Korea Deloitte Group Accelerates AI-Driven Audit Innovation

AI Audit Support Platform 'Finance Data Hub'

Korea Deloitte Group announced on December 17 that it is introducing a next-generation audit support environment that simultaneously achieves audit automation and enhanced audit quality through the 'Finance Data Hub,' a content-centric artificial intelligence (AI) audit support platform based on auditing standards.

Recently, the audit environment has faced increasing demands for accuracy and reliability due to stricter standards, while also confronting structural challenges such as processing vast amounts of data and the growing burden on audit personnel. In particular, the demand for automating intelligent audit procedures-such as journal entry testing and analytical review-is rapidly increasing. However, there is currently no integrated AI platform in Korea designed around audit content.

To address these market limitations, Korea Deloitte Group has developed the Finance Data Hub, with audit content automation at its core. This platform distinguishes itself by going beyond a simple AI-based efficiency tool; it is a content-centric platform that systematically supports audit risk assessment and professional judgment.

The Finance Data Hub is equipped with features such as journal entry testing, automated analytical review, and automatic generation of audit support documents, enabling a dramatic reduction in repetitive and time-consuming tasks during the audit process. Additionally, the 'Know Your Client (KYC)' function allows AI to automatically collect and summarize external disclosure information and provide key insights, effectively supporting company understanding and risk identification at the initial stage of the audit.

Alongside these features, the platform offers 'Cash Proofing' to check for weaknesses in fund-related controls, an inventory analysis solution that visualizes inventory accumulation and risks using only simple inventory transaction data, and a data cleansing tool-an essential component of content-based solutions. Users can easily build a data environment suitable for audits without complex preprocessing procedures.

In particular, the 'Account AI Assistant' to be integrated into the Finance Data Hub will be implemented using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), which compensates for the limitations of generative AI. By combining accounting standards with Korea Deloitte Group's internal expert databases, the platform provides more accurate and professional responses. In the future, it will be expanded into an Agentic AI that drafts Q&A responses for Private Accountant work.

Korea Deloitte Group plans to further develop the Finance Data Hub into a comprehensive accounting and finance AI platform through phased upgrades, such as using more secure local LLM models for automatic extraction of supporting documents and expanding modules related to accounts receivable and sales.

Lee Seungyoung, Leader of the AI Asset & Analytics Group at Korea Deloitte Group, stated, "In the future, accounting and finance solutions will evolve to supplement or partially replace the professional judgment of accountants. The Finance Data Hub is expected to become a core platform that achieves both workforce efficiency and audit quality through audit content automation."