Shahbaz Hannan & Co. Chartered Accountants

OUR EXPERTISE

Integrated financial and advisory services.

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Audit & Assurance

Statutory audits, reviews and QCR-rated assurance.

02

Taxation

Corporate and individual tax planning and compliance.

03

ERP Solutions

System selection, implementation and finance process design.

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Corporate Advisory

Structuring, secretarial matters and transaction support.

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Accounting & Finance Outsourcing

Bookkeeping, reporting and virtual finance functions.

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Risk Advisory

Internal controls, internal audit and governance reviews.

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Sustainability Reporting

ESG reporting, carbon footprints and integrated sustainability disclosures.

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SERVICE 01

Audit &Assurance

An audit should tell you something you did not already know. Ours is built to test what actually carries risk in your business, and to report it plainly.

INTRODUCTION

Assurance that stands up to scrutiny.

We conduct statutory and voluntary audits for companies, associations and not-for-profit entities across Pakistan and around the globe, applying International Standards on Auditing as adopted locally.

Planning begins with your business model and the areas where judgement matters — revenue recognition, inventory, receivable recoverability, related-party dealings. Testing is directed there rather than spread evenly across an unweighted checklist.

The deliverable is not only an opinion. It is a management letter you can act on, and a conversation with the partner who signed it.

Capabilities

Engagements are scoped individually. These are the services most often requested.

Statutory Audit

Annual audit of financial statements under the Companies Act and applicable reporting framework.

Limited Reviews

Half-yearly and interim reviews for lenders, boards and group reporting requirements.

Special-Purpose Reporting

Agreed-upon procedures, certifications and reports required by regulators or counterparties.

Group & Consolidation Audit

Consolidated statements, intra-group elimination review and subsidiary coordination.

Internal Control Reporting

Documentation and evaluation of the control environment, with a written management letter.

Audit Readiness

Preparing first-time or newly regulated entities for the audit process before fieldwork begins.

HOW WE HELP

The questions an audit should answer.

How we help

Where audit work most often matters

Manufacturing

Inventory valuation, work-in-progress cut-off and costing accuracy carry the greatest audit judgement.

Group structures

Consolidation, related-party transactions and intercompany balances need consistent treatment across entities.

Lender-facing businesses

Covenant calculations and facility reporting require statements that arrive on time and in the expected form.

Not-for-profit & associations

Grant conditions, restricted funds and donor reporting call for specific assurance procedures.

OUR APPROACH

From complexity to clarity.

STEP 01 / 04

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Understand

Business model, systems and the areas where management applies judgement.

02

Analyse

Risk-weighted testing, controls evaluation and substantive procedures where they count.

03

Advise

Findings discussed with management before they are written, in order of consequence.

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Deliver

Opinion, management letter and a debrief with the engagement partner.

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Speak to the partner who would sign your opinion.

Thirty minutes, no obligation. Bring last year's statements if you have them.

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