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Higher-Quality Audits, in Less Time

August 10, 2026
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Deepak Lalit

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Quality reviewers should not have to spend their best hours determining whether an engagement is ready to review.

In this webinar, guest speaker Jessie Kanter from Citrin Cooperman joins Deepak Lalit, CEO and co-founder of Tellen, and Colleen Knuff from Tellen’s product team to explore a more proactive approach: using AI to identify routine gaps earlier, give engagement teams clearer guidance, and help reviewers begin with a cleaner, more complete file.

The session includes a live demonstration, early observations from Citrin Cooperman’s pilot, and a discussion about where AI can create meaningful value without replacing professional judgment.

What You’ll Learn

  1. 01 How engagement readiness can be assessed before a reviewer opens the file.
  2. 02 Where manual completeness and sign-off checks create unnecessary review work.
  3. 03 How firms can translate methodology and reviewer expectations into repeatable, firm-specific rules.
  4. 04 Why AI should elevate experienced professionals rather than attempt to replace them.
  5. 05 How moving quality earlier can reduce rework, late-stage requests, and delivery pressure.
  6. 06 What Citrin Cooperman learned from introducing AI into an active quality-review workflow.
Audit quality · Firm-controlled

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See how Tellen can bring your firm’s methodology, standards, and reviewer judgment into every workpaper, across every binder, and throughout your system of quality management.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn how Tellen’s AI Agent Workforce powers modern accounting firms.

What is Tellen’s AI Agent Workforce?

Tellen’s AI Agent Workforce is a suite of specialized AI-powered agents designed for accounting firms. These agents automate audit workflows, financial statement preparation, and footnote disclosures while ensuring security, compliance, and transparency.

How do Tellen’s AI agents help accounting firms scale?

By automating time-intensive tasks like attribute testing, financial reporting, and consistency checks, Tellen enables firms to handle more engagements without increasing headcount. This drives higher efficiency, capacity, and profitability.

Are Tellen’s AI agents secure?

Yes. Tellen deploys directly into your firm’s cloud environment (Azure, AWS, or GCP), ensuring that sensitive client data never leaves your control. Tellen has also completed a SOC 2® Type 2 examination performed by an independent CPA firm.

Can Tellen’s AI agents adapt to our firm’s unique workflows?

Absolutely. Tellen’s agents are dynamic learners. They are trained on your firm’s proprietary data, policies, and tech stack, creating a shared knowledge base that evolves with each engagement.

What accounting tasks can Tellen’s agents automate?

Tellen automates tasks across every audit stage, including:

  • Planning: Research and guidance from accounting standards.
  • Fieldwork: Attribute and control testing.
  • Reporting: Drafting financial statements and footnotes.
  • Review: Consistency checks and quality scans.

How does Tellen improve audit quality?

Tellen ensures accuracy and compliance by cross-referencing data, logging every AI decision, and providing 100% traceable outputs backed by verifiable sources—so your audit files are complete, consistent, and trustworthy.

What ROI can accounting firms expect with Tellen?

Firms using Tellen report significant time savings, revenue-per-employee growth, and improved engagement capacity. For example, one firm achieved 332% ROI and saved nearly 300 hours using AI agents.

How does Tellen's pricing work?

Tellen uses outcome-based pricing—we win when you win. Unlike typical SaaS subscriptions that charge regardless of results, our pricing model is tied to the actual value delivered to your firm. This ensures our incentives are aligned with your success, not just seat counts.

Does Tellen integrate with our existing software?

Yes. Tellen integrates with leading to scan your audit binder, detect quality issues, and help remediate them. We analyze workpapers and automate testing procedures through and our Microsoft Add-in — which brings these capabilities right into your existing workpapers. Our extensible integration framework supports connecting to additional systems.

How is Tellen different from generic AI tools?

Unlike generic AI or off-the-shelf automation software, Tellen is purpose-built for accounting. It is secure, compliance-focused, and continuously adapts to your firm’s unique processes, ensuring firm-specific intelligence.

How can we get started with Tellen?

You can schedule a demo or consultation via our Demo page. Our team will guide you through setup, deployment, and training so your firm can start scaling with AI-powered efficiency.