Assurance

External Auditing & Review

Comprehensive audit and assurance services ensuring compliance and financial integrity.

Service Overview

External Auditing & Review

Our external auditing services provide independent, objective assessments of your financial statements and internal controls. We deliver insights that enhance transparency and build stakeholder confidence.

What We Deliver

Statutory and regulatory audit services aligned with IFRS and Saudi standards
Independent review engagements for special purposes and lending institutions
Agreed-upon procedures for specific financial assertions
Audit quality management and control frameworks
Fraud risk assessment and detection procedures
Going concern evaluations and sustainability reporting assurance
Our Methodology

Our Approach

A structured, proven methodology that delivers consistent quality across every engagement.

01

Engagement Planning

We assess inherent risks, materiality thresholds, and your reporting environment to build a focused audit plan aligned with ISA and IFRS.

02

Risk Assessment

Our team identifies key financial statement risk areas and designs targeted audit procedures to address each risk effectively.

03

Fieldwork & Testing

We execute substantive procedures, test internal controls, and gather sufficient appropriate audit evidence across all material line items.

04

Review & Reporting

Senior partners review all workpapers and draft the audit opinion, management letter, and communications to those charged with governance.

05

Delivery & Support

We issue signed financial statements, present findings to the board or audit committee, and remain available for any follow-up queries.

Client Work

Case Studies

Real engagements, real outcomes — demonstrating our impact in the Saudi market.

SAR 120M
Financing secured
Retail & Consumer

Streamlining External Audit for a Multi-Entity Retail Group

Challenge

A multi-entity retail group with 5 subsidiaries needed consolidated IFRS-compliant audited financials to support a major financing round — under a tight 8-week deadline.

Our Solution

We deployed a dedicated risk-based audit team across all entities simultaneously, implementing IFRS-compliant reporting frameworks and coordinating directly with the financing bank's requirements.

Results
  • Clean audit opinion across all 5 entities
  • Delivered 40% faster than industry average
  • SAR 120M financing round successfully secured
  • Internal control improvements documented
Industry Expertise

Industries We Serve

Deep sector knowledge across the industries that drive the Saudi economy.

Banking & Financial Services
Real Estate & Construction
Retail & Consumer Goods
Manufacturing & Industry
Healthcare
Energy & Utilities
Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the questions we hear most often about this service.

We apply IFRS as adopted in Saudi Arabia, alongside ISA (International Standards on Auditing) and all applicable ZATCA and SOCPA requirements.

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