How Snowflake’s Internal Audit Team Cut Fieldwork By 50% with AI

From the official release
Revenue stream scoping
A “skill” is a reusable workflow that AI recognizes and runs on request. We have a skill in CoCo that we run to scope our revenue streams across their key dimensions in near real time and email a snapshot on demand, saving 500+ annual hours. When consumption spikes, we see it early and engage stakeholders on key controls impact, so we get ahead of SOX compliance work.
Automated key order-to-cash controls testing
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