What we prepare
- Audit workpapers, including substantive procedures: tests of details on samples you select or that we select to your methodology, vouching to invoices, contracts, bank statements and other evidence, with exceptions documented for your reviewer.
- Lead schedules for each financial statement area, tied to the trial balance.
- Tie-outs and roll-forwards: fixed assets, debt, equity, prepaid and accrued balances.
- PBC tracking: a single request list with owners, due dates and status, and follow-up with the client if you want us to do it.
- Analytics: year-on-year comparisons and ratio analysis with explanations to investigate.
- Supporting schedules for review engagements and compilations.
- Draft financial statements and notes under US GAAP, SFRS or IFRS, for your review.
- Confirmations: bank, receivable, payable and legal confirmation requests prepared, sent where you ask us to, and tracked to response.
For companies being audited
Companies use us to get ready for their own statutory or investor audit: we prepare the PBC list items and supporting schedules, compile documents, reconcile balances to the trial balance, and handle the auditors’ queries with you until sign-off, so your finance team is not pulled away for weeks.
How we fit into your engagement
- Your engagement team sets the scope and sends the trial balance, prior-year file and PBC list.
- We prepare schedules and track PBC items, marking each schedule with preparer and date.
- A senior on our side reviews before hand-off.
- Your team reviews, raises notes, and we clear them.
See our PBC request list and lead schedule guides.
Frequently asked questions
Do you sign audit opinions or act as the auditor?
No. We support your engagement team with preparation work. Planning, risk assessment, judgements, review and the opinion stay with your firm.
Which audit software can you work in?
We work in the workpaper and file-sharing tools your firm uses, with named logins. Tell us your tools on the scope call.
Can you help with independence requirements?
We work under your firm's direction and do not provide services to your audit clients directly. Your firm should check how its own independence rules treat the use of an outside service provider. Our guide on client confidentiality covers the related questions.
Can a US CPA review the work?
Yes, where an engagement needs it. Iqbal Singh Grover, a licensed CPA (USA) and FCA, reviews US work case by case.
General information only, not legal, tax, audit or professional-conduct advice. Rules, standards and software features change, so confirm the position that applies to your firm before you act. See our disclaimer.
