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F&A / Audit verified Verified Outcome TRL 9

AI-Driven Expense Audit & Privacy Masking

domain Client: A global pharmaceutical company handshake Provider: AppZen schedule Deploy: Q1 2019 (Scale)
92 Impact
Enterprise Ready
Evidence Score: 5/10
Strength: High

Executive Summary

ANALYST: COI RESEARCH

To audit 100% of travel and expense (T&E) reports without adding headcount, the firm deployed an AI auditing platform. The system uses computer vision to read receipts and enforce expense policies. Crucially, privacy filters identify and redact non-reimbursable personal items (e.g., personal medication on a pharmacy receipt) from the audit record.

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"Balancing fiscal control with employee privacy. Traditional sampling leaves 90% of spend unaudited. AI checks everything. The automated redaction of personal line items helps navigate strict EU labor council objections regarding employee surveillance."

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warning The Challenge

Manual auditors could only spot-check 10% of expense reports, leading to leakage and fraud. Auditing 100% required too much labor. Furthermore, reviewing mixed receipts (business + personal items) raised privacy concerns in European jurisdictions.

psychology The Solution

AppZen integrates with the Concur expense system. It analyzes receipts against policy (e.g., 'No alcohol', 'No upgrades'). It automatically calculates the allowable amount and masks the text/images of personal items on the receipt before archiving, ensuring the permanent record contains only business data.

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Integrations
SAP Concur
Deployment Model
SaaS
Data Classification
Financial / PII
Estimated TCO / ROI
Medium
POC Summary (2018-01-01 to 2019-01-01)

"N/A"

shield Risk Register & Mitigation

Risk Factor Severity Mitigation Strategy
OCR Accuracy Medium Human review queue for low-confidence reads.
Policy Drift Low Regular rule tuning.

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Audited value realization curve

100% audit coverage of T&E spend Verified Outcome
Primary KPIIdentification of millions in savings
Audit CycleAutomated redaction of personal line items

policy Compliance & Gov

  • Standards: GDPR (Employee Data), FCPA
  • Maturity (TRL): 9
  • Evidence Score: 5/10
  • Data Class: Financial / PII

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Verified Case Study
PDF • Version 1
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Technical Audit
PDF • Audited
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How we verified these outcomes for A global pharmaceutical company without exposing sensitive IP or identities.

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1. Raw Evidence

Audit ID: #PRIV-889
Evidence: Direct SQL Logs
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2. Verified Asset

Outcome: Verified
Ref ID: #COI-889

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