Audit Support Services
Management-Side Audit Support
That Keeps the Process on Track
Auditor Request Management
We track, organize, and respond to auditor information requests throughout the engagement -- keeping the audit moving without consuming your internal team's capacity.
Technical Issue Resolution
When auditors raise accounting questions or challenge existing positions, we analyze the issue, prepare the response, and resolve it efficiently on management's behalf.
Audit Timeline Management
We manage the financial workstreams throughout the audit to keep the process on schedule -- identifying delays before they compound and maintaining clear communication with the audit team.
100+
Successful transactions completed
20+
Years of experience
$5 - 50m
Average size of transaction
$20-200m
Average market cap of clients across tech, manufacturing & services
Management-Side Audit Support Across the Full Audit Cycle
What makes us different?
External audits are demanding processes that consume significant management time and attention. Even well-prepared companies find that the ongoing demands of fieldwork — responding to information requests, resolving auditor questions, providing additional documentation, and managing the relationship — pull the finance team away from the regular business of running the finance function.
Corviniti provides management-side audit support that absorbs that burden. We serve as the primary point of contact between management and the audit team during fieldwork, managing information requests, coordinating responses, resolving technical questions, and keeping the audit on schedule. Your internal team stays focused on running the business; we manage the audit.
We work with companies across a range of audit situations — large public companies managing PCAOB audits, growth-stage companies handling their first institutional audit, and companies that have struggled with past audits and need more organized management of the process. In each case, our involvement consistently reduces audit duration and cost.
We help with:
- Auditor Liaison Management: Serve as the primary management-side contact for the audit team — receiving requests, coordinating responses, and maintaining the relationship throughout fieldwork.
- PBC List Management: Track and manage the prepared-by-client (PBC) request list, ensuring all items are addressed promptly and completely.
- Technical Question Response: Analyze accounting questions raised by auditors, draft management’s response, and coordinate any required documentation or adjustments.
- Audit Issue Resolution: Work through audit findings and proposed adjustments with management and the audit team, resolving disputes efficiently and on a technical basis.
- Audit Timeline Tracking: Maintain a clear view of the audit timeline, identify delays before they affect the overall schedule, and escalate issues that require management attention.
- Supplemental Documentation Preparation: Prepare any additional workpapers, schedules, or supporting documentation requested by auditors during fieldwork.
- Audit Committee Reporting: Prepare clear, accurate updates for the audit committee on audit status, open items, and significant accounting matters.
- Audit Wrap-Up Coordination: Manage the final stages of the audit — representation letter preparation, subsequent events review, and financial statement finalization.
- Management Letter Response: Draft management’s response to audit management letter comments, including the planned remediation actions and timeline.
- Post-Audit Debrief: Conduct a post-audit review to identify process improvements that will make the next audit cycle more efficient.
Why Choose Us?
Big 4 expertise,
boutique agility
Corviniti provides audit support with deep knowledge of how audits work from both sides — which means we anticipate what auditors need, resolve issues efficiently, and keep the process moving without unnecessary friction.
Startups and US Capital Markets are our focus
From companies managing their first institutional audit to established public companies streamlining ongoing PCAOB audit cycles, Corviniti provides the management-side support that makes audits faster and less disruptive.
- Startup and Fundraising Focused (including Venture Capital)
- Built for Capital Markets (including IPO and SPAC transactions)
- Boutique Attention
- Big Four Experience
- Transaction Deadline Oriented
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Call: (347) 472-1115
Email: info@corviniti.com
Tell us about your upcoming audit and where you need support. We will respond within 24 hours.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Management-side audit support means we work for you — not for the auditors. We help you manage the audit process, respond to auditor requests, resolve technical questions on your behalf, and keep the engagement moving efficiently. We are distinct from the audit firm, which is independent and working on its own behalf. Our role is to make the audit as smooth and cost-effective as possible for management.
We work alongside your internal team as the primary management-side contact for the audit team. We receive information requests, coordinate your team’s responses, prepare supplemental documentation, and manage the timeline. When technical questions arise, we analyze the issue and prepare management’s response. The auditors interact with us as part of your management team — because for purposes of the engagement, we are.
Yes. We regularly engage mid-audit to provide additional capacity, resolve a backlog of information requests, or manage a specific technical issue that has slowed the process. We can mobilize quickly and integrate with your existing team and the audit firm’s schedule.
Disagreements with auditors are not uncommon — particularly on judgment-intensive areas like revenue recognition, fair value estimates, and accounting for complex instruments. We analyze the auditor’s position, assess the technical merits, and help management decide how to respond. In some cases, the auditor’s position is correct and we help management understand why and make the adjustment. In others, management’s original position is defensible and we prepare the technical response. We approach these situations analytically rather than adversarially.
A PBC (prepared-by-client) list is the auditors’ request list of documents, schedules, and information they need from management. Managing the PBC list — tracking what has been provided, what is outstanding, and what is being prepared — is one of the most time-consuming aspects of audit management. We take ownership of this process, ensuring requests are addressed promptly and completely, and that the audit team has what it needs to keep fieldwork moving.
At the end of the audit, management typically needs to provide: a signed representation letter confirming that management has provided all relevant information and that the financial statements are fairly presented, a subsequent events update confirming no material events have occurred after year-end, and any final financial statement adjustments agreed during fieldwork. We manage all of these deliverables and ensure they are completed on the timeline the audit firm requires.
Yes. We regularly work with foreign private issuers and companies with cross-border structures, including IFRS reporting, US GAAP reconciliations, and multi-entity consolidations for companies with domestic and international subsidiaries.
In most cases, we can begin within a few days of finalizing our agreement. Our onboarding process is straightforward — a brief discovery session, a clear statement of work, and secure access setup. We do not have lengthy intake procedures that delay the start of actual work.
