Forensic Auditing Services
Request a QuoteForensic auditing is the examination of specific procedure in
order to produce evidence. Forensic audits are used to identify and to collect evidences
regarding any individual s financial information to use as evidence in court. In the context
of a bank, all financial transactions and decisions involving finance are analysed with a view
to arrive at the truth. Forensic Report can be admitted in a court trial and forensic auditors
may directly submit evidence in the court or depose before a judicial authority.
Forensic audits are used to identify and to collect evidences
regarding any individual s financial information to use as evidence in court. In the context
of a bank, all financial transactions and decisions involving finance are analysed with a view
to arrive at the truth. Forensic Report can be admitted in a court trial and forensic auditors
may directly submit evidence in the court or depose before a judicial authority.
We offer services for:
Forensic auditing for Financial Institutions includes areas:
Credit Decisions:
Credit decisions are made to find a way to make or to ensure
all payments. Credit decisions help a company in protecting
their assets. These include company financial condition, their
competitive edge and any customer s project size. A limited
customer s information is included in such decisions. Credit is
the area where forensic auditors concentrate first and start
their probe. A credit decision is a composite of interlinked
decisions like to lend or not to lend Accept / Reject, terms
at which the bank should or is willing to lend covenants or
term sheet, the interest rate on the loan Loan Pricing.
A bank s relationship with a customer, the customer s credit
history, track record, profile, future outlook and management
team are big factors. We will come back to these in the session
on credit decisions
Investment Decisions: Investment decisions taken are
compared with the objectives of investments made and actual returns
are compared with anticipated returns. Other aspects like loss
incurred if any and its magnitude and whether such loss could
have been prevented are also analysed. In lower profit, causes
for the fall in profit are gone into. It may be remembered that
many investments escape the attention and scrutiny of concurrent
auditors and statutory auditors as of now, due to paucity of
time. Investment decisions are often supported by decision
tools. Investment patterns and financial decision making has always
been of great interest to researchers and financial service
providers and planners. Investment pattern of individuals and
investment decisions are influenced by demographic variables and
risk tolerance.
Income Expenditures:
The possible connection between a series of transactions
analysed. If the loss was deliberate, the forensic audit will
probe the background of the true beneficiary in all such cases.
Transactions involving both income and expenditure are taken
up for investigation. Income/Revenue foregone/lost and
Expenditure that exceeded the normal levels are specifically probed.
Violation of Regulator s guidelines and prescriptions: Instances
of deviation from violation of the regulatory authority s
rules and guidelines are probed. The fall out of their image,
reputation, discipline, financial risks and loss if any are examined.