What challenges did KPMG face before AI implementation?

Traditional audits relied on sampling and manual documentation, which limited speed and accuracy as financial complexity and regulatory requirements grew. KPMG needed a global audit platform that could scale securely across jurisdictions while maintaining compliance, trust, and audit quality.

What was the impact of the AI solution?

Whole-dataset analysis replaces traditional sampling, improving audit accuracy and surfacing hidden risks. Audit walkthroughs are faster, and routine tasks are automated, improving auditor productivity. The platform supports 95,000 auditors across more than 140 countries.

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KPMG: KPMG Clara AI agentic audit platform on Azure

Use case typeDocument automationUpdated Jun 13, 2026

KPMG International modernized its global audit process with KPMG Clara AI, a cloud-based smart audit platform used across member firms worldwide. The platform analyzes whole datasets instead of relying on sampling, automates documentation and substantive audit procedures, and grounds agents in enterprise data for compliant, secure use across regulated jurisdictions. KPMG built the solution on Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models, Azure AI Content Understanding, Azure App Service, Azure Cosmos DB, and the Microsoft Agent Framework.

Organization: KPMG
Industry: Professional Services
Location: United Kingdom
Published: June 2026

Reported outcomes

Strategic outcomes

New product / capabilityModernized global audit processBetter decisions & insightWhole-dataset analysis improves audit accuracySpeed & agilityAutomated routine audit activitiesScale & capacitySupports auditors across many countries

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Traditional audits relied on sampling and manual documentation, which limited speed and accuracy as financial complexity and regulatory requirements grew.
KPMG needed a global audit platform that could scale securely across jurisdictions while maintaining compliance, trust, and audit quality.

KPMG created KPMG Clara AI on Azure to modernize the audit process globally.
The solution uses Azure AI Search for retrieval-augmented generation grounded in enterprise data, Azure AI Content Understanding to extract document attributes, and Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models for reasoning.
The platform runs on Azure App Service and Azure Cosmos DB, and is aligned with the Microsoft Agent Framework for orchestrating custom agents and planned Azure AI Foundry Agent Service adoption.
The system automates routine audit activities such as reconciliation, transaction testing, documentation review, and walkthrough narratives.

Technologies

Microsoft Foundry Azure AI Search Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models Azure AI Content Understanding Microsoft Agent Framework Azure App Service Azure Cosmos DB

Whole-dataset analysis replaces traditional sampling, improving audit accuracy and surfacing hidden risks.
Audit walkthroughs are faster, and routine tasks are automated, improving auditor productivity.
The platform supports 95,000 auditors across more than 140 countries.

Architecture

KPMG Clara AI is a cloud-based smart audit platform built on Azure AI Foundry, Azure App Service, and Azure Cosmos DB. It uses Azure AI Search for RAG-style grounding, Azure AI Content Understanding for document extraction, Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models for reasoning, and the Microsoft Agent Framework for agent orchestration. Azure AI Foundry Agent Service is planned for the next version.

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Groundedness: 5/5Type: Customer StoryPublished: Jun 8, 2026Publisher: MicrosoftEvidence: PrimaryConfidence: High

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