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FMCG · Multi-brand · ₹2,000 Cr

One ICFR control roomacross 13+ brands and dozens of locations.

CavinKare runs a federation of FMCG brands: CHIK, Nyle, Karthika, Raaga, Cavin's Dairy, Green Trends, CK's Bakery, and more. For ICFR purposes they all roll up to one audit opinion. AccEase is the fabric that makes that practical.

Scale
₹2,000 Cr group
Manual audit hours reduced
60–70%
Controls with mapped evidence
90–100%
Evidence retrieval
Minutes
ICFR readiness
CavinKare · group view
Q4 close
96%
Controls with mapped evidence
Action points18 open · 42 closed
Brand & location coverageGroup structure
Brands in scope
13
Key processes
27
Key controls
184
High-risk controls5 pending testing
Auto-prioritised in PBC list
Today's PBC & testingAudit workspace
Revenue cutoff · evidence for Q4 (Cavin's Dairy)
In progress
ITGC · user access review sign-off
Pending review
Fixed assets · sample testing Q3
Completed
The challenge

ICFR across a federation of brands.

CavinKare is not one business. It is a federation. Each brand runs at its own pace, with its own P&L owner and its own operating rhythm. For the Companies Act Section 143(3)(i) opinion, they all roll up to one group view.

Before AccEase, the ICFR programme lived in a 400-row control matrix in Excel. Evidence was collected over email. Testing happened in spreadsheets. Deficiencies surfaced weeks into the cycle, too late to remediate before sign-off. Statutory auditors re-requested the same evidence because the email archive wasn't queryable.

The controls were well-designed. The evidence fabric under them was the bottleneck.

400-row control matrix

Maintained in Excel, emailed quarterly to process owners.

Evidence over email

Screenshots and approvals scattered across hundreds of inbox threads.

Late deficiency discovery

Control failures surfacing in week 10 of a 12-week cycle.

Audit re-requests

Statutory auditors asking for the same evidence three times.

What AccEase provides

The ICFR control room, productised.

A single system of record for risks, controls, testing, and evidence, aligned to ICFR / SOX methodology and designed for Big 4 audit environments.

Centralised control library

Risks, controls, assertions, and narratives live in one system of record across entities, processes, and locations.

Always-on audit trail

Every change, attachment, and sign-off captured with user, timestamp, and context, so audit support is a query, not a dig.

Evidence & status dashboards

Real-time view of testing status, exceptions, and evidence coverage across processes, entities, and owners.

Maker-checker review flows

Separate workspaces for management and auditors with controlled access, PBC tracking, and threaded discussion.

Multi-entity, multi-location

Group controls scoped across offices, plants, and depots, with single-entity, multi-location, and corporate process types.

Action points & remediation

Deficiencies captured with severity, ownership, and due dates, tracked to closure, not lost in email.

The shift

Evidence lives in the system, not the inbox.

Every control has owners, frequency, procedure steps, and evidence attached. When a test fails, an action point is raised against the control, not buried in an email thread.

Before AccEase
With AccEase
Control matrix maintained in Excel and emailed quarterly
Single control library in AccEase, versioned and searchable
Evidence collected over email, screenshots buried in inboxes
Evidence uploaded to each control step, with secure storage and sign-off
Sampling and testing tracked in separate spreadsheets
Sample selection, test results, and deficiencies tracked against each control
Deficiencies surfaced weeks into the cycle, too late to remediate
Action points raised and tracked the day a test fails
Statutory auditors re-requesting the same evidence multiple times
Auditor workspace pulls directly from the control library, no re-requests
ICFR support pack assembled from scratch every quarter
Export-ready support packs for statutory, internal, and group audits
Product used

AccEase ICFR Automation Tool

Centralise controls, automate evidence, and give auditors and management a real-time view of ICFR readiness.

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