Private company audits

Driving value beyond the audit


Private companies navigate the complex demands of today’s business environment while facing increased expectations from industry regulators, stakeholders, and competitors.

A high-quality audit supports compliance and enhances stakeholder confidence—both critical to long-term success. By leveraging technology and tailoring the audit process to reflect your industry, business model, and specific challenges, we provide valuable insights that go beyond financial reporting. An experienced audit team brings a broad range of capabilities and a deep understanding of your operations and market.

Throughout the audit we uncover opportunities to improve business operations. The full strength of our firm allows us to identify tax-saving opportunities, supply chain bottlenecks, and process inefficiencies, among other value-driving opportunities. We can provide actionable recommendations that support stronger margins and long-term performance improvement.

Businesses we service

Private equity-backed

Venture capital-backed

Startup

Family-owned

Public company carveout

Public company statutory

What sets us apart

  • Top-tier technical accounting experience with the nimbleness needed to deliver efficient, right-sized audits for private companies
  • Bench of cross-functional subject matter specialists to deliver tailored insights and a deep understanding of industry and operating environments
  • Breadth of additional service offerings, including M&A, tax, forensics, supply chain, digital transformation, and more, helping to uncover opportunities and to address unique challenges
  • Technology-driven efficiencies that streamline the audit process and provide more accurate, timely information for better decision-making
  • Long-term growth by ensuring audit quality and offering valuable perspectives to help manage risk and inform strategy
  • Transparency and assurance with investors, regulators, and business partners

Big-firm experience, private-company agility

Our approach

Experience

Our team is well trained and has significant experience successfully  planning and executing  financial statement audits.

Innovation

We perform organization-specific risk assessments to develop customized project and audit plans for each client.

Integration

Our cloud-based platforms allow for seamless interaction with clients, streamlining communication and optimizing the document-sharing process.

Scale

We design our audits to be  scalable, yet risk-adjusted to each client by leveraging technology and our professional experience.

Driving change for a smooth and successful audit


Audits often present challenges, including in relation to (i) establishing effective communication channels between and among the audit team and internal stakeholders, (ii) addressing internal control weaknesses, (iii) meeting expectations, and (iv) coordinating information-gathering efforts that result in delays and errors. 

Overcoming these difficulties requires proactive cooperation between us, management, and third parties. We will ensure diligent planning, effective resource allocation, and robust, agile project management practices throughout our audit efforts.  

Our team is comprised largely of professionals with significant experience working through a variety of audit scenarios in both auditor and advisor capacities at large, global firms.  We are equipped to provide ongoing support and to minimize challenges and delays.


Elements of a successful audit strategy

Enhanced audit risk assessments

Use technology and experience to develop customized risk assessments to provide more dynamic, real-time evaluations of audit risks, and enhanced audit quality

Governance & internal controls

Understand and evaluate internal controls and governance to ensure compliance with funding or regulatory requirements and where appropriate, suggest enhancements

Focus on quality and compliance

Maintaining rigorous quality standards and meeting regulatory requirements are essential to ensure credibility and stakeholder confidence in the audit

Coordination & communication

Develop an audit schedule outlining key milestones, responsibilities and timelines and establish lines of communication between the audit team and client personnel

Staffing

Ensure staff are appropriately trained and supervised to ensure quality and adherence to deadlines

Continuous improvement

Monitor and evaluate audit processes to enhance audits and ensure audit objectives are met