Compliance & Operational Readiness

Audit Preparation and Evidence Coordination

Know which evidence is ready and who owns the gaps.

Audit and exam readiness support helps your team prepare evidence, strengthen control documentation and address gaps ahead of a review. We organize the requests and follow-up so preparation becomes manageable alongside the work of running your business.

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Connect each request to an owner and source.

Evidence status and unresolved decisions stay visible through the handoff.

  1. Review request
  2. Source evidence
  3. Owner and status
  4. Reviewer handoff

Open gaps remain assigned to the person responsible for the decision.

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Unearth at the physical layer.

Audit & Exam Readiness works in the physical layer. Strata Modus raises the information floor, from the physical layer to the digital surface.

  1. Convert
    The digital surface

    Where buyers search, ask AI and decide who to call: your website, Google, AI answers and campaigns.

    Marketing & AdvertisingWeb Design, Development & CRO
  2. Connect
    The signal layer

    How an inquiry reaches a person: AI voice, missed-call text back, intake, CRM and follow-up.

    AI & Business Automation
  3. Build
    The operating structure

    The systems the work runs on: strategy, software, technology and the integrations between them.

    Strategy & Fractional LeadershipCustom Software & IntegrationsTechnology Consulting
  4. Unearth
    The physical layer

    The work itself: crews, jobs, records, compliance and the numbers behind them.

    Compliance & Operational ReadinessBookkeeping & Payroll

The expertise behind the work

Build readiness into the way the work gets done.

Control execution and organized evidence help teams prepare for a review without rebuilding the record at the last minute.

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Control execution & audit readiness

Allana Steele

Director of Compliance & Automation Controls

Allana works in First Line control execution at J.P. Morgan Chase, partnering with control managers to address gaps ahead of audits. Her experience also includes public-sector policy, procedure and funding-compliance reviews.

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The business opportunity

Audit & Exam Readiness,
with a clear purpose.

Evidence may sit across shared folders, email and separate owner checklists. When a request arrives, the team needs to know which source is current, who can confirm it and what still needs follow-up.

Spend less time hunting for records and repeating status requests. Your team gets a clear preparation plan, organized evidence and assigned actions to address gaps before the reviewer needs an answer.

Build growth you keep.

Start with our infrastructure. Strengthen the assets in your business.

Strata tools & networks
Your retained assets

Your procedures, readiness records and team documentation.

See the ownership pathway

Shared Strata networks remain Strata-owned. Your commissioned assets and access are documented in the scope.

The engagement

What we build
with your business.

A defined scope gives your team a clear picture of the work and what it needs to operate.

01

Evidence request register

Organize requested items, source locations, owners, due dates and completion status.

02

Control and responsibility map

Connect documented controls to the people who perform, approve or review them.

03

Gap and remediation tracker

Record known gaps, supporting information, assigned actions and management decisions.

04

Review handoff package

Prepare the agreed records, open questions and status notes for the appointed auditor, examiner or adviser.

From first conversation to working system

How the work moves.

  1. 01

    Confirm the review scope

    Use the request list, timeline and responsible reviewer to define the preparation work.

  2. 02

    Locate source evidence

    Map current records, access needs and owners for each requested item.

  3. 03

    Record gaps and decisions

    Track missing evidence and route judgments or remediation choices to management.

  4. 04

    Prepare the handoff

    Organize completed items, exceptions and open questions for the appointed reviewer.

Before we begin

Useful questions.

We’ll refine the details around your business in the first conversation.

Do you conduct an independent audit or certify readiness?

We organize evidence, document control responsibilities and coordinate preparation. The appointed auditor or examiner performs the independent review and determines its conclusions.

Can you work from an audit request list?

Yes. We use the request list and timeline you provide to organize sources, owners, status and open questions.

Who decides whether a control gap is acceptable?

Management and the appointed auditor, examiner or qualified adviser make those judgments. We document the available evidence and route decisions to the responsible people.

How is the work scoped and priced?

After consultation, the proposal identifies the review period, request volume, systems, evidence owners, deadlines and any ongoing support.

Meet the people.
Define the work.

Consultation-scoped pricing

This work is scoped separately after consultation. Your proposal defines implementation, responsibilities and any ongoing support.

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Start with your business

Put Audit & Exam Readiness to work.

Tell us what needs to improve and what you use today. We can help plan the change, build the solution and provide ongoing support, with responsibilities and pricing agreed in your proposal.

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