Notes to write-up.
After every walkthrough, someone turns the notes into the write-up. That's most of a day.
For audit and CPA firms doing internal audit, controls, SOX and SOC work
The walkthrough took an hour. The write-up takes the rest of the day.
I build a tool that turns your walkthrough recording into the test-of-design write-up, with every line traced back to what was said. Your team reviews and signs off instead of starting from a blank page.
Book a free one-hour reviewA $1,000 review, free, with Ezekiel Abendan (CISA, CISSP, CRISC). You leave with a one-page recommendation.
Walkthrough recording
Bills approved and paid · 22 min
- 12:04
Anything over $25,000 goes to the controller first.
- 14:31
The system won't pay it until she approves.
- 18:52
New vendors? I think AP just sets those up.
Test-of-design write-up
Draft for your reviewer
- 12:04Control. The controller approves invoices over $25,000 before payment.
- 14:31Design. The payables system holds payment until the approval is recorded.
- 18:52Gap. No clear owner for setting up new vendors. Flag for reviewer.
Made-up example. No client data.
- Ezekiel Abendan
- CISA
- CISSP
- CRISC
- 20 years in audit
- You work with me, not a junior
Where the hours go
Most of the busywork in an audit isn't the audit.
Same walkthrough, every year.
The process barely changed. The write-up gets rebuilt anyway.
Evidence everywhere.
PDFs, screenshots, spreadsheets, emails. Someone has to read all of it.
Why not just paste it into a chat tool?
You get a tidy write-up. But nothing checks it against your test procedures or your risk control matrix. Fine for an email. It doesn't hold up in a work paper.
Cost check
Write-ups eat weeks, not hours.
6
Hours per write-up
40
Walkthroughs a year
240 hours.
That's six full work weeks.
What would your firm do with six weeks back?
Example numbers, not a client figure. 6 × 40 = 240 hours. 240 ÷ 40 hours a week = 6 weeks. About $24,000 at $100 an hour. Swap in your own.
What I build
Two tools. Built once, inside your firm.
Your team runs it. It stays when I leave. And it gets better the more you use it.
Walkthrough to test-of-design write-up
Workflow Doctor
Turns a walkthrough recording into your test-of-design write-up in about an hour instead of a day. It compares what the process owner said against your test procedures and flags the gaps.
Evidence to test conclusion
Evidence Tester
Reads the evidence where it sits: PDFs, screenshots, spreadsheets, emails. Gives you a conclusion, the reasoning, and a list of anything it couldn't read.
How it checks its work
In audit, we don't trust output we can't verify. Neither does this.
Every line links back to the moment in the recording, or the page of evidence, it came from.
Does on its own
- Drafts the write-up.
- Matches what was said to your test steps.
- Lists the gaps.
Needs your reviewer
- Every conclusion.
- Every exception.
- Anything that goes to a client.
Never does
- Sign off.
- Change your work papers.
How it works
Four steps. One hour to start.
Free one-hour review.
We walk through one of your engagements together.
One-page recommendation.
Where the hours go, what to build first, and what it saves.
Build once.
Inside your firm, set up with your own procedures.
Care.
I keep it running and improve it as your team uses it.
Price The review is free. Builds are a fixed price, quoted after the review.
Fit
Who this is for.
A good fit
- Small firms doing internal audit, internal controls, SOX or SOC work.
- Partners and owners who still review every write-up.
Not a fit
- Tax-only or bookkeeping-only practices.
- Forensic work.
- Anyone looking for a tool that signs off for them.
If it's not a fit, I'll tell you on the call.
Meet Ezekiel
Who you'll work with.
Ezekiel Abendan
CISA · CISSP · CRISC
I'm Ezekiel. I've spent 20 years in audit. My first tool got things wrong until I tested it like an auditor. That's how I build every tool now.
Book a review
Which write-up would you hand off first?
Pick one process your team writes up every year. You leave with a one-page recommendation. Builds are a fixed price, quoted after the review.
Book a free one-hour reviewezekiel@rheoflow.co