Financial outsourcing is a strategy to improve operational efficiency, maximize budgets and optimize companies' time
Growing regulatory demands and market pressures require organizations to provide independent, transparent, and objective assessments and support on the effectiveness of their internal controls and risk mitigation.
With internal audit functions, businesses are provided with more than compliance services, but mainly insights that add value, in an efficient, integrated way, and always aligned with the organization's strategies and objectives.
Our team of experts works collaboratively to transform the traditional areas of internal audit into strategic business functions, providing risk assessments that identify inefficiencies and gaps against best market practices, as well as opportunities for improvement and recommendations aimed at optimizing performance. technology and resources, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
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Our methodology is pragmatic, risk-based and meets the global requirements of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). Our Outsourcing and Co-sourcing models and solutions are designed to help transform your audit function, as well as every step of the internal audit execution cycle.
- Implementation of an audit committee
- Definition of the annual review plan
- Plan execution
- Delivery of results to executives
MODELS AND SOLUTIONS
Outsourcing
Our outsourcing approach aims to work with your Board and Audit Committee to plan and deliver a work schedule designed to provide comprehensive coverage of your most significant risks. The approach is flexible and can be adapted to meet the specific needs of our clients, without losing independence, objectivity, and strength.
- Access to experts to provide practical knowledge in all aspects of your business
- Faster access to company goals
- Ability to benchmark and share best practices across diverse industries and sectors
- Fully independent, maintaining a close working relationship with the business, whilst providing an adequate level of impartiality and independence befitting the third line of defense
- Flexibility, economy, and robustness of risk management procedures, together with quality control processes under a practical methodology
- Grant Thornton, acting as a third party, is responsible for the methodology, quality, and management of audit planning, performing fieldwork and reporting to the Audit Committee, allowing management to focus on other priorities
- Clearly defined standard of service and performance measures
- Better alignment and focus on covering the company's critical risks
- Project continuity in case of professional turn-over
Co-sourcing
We dedicate our efforts to maximize customer value, with knowledge transfer and functional development. This approach provides innovation in tools and technology, auditing techniques, industry knowledge and benchmarking.
- Access to the experience and knowledge of highly qualified specialists (SMEs) focused on adding value and improvements according to the needs of the internal audit team (in-house)
- Access to high-level methodologies and technologies
- Market updates, industry experience resources and understanding of current scenarios
- Access to profitable and cost-effective technical experts
- Increase in the number of resources, or replacement of workforce, in the right measure and time, as an alternative in the delivery of internal audit plans
- Knowledge transfer directly to your internal audit teams
- Flexible approaches, with clearly defined service standards and performance measures
Integrated Solutions
In addition to the outsourcing and co-sourcing models, our internal audit services are designed to provide strategic, operational, and integrated solutions to our clients in order to improve performance, create greater value for shareholders and deliver business returns.
- Internal audit automation (continuous audit)
- Audit Analytics Application
- Internal Audit of Information Technology (IT)
- Maturity assessment of the internal audit function area, based on the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) standards and principles
- Compliance with the governance requirements of the Stock Exchange (B3), including the Novo Mercado
- Implementation of the internal audit area, including the formation of the audit committee, and preparation and execution of the internal audit plan, and reporting of the final results of the work (through the Co-sourcing or Outsourcing model).
- Knowledge transfer through formal internal audit training
- Quality Assurance Reviews
- Conducting thematic audits (culture, ESG, Cybersecurity, among others)
- Loan Staff, where our professionals work for determined periods, together and following the client's guidelines
- Implementation and support in the execution of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) plan
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