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Archer Controls Assurance
Program Management®

Use Case for Regulatory & Corporate Compliance Management

The Challenge
In many organizations, compliance and reporting activities consist of manually gathering
information from multiple disconnected systems and desktop office tools. The inability tocentrally track and manage compliance across t he business results in duplicative efforts,
further stretching already limited resources.
This led to a cycle of chasing one compliance emergency after another, with the businessalways one step behind the regulatory change curve. The fire-drill approach to managing
corporate compliance is a result of compliance teams not having defined processes,frameworks and the tools needed to gain visibility into the organ ization’s corporate andregulatory obligations.
The result for organizations lacking a robust corporate compliance framework is more audit
findings, fines and penalties and a general increase in overall risk and potential damage tobrand and reputation. The increasing volume of new and changing regulatory compliancerules eventually overwhelms the organization’s ability to keep up.

Overview
Archer Controls Assurance Program Management enables a project-based approach tocontrols testing and provides the framework and taxonomy for an organization to systematically
document their control universe and assess and report on the performance of controls at thebusiness hierarchy and business process level.
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With Archer Controls Assurance Program Management, organizations can apply clear, accurate
controls guidance in support of any compliance objective. By improving the linkage between
compliance requirements and internal controls, the business can better communicate andreport on compliance obligations using a standard taxonomy and language across theorganization. With the Archer agile and flexible compliance framework, compliance teams
can proactively and methodically manage regulatory change across the business.

Features• Project-based controls testing allows personnel to scope in controls, plan and generate appropriate control tests as needed.
• Controls generator enables automated creation of control instances from a master controls procedure hierarchy for different business 				 entities and infrastructure.
• Evidence repository application provides a single repository for evidence gathered in the compliance testing process.
• Issue management for change-related regulatory and corporate obligations.

Benefits
With Archer Controls Assurance Program
Management, you can:• Improve planning to establish the		 appropriate level and frequency of		 compliance testing.
• Map master control set to specific		 regulations and create instances		 as needed.
• Deploy multiphase tests throughout the		 year and run multiple compliance		 programs in parallel.
• Reduce time to upload, manage and reuse		 controls testing evidence across tests with		 a historical view of control test data.
• Increase control testing accuracy and		 improved compliance reporting with		 reduced effort.
• More quickly identify and resolve		 potential issues.

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and operational resilience with a modern technology platform that supports qualitative and quantitative analysis driven by both businessand IT impacts. As true pioneers in GRC software, Archer remains solely dedicated to helping customers manage risk and compliancedomains, from traditional operational risk to emerging issues such as ESG. With over 20 years in the risk management industry, theArcher customer base represents one of the largest pure risk management communities globally, with more than 1,200 customers
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believes the information in this document is accurate. The information is subject to change without notice. 10/23 Data Sheet.