When a readiness review saves the filing season

Companies that changed systems mid-year, opened a new warehouse, or hired a first full-time accountant often benefit from a readiness review before the statutory audit begins.

The review focuses on reconciliations that commonly break: bank, intercompany, VAT or business tax control accounts, and suspense balances that have sat untouched for months.

We walk process owners through expected schedules and flag gaps in evidence — missing board minutes for dividend approvals, unsigned related-party agreements, or incomplete fixed-asset additions.

Findings are written as a punch list for your team, not as an audit opinion. The goal is a quieter year-end engagement and fewer last-minute journal storms.

If your filing deadline is fixed and last year’s audit ran long, book the readiness window at least six weeks before year-end close. That timing leaves room to fix issues while operations are still calm.

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