SmartSuite for the Compliance Analyst
The Compliance Analyst performs compliance assessments, collects and evaluates evidence, executes control tests, documents results and prepares reporting. They do the detailed work that keeps the compliance programme evidenced and the findings log current.
What you own
- Perform compliance assessments against mapped requirements
- Evaluate evidence submissions for completeness and accuracy
- Execute control tests and record results
- Log findings and track remediation activities
- Maintain the obligations and control library data
- Prepare compliance reports and dashboards
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accountable for the process
Touches
contributes or approves
Depends on
consumes its output
How SmartSuite helps, suite by suite
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How they use the Compliance Management suite
Evidence review
Evaluates submissions for completeness and accuracy.
Testing execution
Conducts control tests and records results.
Issue logging
Documents findings and tracks remediation activities.
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How SmartSuite supports this role
Compliance management. Streamlines assessments with templates and workflows, evaluating submissions for completeness and recording control test results in one place.
Issues and actions. Documents findings and tracks remediation activities with automated reminders to owners.
Reporting. Prepares compliance dashboards and status reports from assessment and testing data.
Industry reference
ISO 37301:2021 and ISACA guidance set the standard the analyst works to: documented test procedures, evidence that is complete and dated, and findings logged with owners. Audit standards such as the AICPA's Trust Services Criteria define what evidence an assessor will accept.
The frameworks under test vary by sector: HIPAA safeguards in healthcare, FFIEC and NYDFS requirements in financial services, NIST SP 800-53 controls in the public sector, and SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI DSS 4.0 in technology. In each, the analyst's workpapers are what the external assessor samples.
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