ACL Impact Awards are synonymous with business excellence, recognizing organizations and people who are innovators in audit and finance. The Impact Awards celebrates outstanding achievement and vision of those who are improving the levels of assurance and value they provide to their departments and organizations. Entering is easy and free. Simply complete the entry form to tell us the details of your story and email it in. You can highlight a completed project, or one currently in progress; no need to invent something new. Organizations of all sizes and all sectors in all parts of the globe are encouraged to enter.

In addition to the Grand Prize winner and four regional winners (North America; Europe, Middle East and Africa; Latin America-Caribbean; Asia-Pacific), there are five other award categories:

1) Most Promising Novice Award – Ideal for those using ACL technology for less than two years

2) Best Use of Analytics Award – It’s all about testing and scripts and increasing effectiveness

3) Audit Productivity Team Award – Showcasing team/department who have used AuditExchange to improve productivity

4) Best Application of Continuous Auditing/Monitoring Award – The transformation from periodic to point in time auditing and increasing automation

5) Most Innovative Use Award – A chance to showcase your own flair for innovation and creativity

Learn more about the 5 options for entry and the prizes available to be won. What are you waiting for? Share your story today! *Deadline: 5 Dec 2011

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Take our Global Capability Survey and Receive a Free Assessment Report

Industry reports consistently identify the use of audit analytic technology as a top priority for internal audit teams to deliver greater value to their organizations. But where and how do you begin?

This short survey is part of a global campaign to help audit teams assess their current use of data analytics and review next steps. You'll be emailed a free 20-page personalized report that will help you:

- Compare and benchmark your use of data analytics across audit groups globally
- Identify the people, process and technology required to support your goals
- Communicate your audit analytic roadmap to key business stakeholders
- Discover the steps required to expand audit coverage across priority business areas

If your organization has not yet filled out this survey, we encourage you to get started and share the assessment report with your audit team.

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The Bribery Act is now in force and applies to any organisation doing business through the UK, be it directly, via subsidiaries OR partners. Are YOU protected...?

New ACL eBook: Leveraging Audit Analytics for UK Bribery Act Compliance

This eBook provides an overview of the Bribery Act, challenges of staying compliant and how audit analytics fit in as an integral part of an effective anti-bribery program. It's packed with tips, case studies and resources for getting started, including a UK Bribery Act compliance assessment questionnaire.

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Audit analytics is a must. If you aren't monitoring your transactions, then you won't be alerted of suspicious activities - unless, of course, you get a call from the Serious Fraud Office . Learn more…

Dr Hartmut (Hart) Will, inventor of ACL software, was recognised with The Institute of Internal Auditors Canada's Lifetime Achievement award at the 2010 Canadian National Conference in Vancouver. The ACL software is recognised as the global gold standard for audit and compliance.

For more details, visit www.acl.com/insight now!

The next general release of PAWS will be available from July 2010. Main enhancements in PAWS v8.1 include:

Work Paper enhancements:

PAWS v8.1 introduces an optional new PAWS toolbar (tab) for Microsoft Office applications (Office 2007 or later).

Work paper cross referencing:
The PAWS toolbar allows you to insert a link into the document which references an item in PAWS. You select the item of choice in PAWS in the same way as for a standard PAWS cross reference. The item could be any PAWS item, e.g. objective, risk, control, area, test, finding, action, work paper. Clicking on the link in the document will navigate you to the item in PAWS.

This new functionality complements the existing functionality to:

• Link to an existing work paper at a specific place (Bookmark) in the document using Add Work Paper;
• Link from one place in a document to another (which can be in the same document or another document) using Insert Hyperlink and Bookmark.

Work paper tick marks:
The PAWS toolbar allows you to insert tick marks in documents. There are three tick marks: Blank, Tick, Cross.

Web Module cross referencing / tick marks:
In the Web Modules, you can click on a link, and it will navigate to the correct item. You can also delete links. You can add and remove tick marks.

Other enhancements:

Library management: Additional enhancements have been made to improve the management of multiple libraries. A new feature allows Status (Draft, Live, Closed) to be set on all Objectives or Areas within the same Library, making use of the segmentation of the library data introduced in v8.0

Permissions: Added new permissions to separate Add Contact from Assign Existing Contact (to Entity). This allows a user to Add Contact as, for example, an Action Owner which given Assign Existing permission would allow any existing contact to be assigned, or given Add Contact permission would allow a new contact to be added as well. In databases where links to LDAP are not forced, this will help to control multiple additions of the same contact.

Aliases: Added aliases for column headings in email text to be changed (particularly for translation to other languages).

Fixes: Some important issues relating to new style work paper templates attached to library items and dashboard charts have been resolved, in addition to a number of less significant issues.

Communications Link Failure: Improved the handling of communications link failure in the desktop application to exit gracefully (remove the need to end task). (Note that the communications link is broken particularly when a laptop hibernates or when changing between an open network connection and a VPN).

Enabled Access: Added a user preference for a font size multiplier to aid the visually impaired.

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SAP Auditing is a quick, reliable and cost effective diagnostic service for your SAP authorizations that will help you better understand their effectiveness. Or it can provide a readiness assessment for a continuous control monitoring solution like the Risk Analysis and Remediation module of SAP BusinessObjects Access Control.

Your SAP system will be analyzed with focus on business processes such as Order-to-Cash, Purchase-to-Pay, Record-to-Report and Human Resources. Technically, the diagnostic considers 400+ critical activities (access rights) and 100+ Segregation of Duties (combinations of access rights).

SAP Auditing delivers business insight without SAP-specific technicalities, providing instant value for management and controllers who are responsible for governance and compliance. At the same time, it helps your SAP system administrators by delivering focused technical reports they can use to maintain the SAP authorization concept. With SAP Auditing, you can master the strength of your SAP authorizations, identify the quick-wins that will resolve weak points and obtain comfort for your security and compliance efforts.

We also offer SAP Auditing Training which provides academic teaching on the concepts, the functionality and practical know-how of the Audit, Security and Control aspects of SAP. Subjects are taught from a financial, IT, compliance and business perspective, complemented with direct field experience. This course balances theory with hands-on activities.

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Prodigy will be hosting the Intermediate level of ACL Certification Exam in the following countries: Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

The ACL Certification Program sets the industry benchmark for technical proficiency and professional expertise in using ACL software. ACL Certification evaluates and recognises your ability to integrate ACL technology into financial analyses and business processes. Earning the ACL Certified Data Analyst (ACDA) designation also enhances your professional development, validating your technical skills and the performance standards you bring to address key business challenges.

This closed-book, day-long exam is based on the most current version of ACL, and is divided into two components: a Knowledge Inventory and a comprehensive Case Study. The Intermediate level of ACL Certification is based on the ACL 100 and ACL 200 level courses. It is strongly recommended that you complete these courses prior to testing for the exam.  

The Starter Pack, part of ACL Analytic Essentials, is now available for all licensed and supported AuditExchange customers as a free download from the Support Center. This plug-and-play package consists of easy-to-use, time-saving general use analytics that can be used in numerous audit situations (i.e. identify records that have unusually high/low values as compared to the average) and applied to several different data types.

The Starter Pack analytics have been designed and built around some of the most common audit functions. Utilitarian in nature, they have universal application. The analytics will enable you to conduct more efficient, consistent and comprehensive audits in AuditExchange.

The Starter Pack scripts will enable you and your team to accomplish more complicated tasks such as Joins and even number and high-value transactions easily.

Built with the ability to run interactively or automatically, the Start Pack includes the following analytic scripts:

Split Transactions, Transaction Aging, High Standard Deviation, Suspicious Date Range, Incorrect Totals, Fuzzy Name Matches, Transaction Volume Summary, Even Dollar Transactions, Matched Joins, Duplicate Transactions.

Download the Starter Pack at: www.acl.com/supportcenter/downloads

Note: Your ACL Serial Number is required for registration at the support center.

For more information, please contact the Global Help Desk at support@acl.com.

Prodigy Local Technical Support for ACL Desktop and Network Users

Excellent technical support at a relatively low price

The Prodigy Group is pleased to launch our Local Technical Support for valued ACL version 8 and above desktop and network users. With this value added service offered by Prodigy, customers will now have a choice of renewing their local technical support at a much lower cost. Support is handled through a combination of e-mail and telephone.

Request for a quotation on our Local Technical Support now.

We would like to thank all speakers, customers and prospects who have attended our 2nd Regional User Conference held from 3rd to 5th October 2011 at Grand Hyatt Singapore. The event had ended on another high note and we hope you will be able to join us for future conferences!

We would like to thank all customers and visitors who had visited our booth during the AGIA Conference 2010 at Quezon City Sports Complex, Philippines on 4 June 2010.