The Audit Methodology is our effective audit strategy that facilitates and enhances audit quality. It meets our goal of delivering quality, independent, rigorous audits. IAS/IFRS guides our professionals in delivering rigorous audits of your financial statements. The audit methodology is designed to meet applicable local and international standards.
We have high norms for delivering quality risk-based audits and perform our audits in accordance with International Standards on auditing and relevant International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
The audit methodology also emphasizes the critical nature of substantive Procedures and effective risk assessment and control testing activities. The Audit methodology provides a basis for a consistent audit approach everywhere Nyagari & Associates does business and reinforces continuity and coordination.
Planning
We use a risk-based approach to understand the Organization/company, its environment, and its industry.
The audit team preliminarily identifies the areas where the risk of material misstatements in your financial statements is the highest.
We can do this through structured interviews of management and others, analytical procedures, observation, and inspection.
Information Risk Management
The Firm’s Information Risk Management (IRM) services are designed to help your organization achieve its potential by focusing on delivering of potential project benefits, management of business processes, governance of enabling information systems and security of information. Information Risk Management (IRM) is woven into various aspects of our audit process.
IRM services help protect clients against internal data quality problems and external attacks, relying on an established methodology that mirrors our audit. Focusing solely on the information technology (IT) risks that threaten your most important internal and external controls /goals;
Strategic Analysis we identify risks presented through your use of information technology. Our output of this stage would include a risk versus control matrix, which guides a substantive proportion of the audit process.
Business process analysis we show how IT enables your specific business processes along with significant risks that technology may pose to process objectives. We use extensive data analysis including Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to improve the efficiency of our audit focus.
On risk assessment we assess the response of your management to the risks identified in the strategic and business process analytical phases. We then help you identify significant opportunities for improving your systems management. IRM also provides services in relation to information security services, business systems controls, information systems governance, business continuity management and project risk management.
People Advisory Services
The Firm’s Advisory team assist client organizations to adapt the changing environment by working with them to develop best practices in human resource management including developing proactive Human Resource policies and procedures aimed at attracting, motivating and retaining good quality staff.
Our services include the following amongst others:
Strategic HR reviews
Organization design
Performance management
Job analysis, evaluation and grading
Competency design and evaluation
Recruitment
Reward and compensation – salary surveys and salary structures