pojistovna, a.s., part of the Allianz Group, is one of the leading insurance companies in the Czech Republic. At Allianz, IDEA is used extensively in the internal audit and control department and also in the analytical departments during processing of insurance claims and insurance policies.
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Bethmara Kessler’s career has taken her on a journey through different industries, businesses and geographical places. On the road and across the globe for many years she has done Internal and External Audit, Enterprise Risk Management, Fraud Prevention and Investigation, and Consulting.
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Kings Court Trust Corporation is a top five leading provider of estate administration services, handling assets in excess of £250m per annum. Kings Court Trust Corporation routinely manage all aspects of estate administration, testate or intestate, and, with in-house legal and tax experts, deal with everything from the simplest to the most complex matters.
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The Ascott Limited is the world's largest international serviced residence owner-operator with over 19,000 operating serviced residence units in key cities of Asia Pacific, Europe and the Gulf region, as well as around 6,000 units which are under development, making a total of more than 25,000 units.
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Levi & Sinclair, LLP is a Montreal based forensic accounting and litigation support firm. We have successfully performed these services for clients and lawyers in San Francisco, Austin Texas, Freeport Bahamas, St Kitts and Nevis, Haiti, Boston, Ottawa, Vancouver, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, Houston and Toronto.
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Kreston IDCM is leading provider of Audit, Tax, Transfer Pricing, Legal, External Trade, Business Management and Information Technology advisory services. We are members of Kreston International Ltd. , one of the largest global network of accountants and independent business consultants, allowing us to efficiently serve our clients anywhere in the world.
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