External Audit Support
For finance leaders at private and public companies, the annual financial audit can be a high-stakes balancing act: managing deadlines, documentation, and ever-growing auditor expectations-all while keeping day-to-day operations on track. Emerytus Advisors' External Audit Support solutions help companies streamline financial audit preparation, minimize disruptions, and support an organized audit process.
We bring former Big Four professionals and public company veterans to work alongside your team-closing gaps, preparing schedules, supporting technical positions, and coordinating with external auditors. Whether you're in your first audit or managing complex year-end requirements, we help management prepare reliable support and coordinate audit requests. The independent auditor retains responsibility for its audit opinion.
With Emerytus, audit season becomes less reactive-and more controlled, collaborative, and confident.
"Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty." - Tacitus
Common challenges
- Pre-audit readiness assessments and close planning
- PBC (Prepared by Client) schedule support and reconciliations
- Technical accounting documentation for auditor review
- Walkthrough coordination and control documentation
- Liason support between client and external audit firm
- Audit issue tracking and resolution support
Ways we can help
- PBC lists, schedules, and tie-outs
- Technical accounting memos and position papers
- Reconciliation support packages
- Auditor Q&A and follow-up response documentation
- Control and process walkthrough support materials
- Audit readiness dashboards and status trackers