ICFR in practice: building a risk and control matrix that survives audit
How to map financial statement assertions to controls, and the three mistakes that make a matrix unusable in testing.
Recorded explainers and written notes from our partners on finance, controls, tax and automation. Practical, specific, and grounded in engagements we have actually run.
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How to map financial statement assertions to controls, and the three mistakes that make a matrix unusable in testing.
What goes into it, how to keep it honest, and how to use it in conversations with lenders and investors.
A structured selection approach that keeps the decision with finance and operations rather than with the vendor.
Longer-form notes on topics that come up repeatedly in client work.
Access reviews are the most commonly tested ITGC and the most commonly deficient. This note covers evidence quality, reviewer independence and the treatment of privileged accounts.
A realistic sequence for compressing the close — cut-off discipline, reconciliation automation, and the accruals that should be standing rather than recalculated.
What a diligence team requests in week one, why gaps in these six items slow a transaction more than valuation debates, and how to prepare them in advance.
Ownership, evidence and escalation — the three fields that turn a due date list into a working control.
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