Audit support services
What our teams do on your engagements
Scope is agreed engagement by engagement, from planning through to file close. Your firm directs, reviews and signs.
Scope of support
The full audit cycle, section by section
Planning and risk
- Engagement setup and rollforward
- Preliminary analytics
- Risk assessment documentation
- Materiality computation
- Internal control walkthroughs
- PBC list build and client follow-up
Fieldwork and testing
- Substantive testing across cycles
- Sampling and selection support
- Confirmations administration
- Tie-outs and schedule agreement
- Journal entry testing
- Subsequent events procedures
Reporting and close
- Financial statement drafting
- Disclosure checklist completion
- Workpaper referencing and cleanup
- Management letter point drafting
- Group reporting packages
- Archive and file closure support
Frameworks
Fluent in the standards you work to
US GAAP
US GAAS
PCAOB standards
IFRS
ASPE (Canada)
UK and Irish GAAP (FRS 102)
ISAs
Responsibility
What always stays with your firm
Icon performs support procedures only. Responsibility for the engagement never transfers.
01
Direction
You set scope, assign sections and control the timetable.
02
Review
Your seniors, managers and partners review the work.
03
Conclusions
Your firm forms every audit conclusion and judgment.
04
Sign-off
Your firm signs the report and holds the client relationship.
Wider capability
Beyond audit support
Available under the same contract and controls, through Icon Advisory and Consulting Group.
Tax support
Corporate, partnership and cross-border preparation and review support for busy-season overflow.
Accounting support
Bookkeeping, compilation and review support, payables and receivables processing.
CFO advisory
Outsourced controller and CFO support, management reporting and budgeting.
Cyber security and IT
ISO 27001 and NIST readiness, cloud migration and ERP implementation.
Secure your capacity before the next season
Book a 30-minute scoping call. We come back with a costed deployment plan within five business days.