Audit and Assurance

UHY Haines Norton Brisbane offers a variety of effectual audit and assurance services, so your business runs at its full capacity. The combined skills and expertise we offer across our service solutions compliments our steadfast valuation and audit practices.

Due diligence reviews

Accompanying the decision to acquire, sell or merge a business is the necessity for a thorough investigation of hidden and obvious potential risks and opportunities. The seamless integration and the combined advanced experience of UHY Haines Norton Brisbane’s assurance, advisory and tax service division assures we are in a strong position to investigate and identity these factors, ensuring a profitable and worthwhile transaction.

We review the following:

• reliability of financial information
• liabilities and potential liabilities
• accounting systems and controls
• business and industry risks
• key operational processes
• critical success factors
• tax implications, risks and opportunities
• business synergy and cost saving opportunities
• management and human resource matters
• future working capital requirements

We also have countless additional intelligent business solutions to help you assess, integrate, improve and innovate.

Probity audits

Probity auditing is a process undertaken by an independent third party to ensure all facets of negotiation, tendering and award process are just and policy guidelines adhered to, particularly relating to standards of conduct in public sector entities.

Our probity auditing team’s actions meet the highest standards of impartiality, fairness, equity, accountability, confidentiality, security, independence, integrity and professionalism. You can be guaranteed a high level of involvement and ongoing direct access with the firm partners.

UHY Haines Norton Brisbane offers a dependable and coherent approach to probity, ensuring maximum public confidence in the process and is consistent with the government’s policy in meeting key objectives.

We can assist in all areas of probity auditing including:

• reviews of the process in its entirety
• overseeing the process by consulting with the evaluation panel
• working closely with staff to discuss current policies and issues
• identifying and advising on potential conflicts
• monitoring interactions with the private sector
• reporting on the overall conformance to policies and procedures
• suggesting and implementing strategies

External audits

Undertaking the audit process an excellent opportunity to gain some valuable advice regarding your business’s position and its future direction.

Through our tailored and pain free process, the auditing team will develop a thorough understanding and insight into your operations, allowing us to help you develop your business further.

We pride ourselves on delivering this service with precision, constant communication with management and strong supervision at a partner and team member level .

Forensic accounting

UHY Haines Norton Brisbane conduct experienced and methodical accounting investigations, dispute resolutions and regulatory assignments pertaining to collected, stored and manipulated information.  We have a dedicated team of specialists who collect, analyse and interpret data, particularly in the following areas:

• fraud and corruption risk management
• fraud control methodology
• public sector fraud and corruption control
• evidence collection and analysis
• data recovery
• data interrogation
• technology investigation
• commercial intelligence

BSA licensing

Anyone operating in the building and construction industry is required to be licensed through the Building Services Authority and with a long list of building and construction clients UHY Haines Norton Brisbane has unparalleled experience in this area.

Part of this licensing process involves the approval of the financial capacity from an authorised accountant, which often involves either a review or audit of financial reports and we are experts in process and the BSA’s requirements.

Fraud investigations

Fraud can be immensely damaging for any business and understanding fraud and its associated risks is fundamental when building a deliverable business strategy. Managing the higher risk areas of the business can help ensure potential fraudulent activity is prevented and risks are adequately managed.

UHY Haines Norton Brisbane’s forensic team can help your business management to rigorously evaluate and investigate suspicions, drastically improve recoveries and provide suitable evidence. Our biggest aim is to reduce the likelihood of monetary loss and other non financial factors including tarnished reputations, poor staff morale, impaired customer/supplier relationships and non productive expenditure of management time and effort.

UHY Haines Norton Brisbane’s forensic team, supported by UHY Haines Norton International, is equipped with the global intelligence network and specialists to deal with such occurrences.

We can conduct the following investigations:

• financial
• corporate
• fraud
• misconduct
• financial services

Contact Darren Laarhoven for more details