External Audit Support for Growing Businesses

External audit support is the function responsible for preparing documentation, managing auditor requests, and coordinating communication throughout an external financial statement audit.

Outsourced external audit support means engaging an external firm to manage part or all of your audit preparation function, rather than performing that work with in-house employees.

An engagement typically includes audit readiness preparation, PBC request management, financial statement tie-outs, and auditor coordination through audit close.

A PBC (Prepared by Client) list is the set of documents and schedules requested by the auditor that the business is responsible for preparing and providing.

Audit readiness is the preparation of documentation, schedules, and control walkthroughs ahead of audit timelines to support an efficient audit process.

A financial statement tie-out is the process of confirming that reported financial statement figures reconcile to the underlying trial balance and supporting schedules.

PBC requests are tracked centrally, assigned for timely response, organized with supporting documentation, and reported on regularly until resolved.

Yes. We act as the primary auditor point of contact, resolving questions and requests to reduce back-and-forth with your internal team.

Yes. We support the preparation of footnotes and disclosures required for the financial statements under audit.

Yes. We frequently join audit engagements already in progress to help resolve documentation gaps or PBC delays.

Yes. We support external audit engagements for multi-entity organizations, including entity-level documentation and consolidated reporting support.

We work with leading PBC and audit workflow platforms alongside common ERP systems including NetSuite, SAP, and Microsoft Dynamics, among others.

Yes. Most Expertise Accelerated audit support engagements are structured as fixed-fee projects, which provides budget predictability for the business.

We serve Consumer Packaged Goods, manufacturing, retail, wholesale, e-commerce, professional services, restaurant and food service, and real estate businesses, among others.

Most engagements begin within two to four weeks of the initial agreement, depending on the complexity of the audit scope and current readiness.

Yes. External Audit Support focuses on preparing for and managing the external financial statement audit, while Internal Controls & SOX Compliance Services focuses on testing and maintaining internal controls. Both are delivered by the same CPA-led team.