Question 1

Which audits does Contrarian conduct?

Accepted Answer

Internal and revenue audits, management and operational audits, and corporate policy audits, along with preparing accounting manuals and internal controls. The goal is always the same: verify that your financial information is accurate and your processes actually work.

Question 2

Do you do statutory audits?

Accepted Answer

Statutory audit must be signed by an independent practising auditor, and we respect that boundary fully. What Contrarian does is make statutory audit painless: audit-ready books, complete schedules and working papers, and direct coordination with your appointed auditor until sign-off.

Question 3

What is a revenue audit, and do we need one?

Accepted Answer

A revenue audit checks that every rupee you earned was billed, collected and recorded correctly: pricing, invoicing, collections and leakages. Businesses with high transaction volumes or multiple revenue streams usually find gaps that pay for the audit many times over.

Question 4

What does a management or operational audit look at?

Accepted Answer

How the business actually runs: approval flows, procurement, inventory, payroll controls and reporting quality. The outcome is a practical report on what works, what leaks and what to fix first, written for owners, not for filing cabinets.

Question 5

How often should internal audits happen?

Accepted Answer

For most growing businesses, a quarterly or half-yearly rhythm works best: frequent enough to catch issues early, light enough not to disrupt operations. Contrarian sets the cadence with you and adjusts it as the business grows.

Question 6

What do you need from us to start?

Accepted Answer

Access to the books, key process owners for short walkthroughs, and sample documents for the areas under review. Most audits begin within a week of the engagement letter.

Question 7

What do we receive at the end?

Accepted Answer

A clear findings report: what we verified, what we found, the risk each finding carries and a practical recommendation for each, discussed in person, not just emailed. Where you want help fixing things, our accounting and advisory teams take it from there.

Question 8

Can you audit books that Contrarian also maintains?

Accepted Answer

We keep review independent: the team that audits is never the team that wrote the entries, and anything statutory goes to your independent auditor. For many clients we audit processes and revenue while their books are maintained in-house or elsewhere.

Question 9

Our processes are undocumented. Is that a problem?

Accepted Answer

It is the most common starting point. Preparing accounting manuals and documented controls is part of our audit practice, so the first engagement often leaves you with both a findings report and your first proper process documentation.

Question 10

How is audit work priced?

Accepted Answer

A fixed fee scoped to the areas under review and the size of the business, agreed in writing before we begin. Recurring internal audit engagements are priced as a simple annual or quarterly retainer.

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