Fishbone — financial restatement
Audit-readiness analysis for a Q4 restatement.
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title "Why did Q4 require a restatement?"
problem "Restated Q4"
category "Controls"
cause "Weak segregation of duties"
cause "Manual JE approval"
category "Systems"
cause "Two ledgers out of sync"
cause "Bad currency mapping"
category "People"
cause "Senior accountant churn"
cause "Onboarding gap"
category "Process"
cause "Late close calendar"
cause "Incomplete reconciliations"
category "Vendors"
cause "Auditor scope change"