Audit Advisory

Services

Advisory Services

We provide clients with professional advice and assurance on their controls and accounting systems all year round. We understand our clients' operations, their industry and the issues they face, and this enables us to provide them with relevant advice.

The combination of our specialists' skills, industry expertise and ongoing investment allows us to anticipate complex business problems for our clients and recommend preventative action. Our computerised audit approach and investment in technology enables us to deliver seamless global accounting and auditing services.

Deloitte member firm outsourcing engagements are recurring in nature and comprise the performance of all internal audit activities including the annual planning, execution of the annual plan, and reporting to management and the audit committee. Under an outsourcing arrangement, the client may or may not have a chief audit executive in place within their organisation.

Internal audit outsourcing

Deloitte offers a range of value-added advisory services to help you meet the demands of the various stakeholders that your organization is accountable to and to complement your existing team. With expert skills in financial reporting compliance, complex transactions and finance function optimization, our advisory services go beyond traditional assurance services.

Complex accounting

Deloitte assists organizations with new or complex accounting standard implementation, the accounting of non-routine transactions, and the evaluation of existing accounting practices for compliance or benchmarking purposes. We also provide financial statement preparation and regulatory assistance including the response to regulatory comment letters, advisory services in connection with the structuring and assessment of complex arrangements and transactions, and financial reporting training services.

Transaction advisory

When advising an organization on a contemplated transaction, we harness the power of our entire firm to provide consulting throughout the entire transaction lifecycle.  Our strengths are based on the potency and experience of our Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) team, a successful approach to divestiture tactical planning and execution, deep industry experience and our track record.

Finance

Leveraging Deloitte’s team of experienced professionals, we assist finance executives in assessing and refining their finance strategy and vision. We support the design and implement changes to their finance functions, processes and systems. By improving the overall value that finance brings to the organization, we can help prepare your business to respond to the inevitable changes and growing demands of the future.

Finance analytics

Deloitte’s finance analytics professionals help your organization to transform its data into meaningful insights that enable management to make informed strategic decisions. We combine systems and data experience, strong knowledge of regulatory requirements, experience in the needs of accounting and finance functions, and a deep understanding of the industry, process and operating environments to help develop end-to-end solutions. Deloitte helps your organization to improve process efficiencies to make better use of its collected data and to improve the quality and usability of its outputs. 

Our main service offerings

  • Statutory & International Audit
  • Financial Statement Transformation
  • Financial Reporting
  • Review of Accounting Systems and Internal Controls
  • Accounting Consultation
  • Training
  • Financial Due Diligence
  • Statutory & International Audit
  • Financial Statement Transformation
  • Financial Reporting
  • Review of Accounting Systems and Internal Controls
  • Accounting Consultation
  • Training
  • Financial Due Diligence
  • Audit Committee Services
  • Regulatory Consulting Services
  • Subject Matter Expertise sourcing represents specific individual engagements where the client requires Deloitte's specialist skills and knowledge to deliver internal audit services. Typically, Deloitte member firm professionals either conduct the entire project on behalf of the client or combine specialist resources with the client team to deliver the internal audit engagement.

    Internal audit expertise/SME sourcing

    The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing requires companies to conduct an independent quality assessment of their internal audit function at least once every five years.

    Internal audit effectiveness reviews (QARs)

    Internal audit transformation engagements represent assignments to assist an internal audit function evolve and transform to become more effective and deliver increased value. Areas of focus may include, but are not limited to, methodology, team matters, use of technology, and internal audit reporting. The buyer of these services may be the chief audit executive, management, or the audit committee of the board of directors.

    Internal audit transformation