Audit that finds what matters, not tick-boxes
To Contrarian Support Services, an audit is never a formality. Our team partners with you to verify that your financial information is accurate, your risks are managed and your processes genuinely work, and then tells you plainly what to fix first.
Internal · Revenue · Management · Operational · Policy audits
Why businesses bring Contrarian in to check the numbers
An audit is only useful if it changes something. Contrarian's assurance work exists to answer three owner questions honestly: are the numbers right, where is value leaking, and which risk deserves attention first. That is what "real value, not a tick-the-box exercise" means in practice.
"Audit isn't a tick-the-box exercise. We partner with you to manage risks, confirm performance objectives and verify the accuracy of your financial information."
The Contrarian assurance principle
We audit with you, not at you: findings are explained in person and ranked by what matters.
Every conclusion traces back to documents, walkthroughs and numbers that were actually tested.
Reports written for owners: each finding carries its risk and one practical next step.
Five ways we put your business under the lens
An audit is done when both sides agree
What the books say, and what the evidence shows. Contrarian keeps testing until the two sit perfectly level.
When everything lines up, one look is enough
An audited statement is like a facade with every panel true: your board, bank and investors can read it at a glance and trust what they see.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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