ACL Services Ltd. is a software technology company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that provides governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) software. Their flagship analytics products have been referred to as one of "the most widely used" data extraction tools.
In 2018, ACL was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc.
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History
In 1972, Hartmut J. Will developed ACL, which stands for "Audit Command Language", for data bank and model bank audits while working in the Faculty of Commerce's Division of Accounting at the University of British Columbia. The audit command language program designed by Will became the first interactive audit software.
In 9187, Will and his son, Harald Will, launched the commercial business ACL Services Ltd. in Vancouver, BC. Harald Will led grew the company to the world's leading audit analytics software company.
In 2011, Harald Will invited Laurie Schultz to assume the role of President and CEO of ACL.
Also in 2011, ACL expanded into the electronic work papers market with the acquisition of Workpapers.com. The acquisition signaled the shift by the company towards a cloud, SaaS business model.
ACL acquired digital design firm Artletic LLC in 2015.
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Products
ACL Analytics is a data extraction and analysis software used for fraud detection & prevention, and risk management. By sampling large data sets, ACL data analysis software is used to find irregularities or patterns in transactions that could indicate control weaknesses or fraud.
ACL Data-Driven GRC is a cloud-based audit, risk, and compliance management platform that does not rely on third-party vendors and is hosted on Amazon's infrastructure.
References
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- McCafferty, Dennis (14 January 2010). "U.S. Military Looks to Better Control Costs with Business Analytics, Better BI". Smarter Technology. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- Krell, Eric (16 November 2009). "Your Internal Audit's Vital Signs". Business Finance Magazine. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- McCann, David (10 November 2009). "Doing the Internal Audit-Management Dance". CFO.com. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- Kelly, Susan (2 November 2009). "Monitoring the Monitors". Treasury & Risk. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- McCann, David (18 September 2009). "Internal Audit: The Continuous Conundrum". CFO. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- Baker, Neil (August 2009). "Software Trend Spotting". Internal Auditor. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- McCann, David; Stuart, Alix (15 July 2009). "The 24/7 Audit". CFO Magazine. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- Krell, Eric (14 July 2009). "Monitoring Matters". Business Finance Magazine. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ACL wins best application of technology at BCTIA's annual Technology Impact Awards (TechVibes)
External links
- Official Website
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