Audit Support Services

Alboré provides audit support services. Resources and working papers for the audit firms that conduct the audit, and audit-ready records for the companies behind them. The audit opinion and sign-off always remain with the signing auditor.

External audit support is different from performing a statutory audit. The external auditor remains independent and responsible for the audit opinion. Alboré works on the company’s side, preparing financial records, coordinating requests and addressing accounting matters throughout the process.

For businesses working with audit firms or elsewhere across global markets, our support helps keep financial documentation organised and ready for review.

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 supporting documents against the auditor’s information requests.
  • 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 responsible team members and maintain visibility over outstanding documents and accounting matters.
  • Adjustment Support. Help Finance understand and process agreed accounting adjustments arising during the audit, while management remains responsible for the financial records.

The objective is to identify missing support and unresolved accounting issues before they become fieldwork delays.

  • Readiness Review. Compare available accounting records 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 information can be provided systematically rather than searched for repeatedly.
  • Maintain a Query Log. Track requests, responsibilities, 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 and month-end processes before the next reporting cycle.
Alboré

Audit Prepared

Reconciliations, schedules and supporting evidence organised before fieldwork, supporting businesses working with independent audit firms across global markets while maintaining auditor independence.

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Why Alboré?

Connect Audit Preparation to the Books

Alboré connects accounting, financial statement preparation and external audit support, helping businesses prepare accurate financial records before audit fieldwork begins. Our approach supports companies engaging auditing companies, reducing last-minute documentation gaps and bringing greater structure to the audit preparation process.

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Our approach

Readiness Before Fieldwork

The best time to identify an unreconciled balance or missing document is before the auditor does. Our audit support across global markets focuses on preparing financial records and supporting evidence early enough for Finance to investigate unresolved items.

Evidence, Not Explanations

Material balances and transactions are organised around reconciliations, schedules, contracts, invoices and other relevant evidence so audit discussions begin with documentation rather than memory.

Keep Independence Clear

Alboré supports the client, not the statutory auditor. Unlike independent audit firms that undertake statutory audit engagements, our role is to prepare accounting records, coordinate responses and support management while the appointed auditor independently performs the audit.

The Alboré Approach

Audit readiness is usually created before audit season. Reconciled accounting, supporting schedules and documented financial positions reduce the amount of reconstruction required when independent auditors begin testing the financial statements. Our external audit preparation support complements the work of statutory auditors and internal audit firms, while keeping each party’s responsibilities clearly defined.

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Our Focus

Prepare financial records and supporting evidence so external audit requests can be answered from an organised, reliable accounting file.

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Our Approach

Identify gaps before fieldwork, structure the audit support file, coordinate outstanding requests and carry recurring findings back into the Finance process.

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Our Perspective

Whether a business is preparing for statutory audit, working with internal audit firms across global markets, or reviewing documentation relevant to an income tax audit, accurate financial records and traceable evidence form an essential foundation.

Our Vision
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.
Audit Readiness

Audit Readiness

Audit Request File

Audit Request File

Balance Reconciliations

Balance Reconciliations

Supporting Schedules

Supporting Schedules

Query Coordination

Query Coordination

Adjustment Support

Adjustment Support

Get the Company Side Ready Before Fieldwork

If your next audit is likely to begin with missing schedules, unreconciled accounts or repeated document requests, start preparing before the auditor’s timetable begins. Alboré provides structured external audit support for businesses worldwide, helping Finance teams maintain organised records, clear reconciliations and audit-ready documentation.

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