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ARTICLE · 21 AUGUST 2019

The Transformation Of The Audit Function Through The Robotic Process Automation

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Technology continues to generate changes in society at a dizzying pace, and accounting, as well as auditing, are not immune in any way.

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Jorge Villanueva Salas
Jorge Villanueva Salas

Recent studies reveal that between 40% and 45% of activities currently carried out by labor force can indeed be automated; however, no definitive figures exist on this topic¹.  The main incentives for implementing this change are based on the fact that new technologies are being more and more able to imitate the human activity, taking over certain tasks with more speed and precision than persons themselves, with investment levels far from unreasonable.     

In this sense, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has been gaining ground as an efficient way to automate repetitive and labor tasks in a variety of business areas, such as: finance, accounting, technology, legal, human resources, compliance, etc.     

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