Strategic partnership strengthens BDO UK’s investment in audit quality and innovation
BDO UK and MindBridge announced a strategic partnership to accelerate BDO UK’s data-driven audit approach, equipping audit teams with AI-powered analytics to identify unusual transactions, assess risk more effectively, and gain deeper insight from financial data.
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Through this partnership, BDO UK will further embed data-driven techniques across its audit practice, helping teams focus their work where it matters most.
As expectations of audit continue to rise, firms are looking for ways to enhance the client experience, improve efficiency and analyse larger volumes of data with greater precision. Through this partnership, BDO UK will further embed data-driven techniques across its audit practice, helping teams focus their work where it matters most.
“We chose to partner with MindBridge because of its strong, proven analytics capabilities,” said Emily Howard, Director of Audit Optimisation (Digital), BDO UK. “This partnership will transform how we deliver audits – making them even more data-led and enabling richer insight from large, complex data sets. We’re delighted to add this capability to our existing ecosystem of tooling, the BDO Advantage, as we continue to strengthen audit quality and stay at the forefront of the profession’s evolution.”
Following a successful trial phase, BDO UK is now expanding its use of MindBridge across its audit practice, with deployment supporting upcoming year ends. The technology will enhance areas such as general ledger analysis, helping audit teams identify anomalies, patterns and transactions requiring closer attention. This enables greater focus on higher-risk areas and frees up time for judgement and estimation, ultimately enhancing audit quality.
“This partnership is a key step in delivering the BDO audit of tomorrow,” added Claire Collins, Partner, BDO UK. “We’re committed to making our audits more data-driven, more effective and insight-led. Carefully chosen partnerships like this complement our in-house technology and play an important role in helping us deliver high-quality, targeted audits.”
Sarah McGinnity, General Manager, Audit & Assurance Solutions at MindBridge, said, “BDO UK has a clear vision for the future of audit – combining deep professional expertise with advanced technology to strengthen quality and deliver greater value to clients. We’re excited to support that vision and help BDO UK accelerate its data-driven audit approach.”
The partnership also reflects growing momentum between MindBridge and member firms across the global BDO network, including BDO Norway and BDO South Africa. As adoption increases, these collaborations are helping strengthen risk identification, improve consistency, and deliver greater value to clients in an increasingly complex environment.
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