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AI Audit
Co-Pilot Agents

Deploy specialized audit agents that perform continuous compliance monitoring on 100% of transactions, transforming expense auditing from periodic sampling to comprehensive, autonomous oversight

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Faster Resolution

Streamlined Investigation

Natural language queries accelerate audit workflows

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Improved Accuracy

Intelligent Detection

AI-powered analysis reduces investigative overhead

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Enhanced Productivity

Collaborative Auditing

Conversational interface accessible to any team member

Virtual Audit Workforce

Tireless AI Audit Co-Pilots

Deploy specialized audit agents that work around the clock as your virtual audit workforce.
These AI co-pilots perform continuous, comprehensive monitoring that's impossible with human teams,
checking every expense against policies, historical patterns, and fraud indicators with contextual evidence.

From Periodic Sampling to Continuous Oversight

Traditional auditing relies on periodic sampling that catches issues too late. Cogent's audit agents operate continuously,
monitoring 100% of transactions in real-time, transforming compliance from reactive sampling to proactive, comprehensive coverage with immediate investigation capabilities.

How Cogent Enhances DetectX

A streamlined workflow for intelligent expense investigation

Step 1
Expense Flagged

DetectX identifies potentially problematic expenses using advanced analytics

Step 2
Ask Cogent

Use natural language to investigate the flagged expense details and context

Step 3
Get Insights

Receive comprehensive analysis including policy violations, patterns, and recommendations

Step 4
Take Action

Make informed decisions based on AI-powered insights and evidence

Conversational Audit Investigation

Ask Audit Questions

Natural language queries about flagged expenses, policy violations, and compliance issues

Get Detailed Analysis

Comprehensive audit findings with specific data points and recommended actions

Auditor asks:

"Find all policy violations by this employee and calculate total recoverable amounts—create reimbursement requests to recover the overspends."
Cogent responds:
Found 8 policy violations totaling $3,247 in recoverable overspends: 4 hotel bookings exceeding $300/night ($1,890 over policy),
3 meal expenses over daily limits ($892), and 1 unauthorized car service ($465). Auto-generating expense adjustment requests to recover $3,247.
Suggested Actions:
  1. Process automatic reimbursement requests
  2. Flag employee for policy training
  3. Update approval workflows to prevent future violations
Policy Violation Cost Recovery

Auditor asks:

"Identify this employee's suspicious expense patterns and calculate potential fraud losses—block similar future submissions to prevent additional losses."
Cogent responds:
Detected $8,450 in potential fraudulent submissions: 5 duplicate receipts totaling $2,100, 3 fabricated hotel stays ($4,200),
and 2 inflated meal receipts ($2,150). Implementing automatic blocks on similar patterns to prevent estimated $15K in future fraud exposure.
Suggested Actions:
  1. Initiate immediate fraud investigation
  2. Block employee expense submissions pending review
  3. Set up automated pattern detection to prevent similar fraud
Fraud Pattern Cost Prevention

Auditor asks:

"Find all duplicate expenses from this employee and automatically recover the duplicate payments—prevent future duplicate submissions to save processing costs."
Cogent responds:
Identified 12 duplicate expenses totaling $4,680 in duplicate payments across 6 months. This employee has a 34% duplicate submission rate.
Auto-recovering $4,680 through payroll deduction and implementing duplicate prevention rules to save estimated $12K annually in processing costs.
Suggested Actions:
  1. Process automatic duplicate recovery via payroll
  2. Implement real-time duplicate detection
  3. Schedule mandatory expense training to reduce processing overhead
Duplicate Expense Recovery

Advanced Detection Capabilities

Comprehensive fraud and compliance detection powered by AI

Detection Technologies

Receipt image analysis and OCR verification

Expense categorization anomaly detection

Vendor validation and whitelist checking

Geographic location consistency analysis

Temporal pattern recognition for suspicious timing

Cross-reference with travel bookings and calendars

Multi-currency and exchange rate validation

Expense splitting and allocation rule enforcement

Policy Violations

What Gets Detected
  1. Spending limit breaches
  2. Unauthorized vendors
  3. Category restrictions

Fraud Indicators

  1. Duplicate submissions
  2. Receipt manipulation
  3. Location inconsistencies
    Pattern anomalies

DetectX

Audit Capabilities

Advanced features that make expense auditing more effective

Natural Language Investigation

Ask questions about flagged expenses in plain English. No need to navigate complex audit interfaces or learn specialized query languages.

Simply ask:

'Why was this hotel expense flagged?' or 'Show me similar violations from this employee' and get instant, detailed responses.

Out-of-Policy Detection

Quickly identify expenses that violate company policies with intelligent pattern recognition and automated flagging systems.

Agent Alert:

Advanced algorithms automatically detect policy violations including spending limits, unauthorized vendors, and category restrictions.

Fraud Indicators

Advanced algorithms detect suspicious patterns and potential fraudulent activities, helping you maintain financial integrity.

DetectX:

Identify unusual spending patterns, duplicate receipts, location anomalies, and other fraud indicators with AI-powered analysis.

Duplicate Expense Identification

Automatically identify and flag duplicate submissions across multiple expense reports and time periods.

DetectX:

Detect duplicates across different time periods, employees, and submission methods using sophisticated matching algorithms.

Traditional Auditing Challenges

Collaborative Audit Process
  1. Manual review of each flagged expense requiring deep expertise
  2. Complex interface navigation across multiple systems
  3. Time-consuming investigation process with limited context
    Isolated audit workflow disconnected from decision-making
    High rate of false positives creating audit fatigue

Cogent-Enhanced Auditing

Collaborative Audit Process
  1. Natural language investigation accessible to any team member
  2. Instant contextual insights with comprehensive data correlation
  3. Streamlined question-answer workflow with immediate results
    Collaborative audit environment with actionable recommendations
    AI-powered pattern recognition reducing false positives by 92%

Ready to Transform Your Audit Process?

Experience the future of expense auditing with Cogent's intelligent assistant capabilities integrated with DetectX.

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