Plan Smarter, Audit Better with Symbiant Working Papers Software. Enahanced by Optional AI Assistant
Streamline audit planning and execution with a fully integrated platform that links audit reports to assets, risks, controls, incidents, and assessments—so all relevant information is captured and centralised in one place. Manage audits with ease using task automation, intelligent user assignment, and optional AI support to enhance efficiency and reduce manual effort.
From only £100 per module/month for unlimited users*
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Audit Working Papers Software
Built for Efficiency.
Designed to streamline complex audits, our flexible solution empowers teams to work faster, collaborate smarter, and report with confidence—while saving valuable time.
Empower Auditors to Do More, With Less Admin and More Impact.
Easy to Use, Fully Customisable
The Symbiant Audit Working Papers Software Module is an easy-to-embed, user-friendly & intuitive audit planning platform that allows a single user or team to collaborate on audit planning.
Save Time with Automated Data Linking
Automatically pulls in relevant risk, control, and incident data—no manual input required.
Assign tasks, adapt complexity by role or division, and manage everything in one central hub.
AI Supercharged Efficiency
Symbiant AI automates risk linking, scoring, and root cause analysis—turning hours of manual work into seconds. It’s the smarter, faster way to plan and manage audits, so your team can focus on what really matters.
Centralise Your Audit Data. Simplify the Process.
Turn Audit Insights into Actionable Risk Protection
Centralise your entire audit lifecycle with tools that help you plan audit stages, allocate tasks, track time, and automatically link data from Risk Registers, Controls, Incidents, and Questionnaires—all in a user-friendly, easy to embed, platform.
Centralised Audit Management – One Platform for All Audit Data
Eliminate data silos with a single source of truth. The Symbiant Audit Working Papers Software consolidates your audit universe, risks, controls, incidents, and questionnaires—providing full audit visibility from one central dashboard.
Audit Planning Tools, Plan, Assign, and Schedule with Ease
Map out each stage of the audit lifecycle using our intuitive audit planner. Assign users, set estimated timelines, and ensure every audit stage is tracked and executed without delays.
Audit Time Tracking, Timesheets for Task Accountability
Monitor progress with built-in timesheets that show what’s been completed and how long each task took. Gain insights into team performance and resource allocation.
Connected Audit Reports with Built-In Evidence and Context
When an audit report is linked to a working paper, all related entity details, along with connected risks, controls, and incidents, are automatically pulled in. This saves auditors time and streamlines planning. You can also attach assessments with pass/fail outcomes, as well as external documents, all of which can be included in report outputs. The module ensures your audits are organised, comprehensive, and evidence-backed.
Risk, Control & Incident Integration. Linked Modules for Seamless Workflow
Automatically link relevant risks, controls, and incidents to each working paper. This enables a structured, contextual audit flow that pulls real-time data from other Symbiant modules.
Turn Audit Data Into Actionable Intelligence
Transform Audit Data into Clear, Confident Decisions with Symbiant AI
Symbiant AI transforms traditional audits into intelligent, insight-driven processes — automating risk analysis, enhancing reporting, and empowering auditors to focus on strategic decisions rather than manual tasks.
Starting from just £100/month* Unlimited users. Unlimited requests.
Save up to 90% of your time by automating the identification and assessment of risks. Symbiant AI instantly flags duplicates and eliminates manual data collection, so your team can spend less time gathering information and more time delivering strategic value.
Data-Driven Clarity. Smarter Audits
Symbiant AI analyses your system to identify risks tied to specific entities and assess the potential impact of incidents. It goes further by uncovering related risks and hidden vulnerabilities across your organisation. By automatically detecting new risks from audit findings, it ensures emerging threats never go unnoticed.
Less Admin. More Insight.
With repetitive tasks handled by AI, auditors can focus on what matters most — evaluating controls, offering strategic guidance, and aligning audit outcomes with broader business and compliance goals.
Stronger Reports. Clearer Communication.
Symbiant AI automatically generates clear, actionable recommendations and next steps for resolving audit findings. It refines and rewrites documentation for clarity and accuracy — ensuring your reports are professional, precise, and easy to understand across all stakeholders.
Ensure Privacy and Security
Symbiant’s AI-Powered Assistant is fully GDPR-compliant and built to protect your privacy. It does not collect or store your data. Instead, it creates a temporary cache folder to fulfil each query and immediately deletes the information once the task is complete.
Your data always stays securely within your environment, giving you full control and peace of mind while benefiting from AI assisted insights.
Powerful Features. Smarter Audit Control.
Powerful Audit Oversight Without the Complexity
Symbiant’s Audit Working Papers Software brings clarity and control to every stage of the audit process—helping your team save time, reduce admin, and produce consistent, professional reports with ease.
Powerful Audit Working Papers Software to Plan, Track, and Report with Confidence
Symbiant’s Audit Working Papers Software helps auditors plan, execute, report, and follow up on audits with clarity and control. This all-in-one solution improves audit team performance by automating repetitive tasks, reducing manual admin, and sending email notifications to keep everything on track.
Assign ownership of corrective and preventive actions and let the system handle follow-ups, reminders, and real-time updates, helping your team stay accountable and compliant.
End-to-End Audit Planning Software That Saves Time and Reduces Risk
Symbiant connects every step of your audit—from planning and task assignment to data integration and report generation—into one seamless platform. You can link audits to your Risk Registers, Controls, Incidents, and Questionnaires to build a connected audit ecosystem. With a flexible structure that adapts to teams, roles, and complexity levels, Symbiant ensures every audit is accurate, consistent, and delivered on time.
Automated Audit Management That Delivers Real Results
With built-in timesheets, automated task reminders, and integrated modules, Symbiant’s audit solution eliminates hours of manual admin.
Auditors no longer need to chase data or re-enter information, everything is pulled automatically into the working papers. The result?
Faster audits, fewer errors, and full traceability of actions, decisions, and accountability, so you’re always ready for internal reviews or external compliance checks.
"Our experience with Symbiant for Risk was so good that we asked them to build a bespoke health and safety incident reporting platform [...] designed to our exact specifications with advanced reporting capabilities at a competitive price. Symbiant delivers value for money, ease of use, and top-tier information security. I’d recommend them to anyone."
"Symbiant has revolutionised how we manage risk, offering endless customisation, real-time visibility, and eliminating the need for spreadsheets. Helpful reminders ensure no action is missed. [...] The Symbiant Team provided excellent support, tailoring the system to our needs. Highly recommend for a powerful, flexible, and cost-effective solution!"
"Whilst Symbiant offers its own Risk Register module, we customised it to meet our exact needs. [...] Now, we can capture, rate, and review risks and controls in our preferred style, with reports providing clear overviews of company or departmental risks. The design process with Symbiant was seamless and fluid."
"A welcome change from spreadsheets – Symbiant centralises our risk registers, assessments, and controls library with the ability to link risks and incidents. [...] The tracker and email notifications help risk owners self-manage, while custom reports and dashboards simplify gathering MI. A truly useful software."
"We considered several risk management tools and chose Symbiant for its flexibility and scope. [...] While risk management was our primary need, audit tracking has been a valuable addition. The monthly contracts and competitive pricing are a bonus. Excellent support from Symbiant—very happy so far!"
"Symbiant helps us identify, assess, and treat risks across various business initiatives, including change management, acquisitions, and customer projects. [...] The Risk Suite automates our risk management process, overcoming global time zone challenges with its online, collaborative platform, enabling rapid input from stakeholders."
''Having implemented Symbiant into our global business a year ago it has provided the complete solution we required to manage our risk and internal audit functions. It’s a powerful tool, very user friendly and supported by a great team.
It’s a product I would certainly recommend!''
''We have been using Symbiants’ risk software for 10 years now and have been impressed with the high level of service and the outstanding features of the software.
You would struggle to find better so don’t be put off by their incredibly low pricing.''
''Unbelievably inexpensive…''
''We are very impressed with Symbiant. Its simplicity and ease of use aligned with its flexibility and extensive reporting capabilities make it a very useful tool.''
''I selected Symbiant over multiple industry solutions as it offered a very fast implementation in a most cost effective way.
I understood the software in no time by seeing the helpful videos available on the site, started with the small pack and later upgraded it.
I feel EXTREMELY satisfied as the product keeps updating itself and bring new changes as per new requirements from customers.''
25 Years. Thousands of Users. One Trusted Platform.
With over 25 years of innovation in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) and Audit Management, Symbiant is trusted by organisations across every sector. Our clients love how our powerful, affordable, award-winning and fully customisable risk software helps them stay compliant, make smarter decisions, and reduce complexity, without the costly overheads.
Explore the full Symbiant suite, powerful, fully integrated modules that extend your Audit Management capabilities across governance, compliance, audit, and beyond. Everything you need to protect your organisation, stay aligned, and work smarter.
Your complete solution starts from just £300/month*.
Symbiant’s flexible, modular platform streamlines governance, risk, compliance, and audit—so you can reduce complexity, adapt fast, and stay focused on achieving your objectives.
Our Solution at a Glance:
Risk Management Software
The Symbiant Risk Management Software module enables organisations to identify, understand, and manage risks with ease and efficiency. It provides a streamlined approach to monitoring, assessing, and mitigating risks, ensuring informed decisions and compliance.
Symbiant AI connects data across your organisation, delivering actionable insights and seamless workflows. From logical, data-driven risk scoring to uncovering root causes and predicting the domino effect of control failures, Symbiant AI empowers smarter, faster decisions. Eliminate duplicate risks in seconds, refine controls, identify emerging risks, and so much more—all tailored to your business.
The Symbiant Audit Management Software module streamlines audit planning, action tracking, and time management. It automatically pulls relevant data, allows easy report customisation, and generates professional audit reports.
The Symbiant Compliance Management Software module simplifies the management of compliance tasks. It helps organisations track regulations, manage audits, and ensure adherence to legal requirements, driving efficiency and minimising risk.
The Symbiant Risk Management Software module enables organisations to identify, understand, and manage risks with ease and efficiency. It provides a streamlined approach to monitoring, assessing, and mitigating risks, ensuring informed decisions and compliance.
Symbiant AI connects data across your organisation, delivering actionable insights and seamless workflows. From logical, data-driven risk scoring to uncovering root causes and predicting the domino effect of control failures, Symbiant AI empowers smarter, faster decisions. Eliminate duplicate risks in seconds, refine controls, identify emerging risks, and so much more—all tailored to your business.
The Symbiant Audit Management Software module streamlines audit planning, action tracking, and time management. It automatically pulls relevant data, allows easy report customisation, and generates professional audit reports.
The Symbiant Compliance Management Software module simplifies the management of compliance tasks. It helps organisations track regulations, manage audits, and ensure adherence to legal requirements, driving efficiency and minimising risk.
Common Questions About Symbiant’s Audit Working Papers Module
Explore answers to the most asked questions about Symbiant’s GRC and Audit Management software with an optional AI-Assistant, from features and benefits to pricing and integration.
What is Audit Working Papers Software and how does it help audit teams?
Symbiant’s Audit Working Papers Software is a central hub for managing all audit-related information. It automatically pulls in relevant data from linked modules, like Risk Registers, Controls, Incidents, and the Audit Universe, saving audit teams time and effort. All audit details, from planning and testing to documentation and outcomes, are stored in one place and can be exported into a report with a single click. By reducing duplication and streamlining collaboration, the software helps audit teams stay organised, efficient, and focused on high-value tasks.
Can I customise audit reports to match my organisation’s templates?
Yes, Symbiant’s Audit Working Papers Module allows full layout and report customisation. You can tailor audit reports to match your organisation’s templates, ensuring consistency with internal standards and formatting requirements.
Does Symbiant support role-based access and collaboration across teams?
Yes, Symbiant supports role-based access and collaboration across teams. The Audit Working Papers Module is cloud-based, allowing multiple auditors to work together while maintaining controlled access. Permissions can be tailored so users only see or edit what’s relevant to their role, ensuring both flexibility and security during the audit process.
Can Symbiant be used for simple and complex audits?
Yes, Symbiant’s Audit Working Papers Module is suitable for both simple and complex audits. Whether you’re conducting a basic internal review or managing a detailed audit across multiple entities, the module streamlines the process by automatically pulling in related risks, controls, incidents, and assessments. This flexibility makes it easy to scale your approach based on the complexity of the audit.
Is the Symbiant Audit Working Papers Software cloud-based?
Yes, the Symbiant Audit Working Papers Software is fully cloud-based. This allows teams to collaborate seamlessly, access audit files from anywhere, and share reports and updates in real time—enhancing efficiency, visibility, and coordination across your audit function.
Is AI included in the Symbiant Audit Working Papers Software?
Symbiant AI is available as an optional add-on and is designed to enhance your audits—without replacing human judgement. When enabled, Symbiant AI automates data linking across risks, controls, incidents, and audit entities. It also identifies root causes, predicts consequences of control failures, and recalculates residual risk scores—saving auditors significant time and improving accuracy.
The AI does not train on your data and is fully GDPR-compliant, ensuring that your audit information remains secure, private, and under your control at all times.
Pricing for the AI add-on starts from just £100 per month*, making it a smart, affordable upgrade for teams looking to streamline audits and focus on high-value decisions.
How do I get started with Symbiant’s Audit Working Papers?
Getting started is easy. Simply book a free, no-obligation demo and we’ll show you how Symbiant’s Audit Working Papers Software can be tailored to your exact needs. Every demo is personalised to your sector and risk framework, so you can see how the system works for your organisation. With full access to the complete solution from just £300/month*, you can mix and match the modules you need and start managing risk with confidence.
Unmatched GRC Flexibility. Powerful Features. One Smart Platform.
Symbiant isn’t just the world’s most cost-effective GRC and Audit software—it’s the most agile and customisable too. Whether you need a streamlined setup or a feature-rich solution, Symbiant flexes to fit your workflow, your team, and your goals.
From configurable dashboards to automated triggers and audit-ready reporting, every feature is designed to simplify complex processes and give you full control. Tailor the user experience for each team, automate the repetitive, and connect your data like never before.
There’s a lot Symbiant can do—so instead of listing everything (and putting you to sleep), here’s a taste of what our clients love most.
Solution Highlights
Audit Assessments
Audit Management
Business Continuity Planning
Business Objectives
Controls & Policies
Control Self Assessments
Compliance Management
Create Bespoke Modules
Data Protection Impact Assessments
Document Management
Due Diligence
ESG Management
Incident Reporting
Key Risk Indicators
Regulatory Action Tracking
Risk Assessments
Risk Workshops
Security, Health & Safety, Environment Management
Survey and Questionnaires
Ticket Management
Working Papers
Administration Highlights
Symbiant Service Highlights
30 Day Contracts
£100 per module with unlimited user access
Free Support & Training
ISO 27001 & ISO 31000
ISO 9001 & ISO 22301
Intuitive & Easy to use
Only Pay For The Modules you use
Ready To Use Out Of The Box
Unlimited Record Storage
Configurable User Accounts
Configurable User Permissions
Hub & Spoke Divisional Permissions
Single Sign On Authentication
Track System Changes
Track User Login Activity
User Inactivity Timeouts
Unlimited User Accounts
Solution Highlights
AI Assistant
Action Tracking
Automated Email Reminders
Automated Email Reports
Automated Triggers
Collaborate with Groups
Configurable Dashboards
Configurable Data Entry
Configurable Reporting
Configurable View & Edit
Create Bespoke Functions
Create Your Own Dashboards
Create Your Own Reports
Filterable Dashboards
Full Audit Logs of Changes
Full Audit Logs of Data
Fully Customisable
Give Ownership of Content
Import & Export Data
Multiple Risk Registers
Performance Indicators
Report on connected data
See Who's Viewed Data
Pricing Disclaimer
* Modules are charged at a standard monthly fee, not on a per-user basis. All users can access each module at any required level. Please note that costs exclude VAT, AI features, and additional modules you may wish to use. User seats are required.
Symbiant Audit Working Papers Module Overview
The Symbiant Audit Working Papers Module is a centralised, cloud-based repository that helps you manage, plan, and document all aspects of your audits. It pulls together relevant data from across the Symbiant platform, including Risk Registers, Controls and Policies, Incidents, Questionnaires, and the Audit Universe, saving time and improving audit efficiency.
This module stores everything related to an audit in one place: what is being audited, who is responsible, when the audit is scheduled, test results, documentation, and links to relevant risks, controls, and incidents. You can generate a complete audit report from the working paper with a single click.
It integrates directly with the Audit Universe, where you define the assets or entities under audit and assign risk scores. When you create an audit report and link it to a working paper, the system automatically imports all connected data,such as entity details, risks, current risk scores, linked controls, and incidents. All linked items are clickable and can be included in the final audit report.
You can also attach questionnaires (from the Questionnaires, Surveys and Assessments module), external files, or supporting documents. These may be used as references or included in audit outputs, with pass/fail results clearly displayed.
By automatically pulling together related audit data already captured elsewhere in the system, the module eliminates duplication and reduces the workload for both auditors and risk teams. The cloud-based nature of Symbiant allows for easy collaboration and secure sharing of reports and audit details.
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