Our work will bring invaluable confidence and credibility to your organization’s customers/clients,stakeholders, investors and lenders
In both challenging and favourable economic conditions, organizations strive to be smart, nimble, creative, and forward-thinking. SA & Co brings a business mindset combined with deep technical knowledge and extensive industry experience to assist clients to address business issues across the broad spectrum of accounting, financial instrument valuation, security and privacy, governance, process improvement, data analytics and risk advisory disciplines.
SA & Co’s Audit & Enterprise Risk Services help organizations build value by taking a Risk Intelligent approach to managing financial, technology and business risks. This approach helps our clients focus on their areas of increased risk, bridge silos to effectively manage risk across organizational boundaries, and seek not only to risk mitigation but also pursue intelligent risk-taking as a means to value creation.
Our Audit and Enterprise Risk Services covers:
Financial Statement & Internal Control Audit services provide audits and reviews of financial statements and reporting on internal controls in accordance with applicable professional standards. Our audits are planned to be responsive to our assessment of the risk of material misstatement based on the understanding we gain of the organization and its environment, including its internal control. We utilize this understanding to design the nature, timing, and extent of our audit procedures while maintaining an objective and independent attitude. We also strive to provide timely communications regarding professional developments and insights regarding matters that may affect the organization’s business.
We do the following:
- Accounting Standards and Communication:
To help organizations stay informed about the latest developments within the accounting profession, we offer a variety of information resources on accounting standards, financial reporting, regulatory updates, and technical trends. Our experienced professionals are distinguished in the accounting profession. - Statutory Audit
SA & Co Audit services provide audits and reviews of financial statements and reporting on internal controls in accordance with applicable professional standards. Our audits are planned to be responsive to our assessment of the risk of material misstatement based on the understanding we gain of the organization and its environment, including its internal control. We utilize this understanding to design the nature, timing, and extent of our audit procedures. We work closely with organizations, while maintaining an objective and independent attitude, and encourage open communication during the course of our services. We also strive to provide timely communications regarding professional developments and insights regarding matters that may affect an organization’s business. -
Employees Benefits Plan Audit
Employee benefit plans are subject to specialized financial, operational and regulatory requirements. Generally, federal law requires employee benefit plans with 100 or more participants to have an audit as part of their obligation to file an annual return. We have extensive experience auditing benefit plans for organizations of all sizes that are both privately owned and publicly traded. We are committed to delivering high-quality employee benefit plan audits. - International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS):
Most global organizations are already dealing with IFRS filing requirements related to international operations and subsidiaries. As those requirements expand to include Nigeria operations, early choices will have a big impact on the speed and quality of transitions. It helps to work with a team that’s been there before. We understand the practical issues around IFRS from both the local and global perspective.
Our experienced teams work with organizations to help them address IFRS in a comprehensive way —from information technology (IT) systems to taxes to valuation, the entire ITRS spectrum. Using this multi-functional approach, we help businesses prepare for and carry out IFRS conversions by providing support with technical accounting research, training and communication, project management, systems migration and more. - Venture Capital Audit:
Venture-backed and growth-oriented companies are the next generation of market leaders and face unique business challenges. We can provide end-to-end solutions to help these organizations optimize performance, manage and strategize on key early-stage company issues, and prepare for liquidity events.
Marketplace developments in recent years have focused an intense spotlight on the finance, compliance, and operations functions and the areas within an organization that they influence. Finance Operations & Controls Transformation (FO&CT) services focus on assessing, testing, and assisting organizations in improving processes and controls, transforming the way clients effectively address business, technology, and financial statement risk. Our services help organizations improve business performance by increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of functions closely linked to the financial statements and the related internal controls.
Transparency, timeliness, and accuracy in financial reporting are considered essential attributes in business and reports are closely scrutinized by investors, analysts, and regulators alike. Financial Accounting & Reporting Services (FARS) assist organizations with their efforts to meet financial reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial statements and regulatory filings, and the application and implementation of complex accounting standards (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards).
The complexity, diversity, and proliferation of financial instruments in recent years have intensified the demand for services relating to their valuation. Financial Instrument Valuation & Securitization (FIV&S) services assist organizations with developing their policies, processes, and capability to value all types of financial instruments, including complex derivatives, securities, commodities, and other investment products. We also provide due diligence, analytics, cash flow modelling, and other consultation related to securitization transactions.
Increasingly, many organizations are realizing the need to address the business risks that threaten strategic objectives around growth and profitability. At the same time, executives recognize the importance of implementing good governance practices to facilitate compliance with challenging and changing regulations. Governance, Regulatory & Risk Strategies (GR&R) provides consultative services to organizations and their boards that are designed to enhance effective management of their business, technology and financial risks on a sustained basis. We assist organizations in enterprise-wide risk assessment and help develop a sustainable compliance and risk management program by helping organizations coordinate the utilization of people, process and technology to improve effectiveness and help manage costs.
In both favourable and challenging economic environments, an organization’s need for counsel, competency, and analytical skill remains high.SA & Co’s Internal Audit Transformation (IAT) services help boards and senior executives better manage enterprise risks by helping organizations enhance the effectiveness, quality, and value received from internal audit (IA). Our broad understanding of risks and areas of operational improvement – particularly the nuances of specific industry sectors and markets – can help internal audit functions improve their performance and operating efficiency and bring value to their organizations.
Most executives go into an M&A deal confident they will be successful. But research tells a different story. About half of acquisitions, mergers and divestitures deteriorate—rather than build—shareholder value. What makes for successful deals? Is it the experience of the team? Bench-strength? Financial acumen? Discipline? The answer is all of the above.
We have qualified professionals around in our firm to help deliver that kind of unique support to meet the needs of our clients every day. Our global capability allows us to guide companies through cross-border deals with an understanding of local culture and business environments. Our multi-functional teams offer comprehensive and strategically focused tax, accounting, consulting and advisory services covering more than 20 industry sectors.
Security, privacy, and operational resilience are critical issues facing both public and private organizations today. Security & Privacy (S&P) services help organizations in their management of information and technology risks by delivering end-to-end solutions, using proven methodologies and tools in a consistent manner. Our services help organizations address timely and pervasive issues such as identity theft, data security breaches, data leakage, cybersecurity, and system outages across organizations of various sizes and industries, with the goal of enabling ongoing, secure, and reliable operations across the enterprise.