When you need a forensic audit
Forensic audit goes beyond a standard financial review — it’s a targeted investigation into suspected fraud, misappropriation, or financial irregularity, built to withstand scrutiny in a dispute, partner exit, or legal proceeding. Common triggers: unexplained cash shortfalls, a partner or employee under suspicion, inventory that doesn’t reconcile, or related-party transactions that don’t add up.
- Fraud & misappropriation investigation
- Transaction tracing & reconstruction of records
- Quantification of financial loss
- Evidence gathering suitable for legal proceedings
- Interviews & documentation review
- Litigation-support reporting
Built to be defensible
A forensic audit report is often the centrepiece of a dispute, a partner buy-out negotiation, or a police/FTA complaint. We document our methodology at every step so the findings — and the number attached to them — can be defended under questioning, not just presented.
📄 Documents Required
For Forensic Audit — have these ready and we can move the same day.
- Bank statements covering the full period under review
- General ledger and trial balance for the period
- Contracts and agreements relevant to the matter
- Correspondence relating to the suspected issue
- Access to the accounting system for the review period
- Approval and authorisation records for the transactions in question
- Employee roles and delegation of authority matrix
- Any internal or external reports already prepared