Why RSM chose Andera
A look at how one of the world's leading audit firms is putting AI to work on real SOX engagements.
RSM has entered a strategic alliance with Andera, a company at the frontier of using AI to improve audit efficiency and quality. Andera's technology will power Beacon, RSM's next-generation audit platform.
The math of internal audit has gotten worse every year. Scope keeps expanding across more systems and higher regulatory expectations, while the pool of qualified auditors keeps shrinking. Andera was built to change that equation: AI agents that read unstructured evidence and produce completed audit workpapers, ready for human review. Auditors save hours on every control test, and the output holds to the same standard the team's own workpapers would.
Unlike tools such as Anthropic's Claude Cowork or Microsoft's Copilot, this alliance is the first to bring in a solution purpose-built for audit. This audit-first approach allows Andera to test the most complex controls at a speed and level of accuracy that far exceeds any other product on the market today. These innovations have earned Andera the trust of multiple F500 companies to test controls across SOX, operational audits, KYC, PCI, AML, cybersecurity, and more.
Starting with 10,000 controls
By bringing that capability to its own practice, RSM is establishing themselves at the forefront of the profession's shift to AI — building upon RSM's commitment to provide the best suite of tools for the modern auditor. RSM is starting with 10,000 controls and expanding to 10–20x more by year end, a feat only possible thanks to the operational excellence from the RSM leadership and training teams, as well as the fact that Andera doesn't require setup time per control.
As part of the alliance, RSM auditors will gain access to the Andera platform across multiple geographies, putting AI-driven control testing into the hands of thousands of practitioners doing some of the most demanding work in the profession. It's a meaningful step toward RSM and Andera's shared vision of the future where auditors spend less time on repetitive testing and more on the judgment only they can bring.
