Field notes
Practical writing on compliance reporting applications and how to audit them.
Short pieces from engagements and preparation work — written for report owners and the colleagues who support them.
What belongs in the evidence trail of a compliance reporting application
How to judge whether a compliance reporting application retains evidence an application audit can actually test.
Mapping changes that quietly break supervisory packs
Why product-code and entity mapping changes deserve a re-test before the next compliance filing.
Preparing owners for fieldwork without rehearsing answers
How reporting owners can prepare for an application audit without staging artificial walkthroughs.
When a spreadsheet bridge is still part of the reporting application
Spreadsheet bridges feeding compliance reporting applications belong in audit scope even when IT says they are temporary.