Audit Outsourcing That Works Within Your Framework
Flexible delivery capacity embedded into your teams to support documentation, testing, and completion
Dedicated delivery support for audit firms and practitioners
Audit practices face increasing demands around quality, documentation, timelines, and staffing especially during busy season and for complex engagements. We provide experienced audit professionals through a professional secondment model, giving you flexible, embedded delivery capacity that integrates seamlessly with your teams and methodology.
We support audit teams by organising, preparing, and processing information in line with their requirements. We operate within your methodology, templates, and documentation standards, and support can be delivered remotely or on-site where required, with clear work allocation, tracking, and coordination.
industry expertise
flexible support models
practical hands on approach
backed by experienced professionals
What we can do for you
Audit planning and risk assessment support
Through seconded audit professionals we help keep planning and risk assessment on track by supporting your documentation and workpapers, including:
- Drafting and maintaining engagement timetables, PBC lists, and request trackers
- Preparing and updating planning documentation
- Supporting risk assessment documentation, including understanding the entity and walkthrough support
- Drafting risks / key audit matter documentation for review (where applicable)
Fieldwork execution and testing support
We support audit teams through substantive and controls testing, including:
- Preparing lead schedules, roll forwards, and audit-ready reconciliations
- Executing substantive testing support (sampling schedules, tie-outs, recalculations)
- Supporting controls testing and walkthrough documentation (where in scope)
- Completing disclosures and financial statement tie-outs to supporting evidence
Audit file preparation and documentation
We help strengthen file quality by organising documentation and ensuring evidence is complete, traceable, and easy to review, including:
- Maintaining a well-structured audit file aligned to firm’s methodology
- Preparing workpapers with consistent cross-referencing and clear conclusions
- Managing evidence collection and ensuring documentation supports work performed
- Supporting internal quality expectations by keeping workpapers review-ready
Audit request coordination and response management
We support streamlining communication, so queries are tracked, answered, and closed efficiently, including:
- Managing audit request trackers and coordinating information flows with clients
- Drafting responses to review points for manager/partner sign-off
- Coordinating with client finance teams, group reporting teams, and shared service centres
- Supporting scheduling and logistics for meetings, walkthroughs, and close calls
Specialist coordination
Where specialist input is required, we help keep dependencies moving, including:
- Coordinating with tax specialists, valuation teams, IT audit, and other experts engaged
- Tracking specialist requests and deliverables against the audit timetable
- Ensuring specialist outputs are filed and referenced appropriately for review
Completion and opinion support
We support a controlled close by embedding experienced resource to help bring the file together for final review and partner sign-off, including:
- Preparing completion checklists and final file readiness reviews
- Supporting subsequent events documentation and final analytical review packs
- Assisting with completion memo drafting support (for review)
- Tracking final review points and supporting clearance
How we strengthen your operating model
High performing audit practices focus on consistent delivery quality, strong file discipline, efficient fieldwork execution, and the ability to scale resourcing during peak periods. Our audit support services through our professional secondment model align to these outcomes:
Why audit practices partner with us
Scale experienced delivery capacity quickly during busy season without disrupting firm’s methodology
Improve audit file quality and consistency with controlled, repeatable workpaper production
Reduce delivery risk and protect deadlines through proactive tracking and query management
Operate within firm’s templates, tools, and confidentiality requirements
Free up managers and partners to focus on judgement, review, and client leadership
Important Note:
All work is performed based on instructions from the audit firm and is subject to their direction, supervision, and review. The audit firm retains full responsibility for all audit work, decisions, and opinions.
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FAQs
Do you sign audit opinions or act as the auditor of record?
No. We do not sign audit opinions. We provide delivery support to audit firms and practitioners so they can execute audits efficiently and consistently.
How do you integrate into our methodology and tools?
Our professionals integrate directly into your team through a secondment-style model, working within your existing approach, templates, and file structure. They align fully to your methodology, documentation standards, and internal processes, operating within your chosen systems and tools while adhering to your confidentiality and control requirements.
Can you support peak busy season or short-notice resourcing gaps?
Yes. We provide scalable capacity for busy season, deadline-driven engagements, staff shortages, and unexpected absences, either across multiple engagements or to reinforce specific teams.
What parts of the audit cycle can you support?
We can support planning, risk assessment documentation, fieldwork/testing workpapers, audit file organization, query tracking, specialist coordination, and completion/close support. Always under your direction and review.
How do you handle confidentiality and independence considerations?
We follow strict confidentiality practices and work within the independence and conflict checks required by the engaging audit firm. We operate as an outsourced delivery resource under your supervision and policies.
