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Risk & Governance in United Arab Emirates

Substance requirements and corporate-tax readiness make controls and documentation newly important here.

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Why it's different here

Risk & Governance, tuned to United Arab Emirates.

Substance requirements and corporate-tax readiness make controls and documentation newly important here.

Reporting framework: IFRS. Primary regulator: the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). Company registry: the relevant mainland or free-zone authority. Everything runs remotely, on United Arab Emirates's calendar, in AED.

Full scope

What's included.

The complete risk & governance scope — all of it available to United Arab Emirates clients.

SOX 404 & internal controls over financial reporting

Designing, documenting and testing the controls US-listed (and pre-IPO) companies must certify — scoped so the effort matches the risk.

Internal audit (outsourced / co-sourced)

A full internal audit function — plan, fieldwork, reporting — for companies that need the assurance without a department.

Audit-readiness assessments

A dry run before your external auditors arrive: reconciliations, support files and positions checked so the audit doesn't become an archaeology project.

Enterprise risk management

A practical risk register and response plan — the version a board actually uses, not a shelf document.

Policy & process design

Finance policies (delegation of authority, procurement, expense, close) and SOPs written for how your company actually works.

Fraud risk reviews

Segregation, access and payment-flow reviews that find the gaps before someone else does — plus support when something has already gone wrong.

Regulatory compliance mapping

The finance-relevant obligations in each market you operate in, mapped to owners and calendars so nothing is discovered late.

IT general controls coordination

The ITGC layer (access, change, backup) documented and tested in step with your financial controls.

Corporate governance reviews

Board structures, charters and reporting lines benchmarked and tightened — especially ahead of investment or listing.

Board & audit-committee reporting

Clear, decision-ready reporting packs for boards and audit committees, on a fixed cadence.

How we deliver

Process & quality control.

01

Scoping & risk assessment

We agree which processes and controls matter — materiality first, checklists second.

02

Documentation

Narratives, flowcharts and control matrices in a format your auditors accept.

03

Testing

Design and operating-effectiveness testing with clearly stated samples and results.

04

Remediation & reporting

Gaps ranked by risk, with owners, deadlines and retest dates.

TurnaroundPrograms are scheduled around your audit and reporting calendar.
Quality controlEvery conclusion traceable to tested evidence; nothing signed off that wasn't sampled.
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Questions

Risk & Governance in United Arab Emirates — FAQs

How does Risk & Governance work for a UAE company specifically? +
Substance requirements and corporate-tax readiness make controls and documentation newly important here. We deliver it fully remotely, reporting under IFRS and coordinating with the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) and the relevant mainland or free-zone authority where the work touches them.
We're not listed — is SOX relevant to us? +
The full SOX regime only binds US-listed companies, but the underlying discipline — documented, tested controls — is exactly what acquirers, lenders and auditors look for at any size.
Will our external auditors accept your work? +
The documentation follows the standards external auditors use themselves, and we coordinate with them directly so reliance is agreed up front.
How disruptive is the testing? +
Most evidence is pulled from systems and shared folders; management time is concentrated in short, scheduled walkthrough sessions.
Can you fix the gaps you find? +
Yes — remediation design is part of the service, though we keep designer and tester roles separate so independence holds.

Risk & Governance for your United Arab Emirates business.

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