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Risk & Internal Audit

Build a risk practice without building a risk department

Internal audit, SOX testing, ERM and forensic capability available by the seat. Take on risk engagements you would otherwise have to decline.

What we handle

The full scope, grouped the way your engagements are actually structured.

Internal audit

  • Risk assessment
  • Audit planning
  • Control testing
  • Walkthroughs
  • Deficiency documentation
  • Remediation tracking

SOX and compliance

  • Scoping
  • Narrative and flowchart preparation
  • Control testing
  • Management testing support
  • Compliance framework mapping

Investigation

  • Forensic investigations
  • Fraud risk assessment
  • Financial risk management
  • ERM framework design

Roles you can hire

Every seat is a named professional who works an overnight shift against your business day and reports into your team. You interview them before they start. On an FTE, that person is dedicated to your firm alone.

SeatWhat they ownTypical profile
Internal Audit / SOX SeatControl testing, walkthroughs, deficiency documentation, remediation tracking4–8 yrs, CA / CIA
IT Audit / SOC SeatITGC testing, SOC 1 and SOC 2 readiness and fieldwork support, evidence collection4–8 yrs, CISA
Audit Senior SeatEngagement section ownership, planning support, review of associate work5–8 yrs, CA / ACCA

Software we work in

Yours. Your team starts fluent because we implemented these platforms before we staffed them.

AuditBoard Workiva TeamMate+ ServiceNow GRC MetricStream Excel & Power BI

Plus your client’s ERP for control testing: NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Microsoft Dynamics and the QuickBooks family.

How the engagement works

From first call to productive team in about four weeks.

01

Scoping call

Day 0 · 30 min

We map the roles, volumes, software and review model. You leave with a written recommendation, whether or not you proceed.

02

Team match

Days 1–7

Shortlisted profiles with credentials and relevant experience. You interview. You choose. Nobody is assigned without your approval.

03

Security & access

Days 7–10

MSA and individual NDAs executed, background verification confirmed, access provisioned through your controls with MFA and least privilege.

04

Ramp

Days 10–30

Risk seats ramp against a live engagement. Your seat prepares walkthrough documentation and test workpapers under review, then takes ownership of a control area. Because the deliverable is documentation, quality is visible from week one rather than at the end.

05

Steady state

Day 30 onward

Weekly check-in, monthly performance review, quarterly capacity planning. Scale up for busy season, scale back after. Thirty days’ notice, either direction.

Your client data never leaves your environment

Work happens inside your systems through a hardened virtual desktop or your VPN. No local downloads, no data at rest offshore, no shadow copies. Every team member is background-verified and signs an individual confidentiality agreement. Access is least-privilege and MFA-enforced.

Read the full security posture →

Questions about risk & internal audit

Can they run a SOX engagement end to end?
They can execute it. Scoping decisions, conclusions on deficiency severity and the report to the audit committee stay with your engagement partner. In practice a Pod with an embedded lead handles planning, walkthroughs, testing and documentation, and your partner reviews and concludes.
Do they have CIA or CISA credentials?
Internal Audit seats are typically CA or CIA. IT Audit seats are CISA. You see the full credential history for every candidate before you interview them, and you choose.
We don’t have a risk practice yet. Can we still take this on?
That is the most common reason firms come to us for this service. A Pod gives you a delivery capability without a hiring commitment, which lets you bid on risk work before you have a risk department. Several firms have used this to build a practice that later justified onshore hires.
How is this different from a staffing agency?
An agency finds you a person and invoices you. We build a delivery function: trained on your methodology before they start, documented as they work, backed by a bench so a resignation is our problem rather than yours, and covered by a single security and compliance posture your peer reviewer can inspect.

Find out what your firm could take on with two more people.

Thirty minutes. We map your roles, volumes and software, and you leave with a written recommendation on team structure. No obligation, and no pitch deck.

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