Expense Report Processing for Internal Audit Managers with Workiva
Run expense report processing on autopilot inside Workiva.
The Problem
Employee expense reports arrive with missing receipts, wrong GL codes, and policy violations — and every rejection adds days to reimbursement and resentment to the Internal Audit team.
What We Build in Workiva
AI validates receipts against policy, auto-codes expenses, flags out-of-policy items with a clear reason, and routes approvals — expense report cycle time drops from 9 days to same-day. Purpose-built for teams running Workiva — uses the native API or agent integration so nothing leaves the system of record.
Workiva Integration Approach
Audit your Workiva configuration
We map the specific Workiva objects, custom fields, and workflows the automation needs to touch for your internal audit practice.
Build on the Workiva API or agent
Integration happens inside Workiva — no data leaves the system, no parallel tool for your team to learn, no license changes.
Human-in-the-loop handoff
Every automation routes exceptions back to a human in Workiva with enough context to act — AI handles the 80%, your team owns the judgment calls.
Frequently asked
Does this expense report processing automation work natively in Workiva?+
Yes — we build directly on Workiva's API or agent integration. Your data stays in Workiva, your internal audit managers keep the same login and UI, and there's no parallel system for the team to learn.
What Workiva configuration do we need before deployment?+
We work with your existing Workiva setup. During discovery we map the specific objects, custom fields, and workflows the automation touches — no rip-and-replace required for internal audit teams.
Can Workiva handle expense report processing on its own?+
Workiva handles configuration; AI handles judgment. Native Workiva workflows route deterministic tasks; our automation layer adds the AI judgment Workiva doesn't ship out of the box — document classification, exception triage, drafting.
Is Workiva the right tool for expense report processing for internal audit managers?+
Workiva is widely used among internal audit teams precisely because of its data model around expense report processing. We've deployed this workflow on Workiva for similar firms and the integration is well-trodden.
What's the typical ROI of expense report processing automation in Workiva?+
For internal audit firms running Workiva, automation typically pays back inside the first quarter — measured against the loaded cost of the internal audit manager hours absorbed. Higher volumes deploy faster.
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See this running in your Workiva instance
30-minute call. We'll look at your actual Workiva setup and show exactly how this workflow fits.