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Audit
In our firm we respond to the demands of our customers. We have modern methodologies and audit techniques operating in the best interests of your organization.
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Statutory Audit
Audit services of the firm have been designed to support you to meet the challenges involved in managing risks, resources and information.
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External Audit
The external audit service aims to express an independent opinion regarding the fairness of the financia!statements of the companies or certain business areas in which we use previously agreed procedures.
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Managerial and Result External Audit
Our work consists of the execution of the defined procedures to review the accounting information and issue reports and documents.
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Taxes
We work with our clients during all their processes to achieve an excellent statutory clase year, in order to optimize the taxes payment and ease the tax burden.
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Transfer Pricing
The laws surrounding transfer pricing are becoming ever more complex, as tax affairs of multinational companies are facing scrutiny from media, regulators and the public.
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Legal Services
Our legal advice involves professional lawyers, specialized in different fields.
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Diagnosis and implementation of Full and SME IFRS
Servicio de Diagnóstico e implementación de NIIF plenas y NIIF para las PYMES.
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Training and updating in IFRS
Services of Training and updating in IFRS
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Calculation of accounting estimates under IFRS
Services of Calculation of accounting estimates under IFRS
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Valuation of financial instruments
Services of Valuation of financial instruments
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Advice on specialized topics
Services of Advice on specialized topics
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IFRS advice for public sector entities
Services of IFRS advice for public sector entities
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Preparation of financial statements and disclosures
Services of Preparation of financial statements and disclosures
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Sarbanes-Oxley Service Audit (SOX)
Only those who have clearly structured numbers and a good view of their business, can identify weaknesses and opportunities early enough to react on time to events in their environment.
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Audit of Organization
In order to help the service organization and its users to establish a reliable and standard process for the service organization's reports, we offer the following services:
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IT Audit
IT Audit Services help the Organization manage risks and controls related to IT implementation and use to achieve business financial, operational, and regulatory objectives.
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Computer Security
Cybersecurity frames a set of tools, policies, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management methods, actions, training and in summary a series of practices that can be used to protect the organization's assets and users in cyber-environment.
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Performance Tests
Our service focuses on determining the speed at which a task is performed under particular working conditions on a specific information or application system.
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Audit Security Social
As part of Social Security policies and strategies in Colombia, pensions and health are fundamental workers' rights, for which specialized support is required to guarantee access to these rights, in a transparent, equitable and the law.
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BCP Services
We are certified by DRI International as Business Continuity Plans Consultant, CBCP and with training and certification as internal auditor in SGS, ISO 2005: 27001..
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SAP Auditing and Computer Security
We have certified experts in security and auditing SAP in R / 3, CRM, BW. Our approach allows us to perform in SAP
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Corporate Risk Management
This regulatory environment seeks to mitigate the risks and uncertainties of the banking industry, also responding to economic pressures and investor expectations.
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Operational Improvement
Process management, within which operational improvement is framed, can be defined as a way of focusing the work, where the continuous improvement of the activities of an organization is sought through the identification, selection, description, documentation and continuous improvement of the processes. Any activity or sequence of activities that are carried out in the different business units, constitutes a process and as such, must be managed.
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Change Management
Change management is the process, through tools and techniques, to manage the transition to a new reality, trying to make the people involved able and willing to work in the new defined context and achieve the expected results.
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Business Intelligence and Analysis
Business intelligence acts as a strategic factor for an organization, generating a potential competitive advantage, which is none other than providing privileged information to respond to business problems.
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Due diligence
Due Diligence is a term, usually used in the field of business acquisitions, to refer to the process of finding information about an organization.
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Valuations
The valuation of a company is not an exact science and can vary depending on the type of business and the reason.
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Financial accounting
Only those who have clearly structured numbers and a good view of their business, can identify weaknesses and opportunities early enough to react on time to events in their environment.
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Tax and legal compliance
The tax authorities constantly keep entrepreneurs and freelancers on alert, with tax issues taking part as a crucial role in almost all business decisions.
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Payroll
Payroll is one of the most challenging responsibilities that a company faces every year. Our service fulfill the client internal policies, understands the corporate strategic planning and focus on the record of the received newness.
The outlook for 2015
New research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) [ 742 kb ] reveals that while business confidence in 2014 climbed to levels not seen since before the financial crisis, a recent spate of uncertainty is weighing on growth prospects for the year ahead. With the price of oil plummeting, the future of the eurozone still far from secure, tensions in Ukraine and concern around the pace of the slowdown in China, the confidence of business leaders, especially in the world's largest three economies, has slipped as we enter 2015.
The IBR shows that global business optimism for 2014 stood at an average of 41% compared to 28% in 2013 and just 12% in 2012. But in Q4, global optimism dropped from 43% to 35%, driven by steep falls in the United states (down 10 percentage points to 59%), China (down 30pp to 25%) and Japan (down 12pp to -12%).
Francesca Lagerberg, global leader for tax services at Grant Thornton, commented:
“We saw the highest levels of business confidence since 2007 over the past 12 months, but looking ahead, there are a number of potential flashpoints which are threatening global economic stability. The volatility in the oil price is of particular concern to global markets: prices have dropped to five-year lows in December and while cheaper oil will benefit net importers and industries such as manufacturing and transport, it is already spelling trouble for energy companies and key markets such as Russia and the Middle East.
"The threat of recession and deflation in the eurozone and Japan is also a massive concern. Shinzo Abe has won a new four-year mandate to try and kickstart the Japanese economy but the first round of his Abenomics programme can hardly be viewed as a success. Meanwhile, the eurozone has barely grown in five years, unemployment remains stubbornly high and a change of party in Greece could reignite the sovereign debt crisis. Add in the slowdown in China, which is dampening demand for natural resources from Latin America and exports from southeast Asia, and it’s clear that the outlook for 2015 is far from stable."
This uncertainty is weighing heavily on business growth prospects. Both revenue growth - down 13pp (from 56% to 43%) - and profit growth - down 11pp (from 43% to 32%) - prospects have both fallen globally. In both China (37%) and the US (35%), revenue growth expectations dropped 33pp over the quarter. Profit growth expectations in China (down 33pp to 13%) and the US (down 23pp to 34%) have seen similar falls. That said, European businesses are actually feeling more positive about growth compared with three months previously with profitability expectations up from 32% to 40%.
Francesca Lagerberg added: "The prevailing uncertainty is making life tough for businesses, forcing them to delay decisions over investment in the future growth of their operations. Given the turbulent state of global markets this is understandable. They remain positive about their expansion prospects but certainly less so than three months ago.
"Chinese exports continue to fall as it rebalances which could have major consequences for the global economy. Stronger global demand may boost exports next year, but flagging property investment may largely mitigate this. Meanwhile, if the US Federal Reserve finally raises interest rates next year, it could have major knock-on effects across the world, especially in a number of emerging markets.
“Business confidence is a key indicator of future economic performance. The large rise in global optimism in 2014 came as a pleasant surprise after a couple of tough years but the dip in the last three months suggests that businesses around the globe see trouble on the horizon in 2015.”
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