CHALLENGE As a corporate powerhouse in the energy and utilities sector, this Arbutus client uses a sophisticated system of technology and processes to manage their purchasing and accounts payable. Of particular interest to the internal audit group are controls and susceptibility of fraud, in and around corporate credit cards and vendor master data. The objective of the internal audit team is to ensure strong controls are in place to safeguard against abuse, misuse and out of policy purchases. Another complication is that data came from multiple disparate systems e.g. Employee data, and so the ability to combine the data in a meaningful way, to allow for an examination of the critical mass is important. They needed a scalable, repeatable solution to monitor and review hundreds of

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