Financial Control Ontology
A machine-readable model that links every AI-finance action to accounting policy, internal control, audit assertion, approval, evidence and financial impact.
KansaGrid is the independent control-evidence layer for AI in finance. We connect every AI action — invoice, payment, journal, reconciliation, onboarding — to its source data, accounting policy, internal control, approval, exception and audit-grade evidence.
Invoice received — vendor #VN-0149 · €48,230.00
AP Agent matched PO-7781 · GL 6400 · WHT 5%
AP-POL-v3.2 · Three-way match · Cut-off Q1
CTRL-AP-04 Approval threshold > €25k
CFO override · justified · signed
ERP journal #JE-228144 booked
Built with auditors, CFOs and regulators across regulated markets
CFOs, internal audit and external auditors are being asked the same question by their boards and regulators: how do you know the AI did the right thing?
Invoices, payments, onboarding, revenue recognition, reconciliations and close are increasingly executed or accelerated by AI agents.
Boards, auditors and regulators still need to prove every financial action followed approved accounting policy and internal control.
Chat transcripts, screenshots and prompt traces are not audit evidence. They don't map to assertions, controls or financial impact.
It governs model risk, not financial controls. It can't tell an auditor whether a journal entry is complete, accurate, classified and authorized.
KansaGrid encodes financial control methodology into software, so every AI action in finance is automatically traceable, replayable, controlled and audit-ready by design.
A machine-readable model that links every AI-finance action to accounting policy, internal control, audit assertion, approval, evidence and financial impact.
Each AI action is mapped to the assertions auditors actually test: existence, completeness, accuracy, cut-off, classification, authorization and valuation.
Continuously evaluates whether sufficient and appropriate audit evidence exists for an AI-driven financial action — not just whether it was logged.
Structured evidence with hashes, source references, identities, timestamps, policy versions and change logs. Stronger than PDFs, screenshots or chat logs.
Detects rare overrides, missing approvals, SoD conflicts, policy breaches, prompt/model changes and evidence gaps across workflows.
Runs above your AI agents, ERP, approval tools, SharePoint and finance systems. Vendor-neutral by design — we don't build the agent, we control it.
SDK and connectors plug into your AI agents, ERP, approval tools, SharePoint, Outlook/Teams, Salesforce and AI-agent frameworks — without rebuilding any workflow.
Every AI-finance action is captured as a structured event with source data, identity, prompt/model version, policy version, control reference and timestamps.
Workflow-specific control packs evaluate the action against accounting policy, internal control and audit assertions — in real time.
An immutable, tamper-evident evidence graph is generated per transaction — replayable end-to-end from source data to ERP posting.
Continuous monitoring surfaces exceptions, gaps and overrides. Export auditor- and regulator-ready evidence packs in one click.
For any transaction, an auditor can replay the full chain: source data → AI output → policy and control checks → approval or override → ERP posting → evidence. No screenshots. No reconstruction. No ambiguity.
Each pack ships with policies, controls, audit assertions, exception rules and evidence schemas — co-designed with RAs, internal audit leaders and CFOs.
Three-way match, duplicate invoice detection, GL classification, withholding, VAT/IT-tax, cut-off and approval thresholds.
Sanctions checks, beneficiary validation, payment authority, dual control, FX policy and supporting evidence per disbursement.
KYC/KYB verification, beneficial ownership, sanctions/PEP, conflict of interest, contract policy and SoD checks.
Contract identification, performance obligation, transaction price, cut-off and accounting policy alignment to IFRS 15 / ASC 606.
Bank, intercompany, sub-ledger and clearing reconciliations with explained variance, ageing and supporting evidence.
Manual journal review, late adjustments, top-side entries, threshold review, materiality and disclosure support.
Monitor every AI-driven workflow continuously. Surface missing evidence, failed controls, unusual overrides, SoD conflicts, prompt or model drift — before they become audit findings.
Payment authorized without dual control
Treasury · Payments · Authorization
Three-way match override without justification
Accounts Payable · Accuracy
Vendor onboarded with stale KYC evidence
Vendor onboarding · Rights & Obligations
Manual journal posted after cut-off window
Financial close · Cut-off
Prompt/model version changed mid-close
AP Agent · Methodology drift
Roll out AI agents across AP, payments, close and reconciliations with continuous proof that approved policy and controls were followed.
Test every transaction against every relevant control. Investigate exceptions instead of building working papers from screenshots.
Standardized, methodology-aligned evidence per assertion. Replayable transactions. Tamper-evident artefacts. ISAE-3402-ready packs.
An independent, machine-readable record of every AI-finance action, control execution, exception and override — across all entities.
Our Financial Control Ontology is built with Registered Auditors, internal audit leaders, audit partners, advisory firms, CFOs and regulators. We don't advise on AI governance — we encode financial control methodology into software and continuously prove whether AI-driven finance workflows followed it.
| Assertion | Example AI action | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Completeness | AP agent posts all matched invoices | Source ↔ ERP delta proof |
| Accuracy | GL classification & VAT calc | Policy ref + recomputation |
| Cut-off | Q1 close booking decisions | Timestamp + period stamp |
| Classification | Capex vs opex routing | Decision trace + policy |
| Authorization | Payment > €25k released | Approver identity + signature |
| Existence | Vendor onboarding completed | KYC artefacts + ownership |
We launch with regulated financial services — banks, fintechs, payments, wealth, insurance and asset managers — where the regulatory bar is high and AI adoption in finance is accelerating fast.
Boards and regulators are asking for proof, not promises.
Audit needs structured, replayable, methodology-aligned artefacts.
The agent's own logs cannot be the audit evidence.
We don't replace your ERP, your AI agents or your approval tools. We sit alongside them — capturing structured evidence and applying controls without forcing migrations or rebuilds.
AI is moving into financial reporting. Audit, internal control and board accountability are not going away. As AI agents enter finance operations, companies need a system of record proving every AI-driven financial action followed approved controls, policies and audit methodology.
In an AI-run company, every financial action should be automatically traceable, replayable, controlled and audit-ready by design. Financial audit will move from periodic human sampling to continuous, machine-readable assurance.
We are building the control evidence infrastructure that makes that transition possible.
Talk to us about a 6-week pilot on one finance workflow. We'll capture evidence, run the control packs and deliver an audit-grade evidence pack for your next close.