IWhere we come in
Industries / 09 — Financial Services
A provident fund audit gets the same rigour as the statutory audit sitting next to it.
Provident fund audits, financial sector compliance engagements and advisory work.
Provident and corporate funds are often treated as a routine add-on to the main audit relationship. We treat them as their own assurance engagement, with their own testing of contributions, investments and trustee governance — alongside compliance engagements and advisory work for financial sector entities more broadly.
Our corporate provident fund has never had an audit trustees can point to with confidence.
A fund audit that tests contributions, investments and trustee governance on its own terms, not as an afterthought to the main audit.
Our provident fund audit is due and our current adviser doesn't specialise in fund audits.
Fund audit experience that understands how contribution and investment records actually need to be tested.
We need a compliance engagement for a financial sector relationship.
Compliance work scoped to what the specific engagement actually requires.
Our fund's contribution and investment records need reconciling before the audit starts.
Reconciliation done ahead of the audit, so the audit itself doesn't stall on basic record-keeping gaps.
IIWhat we do
What we handle in financial services
All eleven service lines are available to any client. These are the ones genuinely relevant to a corporate provident fund or a financial sector compliance engagement.
01
Audit & Assurance
Provident fund audit that tests contributions, investments and trustee governance as its own engagement.
- Provident fund audit
- Financial sector compliance engagements
- Statutory audit
02
Advisory & Consulting
Advisory input scoped to a specific financial sector compliance question.
- Compliance advisory
- Governance and risk advisory
- Second-opinion reviews
03
Accounting & Outsourcing
Fund bookkeeping and reconciliation ahead of an audit, so records are ready before fieldwork starts.
- Bookkeeping and reconciliation
- Management reporting
- Contribution and investment record-keeping
04
Financial Instruments & IFRS 9
Classification and impairment work for how a fund's investment portfolio is actually held and measured.
- Financial instrument classification
- Expected credit loss modelling
- Investment portfolio disclosures
05
Tax & Regulatory
Tax compliance for provident funds, trusts and other financial sector entities.
- Income tax compliance
- Withholding compliance
- Notices, assessments and appeals
06
Internal Audit & ICFR
Control testing for trustees and fund administrators who need independent assurance over governance.
- Internal audit
- Risk and control matrices
- ICFR design and testing
07
Risk & Forensic
Independent review where contribution handling or investment controls need scrutiny.
- Internal control review
- Fraud risk assessment
- Enterprise risk assessment
Each of these has its own page setting out the full scope, approach and pricing — this is the set most relevant to financial services work specifically.
IIIRepresentative work
What the work looks like
Named-client work sits behind our clients' own consent, and is not published here — this is the shape of the sector experience, not a client list.
Our representative work in this sector includes corporate provident funds and financial compliance engagements — treated with the same audit and advisory rigour as any other statutory assurance work. The fuller list of sectors and anonymised engagement snapshots is on our Clients & Experience page.
IVCommon questions
Questions we are asked
Is a provident fund audit really different from a standard statutory audit?
Yes. It tests contributions, investments and trustee governance specifically, rather than a company's own trading results — the two audits ask different questions even when delivered for the same client.
Can you audit our provident fund even if you don't audit the sponsoring company?
Yes, fund audits are commonly scoped as standalone engagements, independent of who audits the main entity.
What does a "financial sector compliance engagement" actually involve?
It depends entirely on what's being asked for — we scope each one to the specific requirement rather than apply a standard package, since compliance needs in this sector vary considerably by engagement.
Can you help reconcile fund records before the audit?
Yes. Getting contribution and investment records reconciled ahead of time is often the difference between an audit that runs smoothly and one that stalls on basic record-keeping.
How is financial services sector work priced?
Provident fund audits are typically scoped as annual engagements. Compliance and advisory work is quoted once the specific requirement is understood.
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Let's work together
Does this sector look familiar?
If we have worked on something like it, the first conversation starts further along. A partner will tell you what's realistic before anything is scoped.