Risk & Assurance Analytics

Analytics for risk, internal audit, compliance, and assurance: controls testing, issue tracking, and risk metrics.

Key metrics

• Control effectiveness — Pass/fail rates, coverage, exceptions
• Issue aging — Open issues by age, severity, and owner
• Risk scores — Aggregate risk by area, process, or entity
• Audit coverage — % of population or spend audited
• Remediation rate — Time to close findings

Controls analytics

• Control testing — Sample sizes, exception rates, trends
• Segregation of duties — Conflict detection, access overlap
• Process compliance — Adherence to policies and procedures

Compliance analytics

• Regulatory reporting — Metrics for SOX, GDPR, industry rules
• Policy exceptions — Waivers, overrides, and approvals
• Training completion — Compliance training and certifications

Common analyses

• Control test results over time and by process
• Issue backlog and aging by severity
• Risk heat maps and trend analysis
• Audit plan coverage and resource allocation