Does your system of internal control help you to exploit your opportunities as well as manage the risks of doing the things you do?
Is it able to detect errors and fraud in sufficient time for you to take appropriate action?
Can you quantify the effectiveness of your controls?
Do you have just enough controls - not too many and not too few?
If the answer to any of these questions is "no", or you do not know, you need to talk to us.
Risk assessment: We will assess the structure of your internal control system and recommend areas for improvement. We will pay attention to the processes by which you establish, monitor and improve your system.
Design and implementation: Following the structural assessment, we can assist you to implement our recommendations. We can also assist you to design and implement a new internal control system from scratch. In short, we assist you in determining the scope and fitness of your Internal Control System such that it enables you to meet your business and regulatory requirements.

Assessing compliance may be simple, requiring a brief inspection to find out whether rules were followed or not. At the other extreme, it may require extensive research of statutory, regulatory and other requirements. Whatever the level of requirement, let us be there to assist you. Audits, in general, are also valuable in identifying areas for continuous improvement and planning.

A “Due Diligence” investigation is a careful and methodical investigation of an entity or person. It is done prior to doing business with them. It is appropriate for different types of partners and partnerings which include:

• Strategic Alliances, Joint Ventures, Strategic Partnerships.
• Business Partnerships and Alliances, Partnering Agreements, Business Coalitions.
• Just In Time Suppliers and Relationships, Sole Source Suppliers, Outsourcing Arrangements, Suppliers and Customers.
• Technology and Product Licensing, Joint Development Agreements, Technology Sharing and Cross Licensing Agreements.
• Business Partners, Affiliates, Franchisees and Franchisers.
• Value Added Remarketers and Resellers, Value Added Dealers, Distribution Relationships.

Our objective is to assist you in the effective discharge of your responsibilities and to monitor and promote effective control at reasonable cost. To this end, we furnish you with analyses, appraisals, recommendations, advice, and information concerning the activities reviewed. We also train your staff and share knowledge and experience with you.
To facilitate objectivity, independence is essential to an audit function. We would not accept an assignment if our independence was impaired in any way.

Since each forensic audit assignment is unique, the actualapproach adopted and the procedures performed will be specific to eachassignment. Therefore, there ‘s no standard fee as each assignment isunique. What we do is meet with the prospective client to know about theissues. We call this a scoping meeting. Thereafter we determine the skillsrequirements, costs involved and the timeframes. That’s when we can quote.If the quoted fee appears to be beyond the prospect’s budget and they reallyneed our services, we can discuss and revise the scope to meet their budget.

The procedures that we perform do not constitute a Financial Statement audit in terms of Generally Accepted Auditing Standards andaccordingly no audit opinion will be expressed, nor should such an opinion be inferred. Generally, below are the various standards and frameworks that our forensicaudit methodology is based on:
• ASTM E860 - Standard Practice for Examining and Preparing Items That Are or May Become Involved In • Criminal or Civil Litigation.
• ASTM E678 - Standard Practice for Evaluation of Scientific or Technical Data.
• COSO - Internal Control – Integrated Framework. • IIA Practice Advisory 2320-2 - Root Cause Analysis.
• IIA Practice Advisory 2130-1 - Assessing the Adequacy of Control Processes.
• IIA Practice Advisory 2130.A1-1 – Information Reliability and Integrity.
• ISRS 4400 - International Standard on Related Services applicable to agreed-upon procedures engagement.
• ISA 330 - Understanding the Entity and Its Environment and Assessingthe Risks of Material Misstatement.
• ISQC1 - International Standard on Quality Control 1.
• Certified Fraud Examiners Code of Professional Standards as well as the Code of Professional Standards of the Professional Associations to which our staff members fall under.