The Innovation Exchange Podcast: Compliance without the chaos

In this episode of The Innovation Exchange Podcast, Amanda Monrad, VP of Product for Smart Audit at Kainos, joins Mark Woollen from Workday to discuss how organisations are using automation to accelerate change, strengthen compliance, and reduce manual work. 

Key takeaways: 

• Enable proactive instead of reactive user access auditing – Waiting for an user access audit cycle to uncover issues can put last-minute pressure on internal audit teams. Instead, implement tools and processes that continuously monitor controls, so audit readiness becomes standard daily practice.  

• Automate evidence collection - Manual evidence gathering is slow, inconsistent, and easily disrupted. Automated audit controls ensure evidence is captured in real time, consistently formatted, and always accessible to internal and external auditors. 

• Reduce dependency on individual team members - Automated, standardised controls ensure continuity even when team members change roles or leave the organisation. 

• Strengthen collaboration between tech, compliance and audit teams - Automation opens clearer communication and shared visibility. When everyone works from the same real time data, audits become quicker, smoother, and more productive. 

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