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ai/checklist

Audit checklists, reinvented

Amplify your audit teams with ai/checklists. Structured, dynamic checklists combined with AI automation ensure every disclosure requirement is tested, all within a secure, cloud-integrated workflow.

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  • Unprecedented accuracy

    ai/checklists walks auditors through every disclosure requirement step-by-step, running automated validations that eliminate manual errors and omissions. The result is audit quality you can measure and trust.

  • Intelligent efficiency

    ai/checklists detects and flags missing or inconsistent disclosures instantly, allowing your team to spend less time hunting for issues and more time applying professional judgment.

  • Seamless collaboration

    A centralized, cloud-integrated workspace keeps every auditor - whether across the hall or across the globe - working from the same live checklist, complete with audit trails, role-based access and mobile readiness.

Trusted by leading audit professionals worldwide

Our customers consistently see faster, more accurate audits with more reliable insights when using our AI solutions.

  • Forvis Mazars
    “Forvis Mazars has been a development partner of dnl from the very beginning and was an early adopter of AI in the audit of reporting obligations. Since then, the tool and the performance of the AI models have continued to improve remarkably year after year. This year, we have significantly expanded our cooperation for the long term.”
    Timo HusemannPartner, Auditor, Tax consultantGermany

Structured digital checklists

  • Numbered checklist steps with cross and check controls, step three highlighted in blue.

    Step-by-step guidance

    Digital checklists break down complex audit tasks into manageable steps, ensuring every disclosure is thoroughly reviewed.

  • Updating-checklists pill connected to IFRS, UGB and HGB documents, each marked with a green check.

    Real-time updates

    Stay current with the latest regulatory changes as checklists are updated instantly across your organization.

  • Checklist row accepted with a green check, linked to a document with a folded corner.

    Automated documentation & audit trail

    Every action is automatically recorded, creating a transparent, complete, and easily accessible audit trail that supports regulatory compliance and internal reviews.

Smarter checklists. Faster audits.

  • Checklist rows with cross and check controls, two rows highlighted by a glowing gear.

    Dynamic adaptation

    Checklists dynamically adjust based on company-specific criteria - such as size, materiality, and implementation phase - to focus your team on the requirements that actually apply.

  • Document with an AI-suggested checklist row marked by sparkles.

    Intelligent suggestions

    Our AI engine provides context-aware recommendations and automatically references checklist items, streamlining the audit process.

  • Document with an AI eye icon connecting two matching values labelled 458,22.

    Smarter monitoring

    The system watches every source document for new versions, highlights any changes, and instantly reopens any checklist steps where those changes are affected.

Centralized & integrated workspace

We integrate your checklists and processes into the AI to make your team work even more efficiently.

Bring your own checklists & methodologies

Import and manage your proprietary checklists, workflows, and audit methodologies, ensuring the platform aligns with your firm's unique processes and standards.

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Cloud integration

Access and update digital checklists in real time from anywhere, ensuring continuous, secure, and compliant audit processes.

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Enhanced collaboration

Work in a unified digital environment that supports multi-user collaboration, enabling auditors to share insights and maintain accountability.

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Your AI-powered partner

At dnl we know that each team has a unique set of requirements that will allow their workflow and processes to be truly enhanced by AI to create genuine value. With that in mind we work with you to design the best solution for your ambitions. So, whether you are looking for a white-labelled solution or a plug-n-play SaaS opportunity, our offering is designed around your needs.

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ai/checklist

From compliance to sustainability

  • Sustainability audit

    Verify comprehensive sustainability disclosures across different frameworks and evolving standards to ensure accuracy and completeness for regulatory requirements.

  • Regulatory compliance audits

    Ensure all disclosure requirements are met with precision, minimizing the risk of non-compliance and enhancing audit quality.

  • Financial statement reviews

    Employ digital checklists for detailed reviews of disclosure items, utilizing prior-year templates and dynamic updates to provide comprehensive insights.

Any questions left?

Learn how to structure audit workflows, guide validations and keep full control with AI-supported checklists.

How do auditors stay in control when using ai/checklist?

Auditors stay in control by reviewing every AI-generated suggestion before it’s accepted. ai/checklist proposes an answer and the supporting source references — the auditor validates the references, resolves exceptions and makes the final disclosure review decision. The system supports the workflow; the professional judgment stays with the auditor. Every accepted response is recorded in the audit trail with the AI suggestion, the source references and the reviewer’s confirmation.

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Can ai/checklist suggest audit procedures and validations?

Yes. ai/checklist suggests relevant procedures and validations based on the content and structure of the audit engagement — the financial statements, the supporting documents, prior-year context and the applicable framework. Each suggestion comes with the source references it’s based on. Auditors review the suggestion, validate it, and decide how to proceed. The system supports the workflow; the procedure decision stays with the auditor.

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How does ai/checklist support roll-forward workflows?

ai/checklist supports roll-forward workflows by reusing the prior-year checklist structure, identifying which disclosures have changed in the current year, and focusing review attention on the updated content. Items that are unchanged year-over-year carry forward with their prior-year evidence and reviewer rationale intact. Items that have changed get reopened automatically — so the engagement team’s effort goes to the real differences, not re-validating last year’s work.

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Can ai/checklist support firm-specific audit methodologies?

Yes. ai/checklist is configured around the audit firm’s methodology — your checklist structure, your review patterns, your engagement standards. The system doesn’t impose a generic checklist on your team. In year one, ai/checklist learns your firm’s patterns; by year two, it reflects how your firm makes calls, which references your reviewers care about and where your engagement teams typically flag exceptions. The methodology stays with the firm.

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Does ai/checklist support IFRS disclosure checklists?

Yes. ai/checklist supports IFRS disclosure checklists today, adapted to your firm’s specific IFRS methodology and engagement scope. US GAAP (FASB ASC) disclosure checklists are supported as well, so teams working across both frameworks run them in the same workflow. ai/checklist is also used for ESG disclosure review under ESRS, ISSB and GRI frameworks.

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How does ai/checklist support disclosure review?

ai/checklist connects each disclosure checklist question to the relevant passages in the financial statements, management report or sustainability disclosures. It identifies whether a disclosure requirement appears met, missing, inconsistent or not applicable — and proposes a checklist answer with source references. Auditors review the proposed answer, validate the references, and confirm or adjust the response. The result is a structured, traceable disclosure review with the audit trail built in.

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What is ai/checklist?

ai/checklist is dnl’s automated disclosure checklist module. It walks audit teams through every disclosure requirement step-by-step, suggests checklist answers based on the source documents, flags missing or inconsistent disclosures and documents review decisions in an audit-grade trail. The platform supports firm-specific checklist methodologies — your team’s checklist logic, your reviewer patterns, your engagement standards. Auditors review every suggestion before it’s accepted.

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Audit checklist interface showing IAS 1 Statement items with options to mark Yes, No, or N.A. for various financial statement components such as profit or loss, changes in equity, cash flows, and notes.