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How to efficiently perform a disclosure checklist review with Disclosure Agents

Use Disclosure Agents in Financial Statement Suite to review disclosure checklists, link requirements to evidence, and keep a clear audit trail.

With Disclosure Agents, finance teams transform manual disclosure checklist reviews into guided, smarter workflows, making sure requirements are met, evidence is captured, and annual reports are ready for review.

About Financial Statement Suite

Financial Statement Suite (FSS) is a separate paid DataSnipper Add-on module. FSS automatically analyzes your financial statements and helps to both perform and document all financial statement procedures extremely fast, while relying on your professional judgement, improving standardization and the overall quality of procedures.

About Disclosure Agents

Disclosure Agents is DataSnipper's Agentic solution within Financial Statement Suite that transforms financial statement compliance from a tedious manual process into an efficient, Agentic workflow. It automatically reviews your uploaded disclosure checklist, helps you tailor it to your financial statements, and links each requirement to transparent, verifiable evidence. By combining AI suggestions with human oversight, Disclosure Agents enables preparers and auditors to save hours, reduce errors, and maintain a crystal-clear audit trail.

Prerequisites

  • DataSnipper v25.1 or later

  • Financial Statement Suite Add-on Module

  • FSS Elevate package

Video tutorial

What the video covers

The video walks through launching Financial Statement Suite from DataSnipper in Excel, creating a new project and uploading documents, and opening the disclosure checklist (DC) section. It then shows how to upload a checklist template, start processing, and run the Disclosure Agent, before reviewing the AI suggestions in Focus Mode where responses can be accepted, rejected, or tailored. It finishes by demonstrating how to filter questions and export the completed disclosure checklist as an audit trail.

Step-by-step guide

  1. Begin by clicking the Financial Statement Suite button in the top right-hand corner of the DataSnipper tab within Excel.

    Financial Statement Suite button in the DataSnipper Excel tab

    1. Alternatively, you can launch FSS directly from your desktop by creating a shortcut or pinning it to your taskbar for easy access.

  2. After Financial Statement Suite opens in a new window, click New Project, upload your documents, name the project, and click Start Project to proceed.

    New Project button in Financial Statement Suite

    Start Project dialog in Financial Statement Suite

  3. Once the project is created, a DC section will appear in the left panel, allowing you to carry out the disclosure checklist review.

    DC section in the left panel of Financial Statement Suite

  4. Create and upload a checklist template. You can download a sample template from the DC section for reference.

    Upload a checklist template in the DC section

  5. Preview the checklist questions and click on Start Processing.

    Preview checklist questions and Start Processing

  6. Click Confirm to start the analysis. Wait for the analysis to complete and click Start Reviewing to continue. While the Disclosure Agent is running, users can move on to another procedure or even close FSS and come back later when it is done.

    Confirm to start the Disclosure Agent analysis

  7. Click Start Answering to begin reviewing the responses.

    Start Answering to begin reviewing responses

  8. Start reviewing the responses within the Focus Mode. Each response is linked to the cross-reference section, and you can Accept or Reject the AI suggestions based on your professional judgement. You can also tailor the responses as needed.

    Reviewing responses in Focus Mode with Accept or Reject options

  9. The responses are now updated within the Disclosure Checklist overview.

    Disclosure Checklist overview with updated responses

    Key icons:

    AI Answer found icon

    AI Answer found

    AI Answer approved icon

    AI Answer approved

  10. Questions can be filtered by Tailored, Nos, N/As, Unanswered, or All.

    Filtering disclosure checklist questions

  11. Tailoring questions are designed to trigger follow-up questions based on your response.

    Tailoring questions with follow-up questions

  12. To export disclosures, click the Export icon in the bottom-left corner and choose the options that fit your needs.

    Export icon and export options

  13. The PDF export contains all responses and the corresponding page numbers. It can be used as an audit trail for the performed disclosure checklist review.

    PDF export of the disclosure checklist as an audit trail

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