A useful audit does two things: it stands behind the accounts, and it tells you whether the systems that produced them are actually under control.
An audit that only produces a signed opinion has missed half the point. We test the statements and the systems that produced them, then we tell management what would fail a second pair of eyes — including their own board’s.
The team works to IFRS and, where the entity requires it, IPSAS. Training is available when the finance function needs to raise the standard, not as a productised workshop. Engagements are deployed nationwide, with files built to survive a regulator or a lender’s reviewer.
Who this is for
- Companies that need an independent opinion on the financial statements
- Boards that also want to know whether the systems that produced the numbers are under control
- Entities reporting under IFRS or, where required, IPSAS
What is included
- Financial statement audits — IFRS and other applicable frameworks, with an opinion stakeholders can use
- Internal audit — controls, process improvement and risk — including ICFR where the entity must attest
- Risk assurance — enterprise risk, IT risk and compliance audits
- Regulatory compliance audits — federal, state and industry rules, so penalties are not a surprise
- Due diligence — financial due diligence for mergers, acquisitions and investments
- Forensic accounting and investigations — fraud, irregularities and disputed transactions
- Grant and contract compliance — audits for donors, funders and contracting authorities
- Sustainability and ESG assurance — independent review of sustainability reports and disclosures
- Agreed-upon procedures — targeted independent checks where a full audit is not the brief
- IFRS and IPSAS reporting — corporate and public-sector reporting improvement, with training
How the work runs
Every engagement follows the same four steps: listen, scope in writing, do the work, stand behind it. The calendar and the named partner are in the letter — not in a follow-up email that never comes.
Questions we are asked
- Do you only sign an opinion?
- An opinion is the minimum. We also report the control weaknesses we find, in writing, to management and the board.
- Can you train the finance team as well?
- Yes, when the function needs to raise the standard. It is scoped as part of the engagement, not a productised workshop.
- Do you do due diligence and forensic work?
- Yes. Financial due diligence for acquisitions and investments, forensic accounting and investigations, and grant and contract compliance audits sit within audit and assurance.
- What are agreed-upon procedures?
- A targeted engagement where we perform specific checks agreed with you — for example on a grant, a covenant or a set of transactions — and report the findings, without giving a full audit opinion.