Despite the advancements in technology, auditors still spend a significant amount of time performing repetitive and rule-based tasks. Our paper examines various audit scenarios within four accounting firms and discusses the potential for robotic process automation (RPA) to improve the efficiency and accuracy of these tasks. We propose and implement RPA-enabled solutions to make various procedures more efficient and effective. These anecdotes were based on our consultancy experiences with auditors from a group of Big 4 and mid-sized accounting firms. We present four practical business process scenarios and the prototyped RPA solutions. In each scenario, we explain our automation strategies and the duration of development. We also describe the implementation benefits and challenges, as well as analyze how we have helped the accounting firms automate their real-world audit tasks by providing the as-is and to-be Business Process Model and Notation that one can extend for future RPA development. Finally, we discuss the future challenges and opportunities regarding the broader implementation of RPA in accounting and audit tasks.

尽管技术取得了进步，审计员仍然花费大量时间执行重复性和基于规则的任务。我们的论文研究了四家会计师事务所的各种审计场景，并讨论了机器人流程自动化 (RPA) 在提高这些任务的效率和准确性方面的潜力。我们提出并实施支持 RPA 的解决方案，以使各种程序更加高效和有效。这些轶事是基于我们对来自四大和中型会计师事务所的审计师的咨询经验。我们提出了四种实用的业务流程场景和原型 RPA 解决方案。在每个场景中，我们都会解释我们的自动化策略和开发持续时间。我们还描述了实施的好处和挑战，可以为未来 RPA 开发进行扩展的现有和未来的业务流程模型和符号。最后，我们讨论了在会计和审计任务中更广泛实施 RPA 的未来挑战和机遇。