The kind of team this fits: a Middle East retail bank with around 120 branches, an internal audit function of 30 auditors covering 15 business units.
The morning before
Ten percent coverage isn't a decision anyone made on purpose. It's what's left once thirty auditors spend most of a six week cycle gathering evidence instead of testing it, and the ninety percent that goes unreviewed is simply the part nobody had time to reach.
Image, the morning beforeA photo or illustration of what this looks like today, before any of this runs.
How this could run
Not a feature list. The actual sequence, from the moment the case lands to the moment someone signs it.
- 01
Every transaction gets looked at
The review moves from a sample to the full population, without adding headcount.
- 02
Evidence gathers itself
Documentation and control testing evidence assemble automatically as transactions are reviewed.
- 03
Auditors review findings, not compile them
Findings arrive drafted, with evidence attached, ready for judgment rather than data entry.
- 04
Sign-off still sits with a person
Every finding is reviewed and signed by an auditor before it's final.
Image, inside Zen StudioScreenshot of a Zen Studio canvas configured for a workflow like this one.
What doesn't change
An auditor still reviews and signs every finding. Full coverage doesn't mean nobody's looking, it means everybody's covered.
What this could mean
Illustrative, based on the shape of a workflow like this one. The real number depends on the case, the team, and how it's configured.
70%Reduction in audit cycle time
100%Transactions reviewed, against sampling
Image, inside Zen PilotScreenshot of the Zen Pilot dashboard or explainability panel for a run of this workflow.
Where this lives in the platform
For a head of internal audit, a workflow like this starts as a conversation with Zara, describing the process in plain language and getting a first draft of the team back in the same session. Zen Studio is where engineering opens that draft, sets the guardrails node by node, and versions it before it goes live. Zen Pilot is where it actually runs, and where anyone can watch a case move through it in real time, node by node, with the reasoning attached.
