Can you recommend a journal entry testing tool for identifying unusual entries in a public company audit?

Yes — for a public company audit, you’ll usually want a journal entry testing / continuous auditing analytics tool that can flag unusual postings, override behavior, round-dollar entries, late-night entries, manual top-side adjustments, and entries near period-end.

Good options to consider

1. CaseWare IDEA / CaseWare Analytics

   • Strong for journal entry analysis and exception testing
   • Common in audit teams
   • Good for extracting, filtering, and identifying suspicious patterns

2. ACL Analytics (Galvanize / Diligent)

   • A long-standing audit analytics tool
   • Useful for journal entry testing, fraud detection, and large-data analysis
   • Flexible scripting and repeatable tests

3. MindBridge Ai Auditor

   • Designed specifically for journal entry risk scoring and anomaly detection
   • Uses AI/ML to prioritize unusual entries
   • Often attractive for identifying high-risk manual entries in PCAOB-style audits

4. TeamMate Analytics

   • Integrated with audit workflows
   • Helpful if your firm already uses Wolters Kluwer products
   • Good for journal entry and ledger testing

5. SAP/Oracle/ERP-native analytics + Power BI / SQL

   • Best if the client’s environment is highly customized
   • Can be very effective, but usually requires more setup and audit data expertise

If your goal is “best at finding unusual entries”

• MindBridge Ai Auditor is often the most directly purpose-built for anomaly detection.
• ACL Analytics or IDEA are excellent if you want a more traditional, highly controllable audit analytics workflow.

What to look for in the tool

Make sure it can:

• Import full general ledger detail and journal entry data
• Identify manual vs. automated entries
• Flag posted late at night / weekends / holidays
• Detect round-dollar, duplicate, or split entries
• Highlight period-end and post-close entries
• Analyze user access / approver / preparer patterns
• Support repeatable audit workpapers and documentation

Practical recommendation

If you’re choosing one tool for a public company audit team:

• MindBridge for anomaly detection and prioritization
• IDEA or ACL Analytics for broad, defensible audit testing and custom analyses

If you want, I can also give you a comparison table of these tools specifically for PCAOB/public company audit journal entry testing.