Audit-Prep ROI Calculator

How much will audit-prep automation save you per year?

Built for the Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Model Risk Officer, and Head of Internal Audit. Plug in the numbers you already know; the model uses industry benchmark rates ($250/hr internal, $450/hr Big-4 partner) and the actual Sovereign pricing from /pricing.

Your numbers

AI agents you operate

Across all business units. Each agent that touches a regulated decision.

Audit-prep hours per year (internal)

Compliance + IA team hours spent assembling evidence packs.

Auditor billed hours per year

Big-4 / external auditor partner-track hours billed to you.

Auditor Replay Seats

One seat per external auditor or regulator examiner. $50K/seat/yr.

Regulatory packs

CSRD · SR 11-7 · NERC CIP · 21 CFR Part 11 · FedRAMP. Avg $60K/pack/yr.

Your savings

Net savings per year

$346,612

ROI: 213%Payback: 3.8 months

Internal compliance time reclaimed (840 hrs @ $250/hr)

+$210,000

Auditor-billed hours reclaimed (220 hrs @ $450/hr)

+$99,000

Incident / drift penalty avoidance (8 agents × $25K)

+$200,000

Sovereign tier (Node, $2,388/yr)

-$2,388

2 Auditor Replay Seats × $50K

-$100,000

1 Regulatory Pack(s) × $60K

-$60,000

Gross savings - Sovereign cost

$346,612 / yr

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Methodology + assumptions

Internal time savings (70%): audit-bundle subscription (Cook 18 / 56) auto-assembles evidence packs that today require manual screenshot-stitching by compliance staff.
Auditor time savings (55%): the auditor verifies receipts in their own workpaper system via the Auditor Replay Seat — no PBC-list ping-pong, no rework of fragmented evidence.
Incident avoidance ($25K/agent): average regulatory penalty exposure per AI agent operating without cryptographic chain-of-custody (NERC CIP fines start at $1M/day; this is a conservative blended figure across the eight verticals).
Hourly rates: $250/hr internal compliance (industry midpoint), $450/hr Big-4 partner-track (Big-4 standard bill rate).
Excluded from this calculator: revenue upside from earlier procurement closes, brand-trust gains, and the regulator-as-customer opportunity if you become an industry-reference deployment.

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