Every growing business develops processes. Over time, however, processes can become inefficient, controls can weaken and responsibilities can become unclear.
Our Risk Advisory services help organisations identify vulnerabilities, strengthen internal controls and improve the way critical processes operate.
We provide risk-based internal audit support focused on:
- Understanding key business processes
- Identifying operational and financial risks
- Evaluating existing controls
- Testing selected controls
- Reporting observations and control gaps
- Following up on corrective actions
Risk-based internal audit and outsourced / co-sourced internal audit are established approaches within professional-services practices.
We assist with developing and reviewing Risk & Control Matrices (RCMs) to map:
RCMs, process narratives and control testing are commonly used in internal financial control and risk-management frameworks.
We can assist businesses in:
- Reviewing existing processes
- Developing or updating SOPs
- Documenting process flows
- Identifying process gaps
- Reviewing authority and approval structures
- Strengthening segregation of duties
- Recommending process improvements
Our work can also cover:
- Internal Financial Controls (IFC)
- Internal Controls for Financial Reporting (ICFR)
- Fraud-risk considerations
- Governance frameworks
- Review of specific business processes
Risk advisory should not create another layer of bureaucracy.
It should help management answer three questions: