External Audit Support
External audit becomes disruptive when Finance starts preparing only after the auditor’s request list arrives. Valunxt works on the company’s side of the process, organising reconciliations, schedules, supporting evidence and query tracking so management enters fieldwork with a stronger financial file.
Audit support is different from performing the statutory audit. The external auditor remains independent and responsible for the audit opinion. Valunxt helps the client prepare the accounting records and evidence the auditor will examine, coordinate requests and address accounting points that arise during the process.
The service prepares the company side of the external audit before and during the auditor’s fieldwork.
- Audit Request File. Organise schedules, reconciliations, confirmations, agreements and other supporting documents against the auditor’s information request.
- Balance-Sheet Support. Review material control accounts and supporting schedules so differences can be investigated before the external auditor raises them.
- Query Coordination. Track auditor requests, identify the responsible person and maintain visibility over open questions, documents and accounting points.
- Adjustment Support. Help Finance understand and process agreed accounting adjustments arising during audit, while management remains responsible for the company’s financial records.
The objective is to identify missing support and unresolved accounting issues before they become fieldwork delays.
- Readiness Review. Compare the available accounting file with expected audit requirements and identify gaps in reconciliations, schedules or supporting evidence.
- Build the Audit Request File. Structure documents around the auditor’s request list so support can be provided systematically rather than searched for repeatedly.
- Maintain a Query Log. Track requests, owners, responses and outstanding items throughout fieldwork so management knows where the audit is slowing down.
- Close the Learning Loop. Convert recurring audit findings into improvements in accounting, documentation or month-end processes before the next reporting cycle.
Audit Prepared
Reconciliations, schedules and supporting evidence organised before fieldwork, while the statutory auditor remains fully independent.
Connect Audit
Preparation to
the Books
Valunxt can work across accounting, financial statement preparation and audit support, helping unresolved balances and missing schedules surface before external audit fieldwork begins.
Discuss Audit ReadinessOur approach
Readiness Before Fieldwork
The best time to find an unreconciled balance or missing document is before the auditor does. Preparation focuses on identifying open items early enough for Finance to investigate them properly.
Evidence, Not Explanations
Material balances and transactions are organised around reconciliations, schedules, contracts, invoices or other relevant evidence so the audit discussion begins with documentation rather than memory.
Keep Independence Clear
Valunxt sits with the client, not with the statutory auditor. We support preparation of accounting records and responses, while the external auditor independently performs audit procedures and reaches the audit opinion.
Prepare Before Audit Pressure Begins
Explore practical thinking on audit readiness, balance-sheet reconciliations, year-end close, supporting schedules and the accounting controls that reduce unnecessary disruption during external audit.
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Valunxt Finance Intelligence
Audit readiness is usually created before audit season. Reconciled accounting, supporting schedules and documented financial positions reduce the amount of reconstruction required when an independent auditor begins testing the financial statements.
Our Focus
Prepare the client’s financial records and supporting evidence so external audit requests can be answered from an organised file.
Our Approach
Identify gaps before fieldwork, structure the audit support file, coordinate open requests and carry recurring findings back into the Finance process.
Our Perspective
Audit preparation is strongest when unresolved balances and missing records are identified before they begin generating repeated questions during fieldwork.
Make the annual audit a review of financial work already completed, not the point where the business first discovers what its Finance records are missing.
The Sectors We Work Across
Get the Company Side Ready Before Fieldwork
If the next audit is likely to begin with missing schedules, unreconciled accounts or repeated document requests, start preparing the evidence before the auditor’s timetable begins.
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