The findings workshop is where an audit for fintech either becomes useful or becomes a contest of slides. We keep the room small and the evidence open.
Who should be present
Control owners named in the planning memo, one executive sponsor, and the coordinator. Bringing half the company dilutes ownership. Leaving owners out produces grades that get disputed after the board pack is already circulating.
Order of discussion
We present high-severity items first with the sample workpaper visible. Medium and low items follow only after owners have spoken to the highs. Parking everything into a single “discussion deck” invites selective memory.
Capturing comments
Management comments are typed while the room is still together. “We’ll follow up by email” is how nuance disappears. If someone disputes a grade, we record the dispute and the evidence still supporting our view — both appear in the final register.
A workshop that ends early because nobody disagrees is not automatically a success. Sometimes it means the wrong people were invited.