Our corporate governance specialists provide a range of customised and specialist services to many clients across the private and public sector. Our forensic services include best practice and cost-effective recommendations and solutions to fraud, corruption, theft and tender irregularities. In addition, we assist clients by developing customised policies and procedures for their businesses. We assess the extent of your compliance with the King Report on Corporate Governance (King IV), the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), Treasury Regulations, the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), IT, Risk Management and industry specific requirements. Our strategic risk assessment supports the internal audit operational plan and we conduct internal audits on your behalf. A growing part of our business is the compliance function for legislation such as FAIS, FICA, PFMA, MFMA, BEE, Companies Act and the Promotion of Access to Information Act. We undertake detailed reviews and provide recommendations for board charters, committee terms of reference, delegation of authority and assessments of the effectiveness of the board, directors and committees.

We bring the required skills, experience and capacity to outsourcing clients' internal audit function. Internal audit is a core resource in the governance process, and we draw on our firm-wide specialist skills to bring a comprehensive solution to our clients, as well as providing independent assurance on critical business processes. Full outsourcing includes the performance of all internal audit activities - including risk assessment, audit planning, performance, communication/ reporting - on a recurring basis. The client may have or may choose not to have a chief audit manager. Co-sourcing is when we assist with in-house internal audit functions in the execution of their internal audit plans. Quality Assessment Reviews: in our quality assessment process, we perform a comprehensive review of the overall effectiveness of a client's internal audit function. This would typically include:  Compliance with professional standards  The effectiveness and efficiency of function activities  Organisation, resource and skill capabilities  Evaluation of stakeholder needs and fulfilment of those needs and  Identification of strengths and improvement opportunities that strategically position the internal audit function for on-going success.

We understand the importance of corporate governance and the demands made on companies and directors and have over the years secured a network of information groups, ensuring that we are always well-informed of any changes to the law. The Companies Act requires that statutory books and records be maintained within the parameters of the law. Our service offering includes:  Formation of private, public, external, private liability and non-profit companies  Conversions of close corporations  Maintenance of statutory records  Submission of Annual Returns  Amendments to and registration of statutory details  Registered Office facility  Voluntary liquidations We maintain these books on your behalf and prepare the necessary documents for annual general meetings, board meeting minutes, resolutions to approve annual financial statements, proxy forms and shareholders' resolutions.

An effective risk management strategy never slows down an organisation, it makes it go faster. Regulatory requirements continue to grow. It is not just government regulation, but stakeholder and public and donor expectation as to governance and compliance. We can help you navigate through the challenges surrounding governance, risk and compliance. New organisational risks are continuously emerging across strategic, regulatory, financial and operational business processes. There are any number of risks in today's complex business environment, but the principal challenge lies in identifying the major risks by focusing systems on organisation objectives and determining the risk of potential deviation from these objectives. Once key risks are identified, an effective risk management strategy will provide oversight that provides management with effective controls and processes to eliminate or mitigate these. The cornerstone of risk identification, assessment and management is a sound control system, which should promote organisational objectives of reliable reporting, safeguarding of assets, compliance with laws and regulations, and efficiency of operations.