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Expenditure forensics

Forensic spend analytics to surface control weaknesses, recovery opportunities, and high-risk patterns with auditable evidence.

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At a glance

Apr 2024–Aug 2025
Review period
£139.62M
Control opportunity surfaced

Challenge

Leadership needed clear visibility of control weaknesses and recovery opportunities across high-volume, low-pattern spend activity.

Approach

  • Transaction-level analysis with control and policy heuristics
  • Coding consistency checks and supplier/category normalisation
  • Exception reporting and investigation packs

Data sources

  • Accounts payable and GL transactions
  • Supplier master data
  • Purchase orders and credit notes

What was delivered

  • Executive summary dashboard + drill-down views
  • Exception lists and investigation workflow outputs
  • Recommendations mapped to immediate/short/medium/strategic actions

Impact

Non-PO spend surfaced as control/recovery opportunity
Credit note reversals flagged for investigation
Micro-invoice admin burden quantified