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Our commitment to the quality of our audits is demonstrated by our global methodology and our thorough quality controls that are applied to every client engagement.

Around the world, the journey to success is governed by increasingly complex and broadening regulatory requirements and stakeholder demands. Strong independent assurance helps meet these demands by providing a timely and constructive challenge to management, a robust and clear perspective to audit committees, and critical information for investors and other stakeholders. The quality of our audit starts with our 60,000 assurance professionals, who have the breadth of experience that comes from auditing many of the world’s leading and fastest growing companies, and to whom we provide ongoing personal and professional development. We provide a consistent worldwide audit by assembling the right multi-disciplinary team to address the most complex issues, using a proven global methodology and deploying the latest, high-quality auditing tools and perspectives. And because we understand that, to achieve your potential, you need a tailored service as much as a consistent methodology, we work to give you the benefit of our broad sector experience, our deep subject matter knowledge and the latest insights from our work worldwide. It’s how Ernst & Young makes a difference.

Our substantial investments in knowledge, technology and learning resources for our audit professionals allow us to deliver quality assurance services to our clients. Following the approriate professional standards, our member firm audit teams provide these services:

  • Financial Statement Attestation. We examine and attest to your company's financial statements.
  • Internal Controls Reporting. We evaluate and report on management's assessement of internal control over financial reporting if your compnay is an "issuer" under U.S. securities rules and regulations.
  • Other Assurance Related Services. In the globally connected world of commerce, your success is directly linked to maintaining the confidence of your stakeholders. We can help you by assessing your procedures and controls relating to privacy and confidentiality, performance measurements, systems reliability, information security and outsourced process controls.

Overall our combination of people, process and technology is designed to optimise the value our clients received through the quality of assurance provided and the quality and range of business ideas generated.

Ernst & Young'sGlobal Audit methodology optimises the value obtained by our clients through a customised audit service that is built on :

Assessment of and response to Client Needs
Focus on Business Risk
Industry specific teams
Staff continuity
Locals & international benchmarks of client performance
Structured feedback
Risk assessment of business processes and industry context
Extensive use of automated techniques
Involvment of experts - Tax & IT experts

Lessons from change

October 2009

In 2009, Ernst & Young held more than 40,000 meetings with senior executives around the globe. We asked them how the downturn was affecting their business, then gathered those insights into Lessons from change. Learn which eight strategic actions companies should focus on now.


Finance performance improvement starts with framework

Amid signs of economic recovery, we suggest in The future of Finance (pdf, 248.8kb) that CFOs establish and implement a holistic framework that identifies weaknesses and potential improvements, and which helps enable Finance to be more effective, lower costs and help deliver more value to the bottom line.

Interim management statements - achieving comparability in Europe?

July 2009

This document contains the findings of an Ernst & Young survey which assessed and analysed Interim Management Statements (IMS). The IMSs in the survey were issued by over 200 companies that formed part of the major indices of the four largest European stock exchanges in six countries (Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Germany, the UK and Spain). The paper is relevant for companies that have securities traded on stock exchanges within the European Union.

The CFO in adversity: protecting the present, preparing for the future

21 July 2009

It is an exhilarating and exhausting time to be a senior finance executive. Faced with the deepest downturn in a generation, CFOs must make certain that their companies survive the crisis without hampering their ability to grow when conditions improve. Although this downturn represents a significant challenge, it also provides opportunities for the CFOs’ business, including the opportunity to increase the profile of the finance department and advance their careers.

Reporting in adversity - Financial reputation challenges for European companies

24 July 2009
Our latest research shows the market is still very difficult but that many companies are accelerating their initiatives either to secure additional cash or to shift their focus
towards preparing for a more positive growth agenda. Clearly the crisis and the focus of management action will have major implications for how companies are
reporting their financial performance. This report analyses recently filed reports (pdf  1mb) to see if there are any lessons for companies as their seek to protect or restore one of their most importance and fragile assets - their financial reputation.
Ernst & Young's Financial Reporting Outlook 2009 Conference

15 May 2009 

Ernst & Young's annual Financial Reporting Outlook conference, being held on Monday 16 November in London, brings together industry leaders from the financial reporting community. Investors, regulators, rating agencies, standard setters and the partners and staff of Ernst & Young member firms will share their views on financial reporting and regulatory change both in Europe and globally.

Please click here for more details and to register for the event.

 


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International GAAP® 2009

International GAAP 2009International GAAP® 2009 is the definitive guide to interpreting and implementing IFRS, written by financial reporting experts from Ernst & Young's International Financial Reporting Group. This new and essential volume of practical guidance and expert interpretation deals with every aspect of applying IFRS appropriately and effectively and explains the many significant amendments to IFRS that become effective in 2009.


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