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How Financial Audit Differs from Internal and Process Audits

  • Financial Audit focuses solely on financial operations and statutory compliance, ensuring accurate accounting, tax filings (GST, Income Tax, TDS, etc.), and regulatory adherence.

Common Challenges We Address for Our Clients

  • Financial records are not accurate or updated on time
  • Weak financial controls increase the risk of errors and fraud
  • Statutory compliance gaps lead to penalties and regulatory risks
  • Financial statements lack reliability for business decisions
  • Inadequate reconciliation of key financial accounts
  • Limited visibility into financial risks and reporting accuracy

Our Approach to Financial Audits

Financial Statement Audit

Review financial statements and books of accounts to ensure accuracy and reliability.

Statutory Compliance Review

Assess compliance with GST, Income Tax, TDS, Companies Act, and other applicable regulations.

Financial Controls Assessment

Evaluate key financial controls to strengthen accuracy and prevent control failures.

Account Reconciliation & Verification

Verify balances, transactions, reconciliations, and supporting financial records.

Fraud Risk Assessment

Identify potential fraud indicators, financial irregularities, and control weaknesses.

Financial Reporting & Audit Insights

Provide actionable recommendations to improve financial reporting, compliance, and governance

Our Impact

  • Up to 50% reduction in financial reporting errors
  • 100% visibility into statutory compliance and financial control gaps
  • Up to 40% improvement in financial reporting accuracy
  • Up to 60% faster identification of financial risks and irregularities
  • Reduced risk of penalties through stronger compliance practices
  • Greater stakeholder confidence with reliable financial reporting

Our Success Stories

64 critical gaps resolved through internal audit at India's one of the largest LNG terminal

  • Covered 100+ Sub-Processes across departments, ensuring full-spectrum audit of operations.
  • 200+ Audit Checks executed, uncovering gaps and validating SOP, DoA, and statutory compliance.
  • Identified and addressed 64 Critical Gaps
  • Delivered 50+ Actionable Analyses improving decision-making and transparency across functions

Saved Crores of Revenue leakage through a Process Audit for a 600crore Energy Company

  • Uncovered 30+ process and control gaps across Purchase, Finance, Inventory, and Sales—reducing operational and compliance risks.
  • Highlighted financial risks including delayed payments, stock mismatches, and poor vendor reconciliations—potentially saving ₹crores.
  • Recommended key SAP system improvements, like PO amendment approvals and user access controls, to strengthen governance.
  • Improved data integrity by identifying issues in BP and Item Masters, and pushing for standardized SOPs.

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Why Choose PKC For Audit & Assurance Services?

1000+ audits conducted annually High-volume audit delivery experience across sectors

20+ qualified chartered accountants Certified professional team

Proprietary Audit Automation Tools Tech-enabled audit execution

Actionable Insights Over Box-Ticking Meaningful findings, not just compliance

Practice Leaders

Swetha Kochar

Swetha Kochar

Partner

Chartered Accountant with 20+ years of cross-industry consulting experience; leads the firm strategy and largest engagements.

Balaji Prasath

Balaji Prasath

Partner

Heads consulting practice across mid-market manufacturing and retail; specialises in process re-engineering and ERP turnaround.

Shreyansh

Shreyansh

Senior Manager

Audit specialist with hands-on experience leading internal-audit teams for energy, infra and BFSI clients.

Abinesh

Abinesh

Manager

Drives client engagements end-to-end across business excellence and digital-transformation initiatives.

Listen to our clients

Apex coconuts, one of the largest vertically integrated coconut processing company in south east asia, was facing issues with handeling a lot of leads and turning of leads to deal. Upon their meeting with the PKC team, PKC analysed the business and issues. Gokul Shrinivasan, the CMO of Apex coconut said-“The PKC team analysed all the issues, communicated them to me and the solutions as well. PKC also implemented CRM for me that helped me analyse the leads better, and thus have a more worry-free process. PKC has helped me analyse all information and turn it into prsopects. We look forwad to engage PKC into procurement and logistics and accounts domain. We really recommend the PKC team”
Gokul Shrinivasan

Apex coconuts

"Our collaboration with PKC Consultants has added incredible value to our ERP implementation Project. Leveraging their experience and knowledge helped us Go Live on time at Sundaram Composites, while critical activities like Requirement gathering, Testing, User training and Documenting procedures are addressed in advance. <br><br> Their contribution to the development of structured way for assessing the Implementation partners, Understanding the Business processes and putting up checks and balances as appropriate was critical in meeting the Digital Initiatives which we combined with our ERP Implementation."
Thirumalai G

Head - India Operations

"The Internal Audit Assignment carried out by your team was in a very Structured manner and the Quality of Service is excellent."
CA Sampathkumar D

CFO, IndianOil LNG Private Limited

“Thank you for all the support you and team provided!!”
Madhan S

Senior Director

“You and the entire PKC team have been an instrumental part of the journey. Thank you!”
Atul Sahai

SaaS Strategy & Operations

"PKC helped us launch our 65000 sq.ft. retail store in Chennai from the very start. Results were clearly evident. To say the least, their systems have ensured that the store operates in an auto mode format. We strongly recommend PKC . As a Team, they understand client's requirements and fulfils them in the best possible manner."
Rahul Bhora

CEO, Madras Super Store

"We did not have control of our expenses, due to the sheer size of our 40 store operations. With PKC's insights, we are now in control of costs. The best thing about PKC is they are ready for change & work as per the clients need, even though it's out of their way."
Raakesh Ramanand

Managing director, Consolidated retail

"Prakash Kochar & Co Chartered Accountants" were recommended to us a number of years ago and we certainly have no regrets about moving to them. Work is carried out efficiently, professionally and to a very high standard. We are happy in the knowledge that Prakash Kochar & Co will always do their best to look after our business and drive it forward. Anyone in the retail industry looking for excellent customer service should look no further."
M.Rajalingam

Group Chairman, MSR Group

"When it comes to consulting, auditing and other vital business services, there are many that talk a good game. PKC Consulting helps you make remarkable happen. They took the time to understand who we are and what we require; and provided us with customized yet apt solutions to choose and implement for the better. Their input and direction have proved to be instrumental in obtaining our daily objectives and in time adding value to the growth of the company. They have optimized our sales and purchase procedures, streamlined our accounting structure and enabled us with real-time data, making day-to-day operations almost seamless. And the results are beyond impressive. We wholeheartedly recommend PKC Consulting to everyone we know."
Ahmed Thariq

CEO, National Aluminium

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Financial Audit is the examination of a company's financial statements and records to ensure accuracy, compliance with regulations, and transparency in reporting.

    PKC provides services such as statutory audits, internal audits, compliance audits, and risk assessment to help organizations ensure financial integrity and regulatory compliance.

    Businesses across all industries seeking accurate financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and improved financial controls can benefit from PKC's Financial Audit services.

    PKC follows a structured approach including planning, risk assessment, testing financial records, evaluating internal controls, and providing detailed audit reports with recommendations.

    PKC serves diverse industries including manufacturing, retail, IT, healthcare, education, and real estate for Financial Audit services.

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