Implementation & Configuration

• Support with platform setup, control structures, users, responsibilities, workflows, testing processes, evidence requirements, and other foundational configuration.
  

SOX & Controls Management

• Configure risk and control structures, control ownership, testing workflows, certifications, documentation, and recurring compliance activities.
  

Audit Workflow Design

• Build practical workflows for audit planning, PBC requests, fieldwork, testing, review, documentation, findings, and engagement tracking.
  

PBC & Evidence Management

• Design recurring evidence requests, assignments, due dates, reminders, review processes, and documentation workflows to reduce manual follow-up.

Issue & Remediation Management

• Configure processes for findings, management responses, remediation plans, responsible owners, milestones, supporting evidence, and closure.
  

GRC Optimization & Automation

• Review an existing implementation to identify unnecessary manual work, inconsistent configuration, workflow problems, reporting gaps, and opportunities for greater automation.

A GRC implementation should improve the process—not simply reproduce every spreadsheet, email, and manual step inside another application.

Schmid CPA helps organizations first understand the underlying controls and audit process and then determine how the technology should support it.

That may involve simplifying workflows, standardizing documentation, automating recurring requests, improving responsibilities, restructuring control information, or eliminating steps that no longer provide meaningful value.



Technology should support the control environment rather than dictate it.

Organizations may need support when:



★ A new Optro or GRC implementation needs to be configured
★ An existing implementation has become difficult to maintain
★ Controls and risks are structured inconsistently
★ Testing workflows contain unnecessary manual steps
★ Control owners receive too many or confusing requests
★ PBC requests require significant manual follow-up
★ Evidence is stored inconsistently or difficult to locate
★ Testing and review responsibilities are unclear
★ Recurring controls or requests are recreated manually
★ Issue and remediation tracking occurs outside the platform
★ Reporting does not provide management with useful information
★ Teams continue relying heavily on spreadsheets and email
★ The platform contains duplicate, outdated, or poorly organized information
★ Management wants to increase automation within the existing GRC environment

Recurring audit and control requests are particularly well suited for workflow improvement.

If the same evidence is required every month, quarter, or year, the process may be structured so requests are generated consistently, assigned to the appropriate owner, tracked through completion, reviewed, and retained within the broader compliance workflow.

Schmid CPA can help organizations evaluate these recurring activities and configure GRC workflows to reduce administrative effort while maintaining appropriate accountability and evidence.

Controls management becomes significantly more useful when risks, controls, testing, findings, and remediation are connected rather than managed as separate activities.

A testing exception should be traceable to the relevant control. A resulting issue should have an owner and remediation plan. Supporting evidence should be retained, and progress toward closure should be visible.



Schmid CPA helps organizations design GRC structures and workflows that create these connections and make it easier for management and audit teams to understand the status of the control environment.

Sometimes the organization does not need another implementation—it needs to make better use of the system it already purchased.

Schmid CPA can review existing GRC configuration, workflows, control structures, testing processes, requests, issue management, and reporting to identify opportunities to simplify the environment and improve adoption.



The objective is to reduce unnecessary administration and help the technology become a useful part of the controls and audit program rather than another compliance burden.

Effective GRC configuration requires more than understanding software.

The person designing the workflow should also understand why the control exists, what evidence demonstrates its operation, how testing works, what auditors need, how deficiencies are remediated, and where automation is appropriate.

Schmid CPA combines controls and audit experience with technology-focused process improvement to help organizations configure GRC technology around the underlying risk and compliance objectives.

Need help implementing, improving, or getting more value from your GRC environment?

Schedule a consultation to discuss your current platform, controls and audit processes, and opportunities for improvement.