Audit & Assurance

Today’s financial services environment is the subject of increasingly rigorous governance, accounting and regulatory requirements. In the light of this, we provide a truly robust and independent service to undertake external audits with a defined, industry-specific audit approach that is specifically tailored to the relevant sector.

Our audit approach combines rigorous standards of professional independence and objectivity, with a methodology that focuses on critical risk areas and brings together our technical expertise with a detailed knowledge of your organisation and the financial services industry.

We offer expertise and forthright advice in the following areas:

• statutory audits financial projections reviews (including Part IV applications)
• review of corporate governance arrangements, including quality assurance over remediation programmes
• regulatory annual financial returns
• review engagements
• training programmes
• IFRS/FRS valuations.

We also offer internal audit services either through an outsourcing relationship or via joint-sourcing initiative and we work to give all of our clients the peace of mind to focus on their commercial objectives.  We can assess and test IT systems and related controls in support of SAS70 reporting and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and can offer expertise and forthright advice in the area of AAF01/06 internal controls reports.

For further details, please contact one of the following: Marcus Swales, Partner, on +44 (0)20 7865 2320 or email to marcus.swales@gtuk.com; Julian Bartlett, Partner, on +44 (0)20 7865 2327 or email to julian.bartlett@gtuk.com; Paul Flatley, Partner, on +44 (0)20 7728 2779 or e-mail to paul.flatley@gtuk.com

Click here to see our wider Audit & Assurance services for clients outside the Financial Services industry.

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