Set your controls, give auditors signed proof
Choose how strict each financial control is, then export a signed statement showing who set it.
LiveWhat does Control Posture board + signed Posture Statement do? Auditors get evidence instead of screenshots, and the screen tells you when a setting cannot yet be enforced.
How it works
Every action you can control, such as reversing a journal, releasing a payment or reopening a closed period, appears as a dial. Saving a dial applies the control straight away; if it can't yet, for example because no approver is set up, the screen says so. The statement shows who set each dial, taken from the audit trail, and carries a digital signature.
If the statement can't be signed, it is still issued, clearly marked unsigned with the reason. It never claims a signature it lacks.
Step by step
Here is how a finance head or CFO sets the controls and then answers an auditor.
- Open the Control posture screen. Every accounting action your finance team can take is listed with its platform minimum, your current setting and what actually carries the setting out: a rule, a validation check, or the way the approval steps are built.
- Choose a setting for each. The four settings are Blocked, Needs approval, Allowed but warned, and Allowed and audited. You can match the platform minimum or go stricter, never looser. The loosest setting still records the action.
- Save, and it applies straight away. Saving stores and applies the change in one step. If a setting cannot take effect, for example because it needs approval and no approver is set up, the screen says so under that action.
- Start from a preset if you like. Two starting positions, Starter and Standard, are offered. When you bring data from an old system, Kinnow can propose a starting position from the approval habits it finds there. It is a proposal; a person approves it.
- Export the Control posture statement. It lists every control, its platform minimum, its effective setting, who set it and when, taken from the audit trail. It carries a digital signature.
- Hand it to the auditor. The statement also has a separate section listing the controls it cannot vouch for, each with a reason, so a short list is never mistaken for a clean one.
See your own control settings and a sample statement on a call with us.
What you see on screen
The screens are under Admin: the Control posture board and its statement.
| Where | What you see |
|---|---|
| Platform floor | The strictest minimum the platform fixes for that action; you can match it or tighten past it. |
| Setting | A dropdown with your choice. Where you see a fixed label instead, the line below explains why it cannot be changed. |
| Enforced by | What carries the setting out. |
| Why a change did not take effect | A note under an action when your choice was saved but could not be put into force, with what is missing. |
| Statement, controls in force | Each control with minimum, effective setting, who set it and when. |
| Statement, not vouched for | Controls that are locked, cannot be enforced yet, or are stated only, each with a reason. |
Who uses it
Mostly the finance head, read by others.
| Who | When | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| Finance head or CFO | At set-up and when policy changes | Sets the controls and saves them. |
| Controller | Each month-end | Acts on the tightening advice from the close. |
| Owner or director | When asked by the bank or an investor | Shares the statement. |
| Auditor or CA | At audit | Reads the statement instead of asking for screenshots. |
Ask us to export a statement from a demo company and read it with you.
Related
- Controls that learn from near-misses: the advice that points to these dials.
- Test business rules before enforcing them: rules you can trial quietly, which sit beside these controls.
- One approval inbox: where approvals are done.
- Admin: controls and AI settings.
Questions
What is Control Posture board + signed Posture Statement in Kinnow?
Choose how strict each financial control is, then export a signed statement showing who set it.
What changes for the business?
Auditors get evidence instead of screenshots, and the screen tells you when a setting cannot yet be enforced.
Is it available today?
Yes, it is live.
Who can change a control?
Anyone signed in can view the board, but saving needs the settings permission. Every save is written to the audit trail with the person's name, which is where the statement gets "who set it".
What does "unsigned" on a statement mean?
It means the signature could not be produced at that moment. The content is the same and carries a digest to show whether it was changed, and the statement says why it is unsigned.
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