Case Study: Party City achieves 40% reduction in administrative hours with AuditBoard

How Party City Streamlined Workflow to Reduce Admin Hours by 40%

Party City, the largest party retailer in the U.S. with more than 850 stores, faced a chaotic, manual SOX and internal audit process driven by spreadsheets, emails, SharePoint, and ad hoc tools that caused version-control issues, heavy administrative overhead, and difficulty coordinating with stakeholders. To create a single source of truth and automate workflows, Party City turned to AuditBoard (starting with SOXHUB and later adding RiskOversight and OpsAudit).

Using AuditBoard to centralize testing, automate document requests, and give external auditors direct access, Party City cut administrative hours by 30–40%, reduced audit fatigue and internal back-and-forth, and sped up status reporting. AuditBoard’s integrated workflow freed the audit team to focus on higher-value SOX testing and more targeted, detailed reviews, delivering measurable time savings and improved governance.

Party City

Adam Tuchman

Senior Manager of Internal Audit