BDO partners with Kingland to Transform Global Conflict & Independence Checking

Written by Kingland | Aug 31, 2026, 1:31:41 PM

Kingland Systems (“Kingland”), a leading enterprise data, risk and independence solution provider to the public accounting profession, and BDO, the global professional services network, announced their continued collaboration to further expand Kingland’s technology solutions and to enhance BDO’s client hierarchy management, restriction list management, conflict, and independence checking processes.

“We are excited to partner with BDO in helping us enhance our technology solutions while supporting BDO with rolling out Kingland’s solutions to capture and manage affiliate relationships, track client restrictions, and evaluate service opportunities for independence and conflict consideration across the globe.” said Alex Olson, EVP and Partner at Kingland.

Tracey-Lee Massey, Head of Ethics & Independence for BDO’s Global Office, commented, “With Kingland’s innovative technology we have enhanced our ability to streamline complex regulatory processes and improve efficiency across the BDO network .”

For more information about Kingland’s solutions, visit: Public Accounting | Kingland

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About Kingland
Kingland is a leading provider of regulatory-grade software solutions, supporting global financial institutions, public accounting firms and other highly regulated entities with critical transformation processes. Since 1992, Kingland has helped data-intensive, highly regulated clients discover new ways to grow securely and protect their reputation.

In the increasingly complex regulatory environment facing global accounting networks, Kingland’s software offers these key advantages:

Meet Regulatory Obligations: Kingland’s solution enables clients to maintain accurate, up-to-date entity relationship data, execute automated regulatory rulesets, and meet regulatory obligations across jurisdictions.
Dynamic Decision Making: With configurable workflows and dynamic routing, Kingland’s solution enables cross-border teams to quickly determine if conflicts or threats to independence exist with new clients or services.
Operational Efficiency: the integration of Kingland’s conflict & independence checking solution into the client and affiliate management solution, results in a unified and automated system which reduces operational cost, risk, and administrative burden.

Note to Editors About BDO  

The BDO network (referred to as the ‘BDO network’) is an international network of independent public accounting, tax and advisory firms which are members of BDO International Limited and perform professional services under the name and style of BDO (hereafter: ‘BDO member firms’). BDO International Limited is a UK company limited by guarantee. It is the governing entity of the BDO network. 
Service provision within the BDO network is coordinated by Brussels Worldwide Services BV, a limited liability company incorporated in Belgium. 

Each of BDO International Limited, Brussels Worldwide Services BV and the BDO member firms is a separate legal entity and has no liability for another entity’s acts or omissions. Nothing in the arrangements or rules of the BDO network shall constitute or imply an agency relationship or a partnership between BDO International Limited, Brussels Worldwide Services BV and/or the BDO member firms. Neither BDO International Limited nor any other central entities of the BDO network provide services to clients. 

BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO member firms. 

The fee income of the BDO network was US$10.8 billion (€9.7 billion) in 2025. Member firms provide public accounting, tax and advisory services across 170 countries and territories, with over 94,900 people and 870 offices worldwide. 

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