What compliance risks remain after VIM goes live?

VIM automates audit trails, approval documentation, and workflow enforcement, but several compliance risks need ongoing ownership after deployment. Vendor due diligence and know-your-customer checks still require oversight, especially when you onboard suppliers across multiple jurisdictions. Master-data integrity needs regular review, because inaccurate vendor records raise the risk of duplicate payments, incorrect tax reporting, and audit findings no matter how well the workflow runs.

Capture accuracy drifts if the system is not maintained, since vendors change invoice layouts over time, and uncorrected extraction errors can flow into postings. Country-specific requirements, including e-invoicing mandates, tax retention rules, and document format standards, change on their own schedule, so the VIM configuration needs periodic updates to stay current. Watch for process workarounds as well: manual journal entries or off-system approvals that bypass VIM undermine the governance controls the system exists to enforce, and they tend to appear quietly wherever the configured process no longer fits how a team works. Treat that as a signal to revisit the design rather than as a discipline problem. A scheduled optimization review every 6 to 12 months is the practical mechanism for catching all of these before an auditor does.