As soon as the necessary modifications have been made management will perform monthly reconciliation's. Auditors understand that change does not take place overnight. They appreciate the time and effort required to implement the recommendation. They are more interested in the plan and follow through. Try to sit back an analyze the auditor's recommendation and your response from a different perspective.
Auditors prefer that management comments immediately follow the recommendation.
You may explain your position at length however, summarize into a short concise management comment that can be published. The report is merely recommendations to correct problems. The report is not, was never intended to be and should never be used as an individual's evaluation of performance. Problems occur all the time in large organizations, the measure of worth of management is not measured by the number of problems but by the responses to problems. This is called Leadership.