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Audit Support For Finance Teams Looking More than Just An Auditor

Our Team at SGGK works closely & alongside your financial team to ensure the audit closes within the deadline with accuracy, right documentation, no urgency, staying statutory compliant, & audit ready always. Our team ensures all-time coordination for all your audit queries.

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Audit Support Overview

What Are Audit Support Services?

Audit support services refer to professional assistance provided by professional auditors to a company’s internal finance team during the statutory audit process. This service usually covers the documentation process, audit query resolution & management, scheduled preparations, ICFR evidence compilation & coordination between the company & appointed auditors as an internal finance team.

We don’t work as a statutory audit firm to conduct audits ourselves, but we support your audit tasks as an extended team of your financial team. This service ensures finance teams are prepared & responsive always and should be able to meet auditor requirements without the entire department spending time on coordination with auditors for weeks.

Who Needs Audit Support Services?

  • Mid Sized Companies
  • PE Backed Businesses
  • Funded Startups Going Through 1st Big 4 Audit
  • Large Businesses with 100+ Employees

Why Finance Teams in Bangalore Searching For Audit Support?

Over the years, we have observed that many Bangalore businesses face these common structural problems like much audit work, not enough bandwidth, and an auditor who does not slow down for any of it.

Bandwidth Collapse

Usually statutory audits are managed by 1 or 2 people in finance team with other responsibilities. When audits come with a PBC list of 50+ items, bandwidth starts collapsing, & everything happens in rush. Our team handles the overload while coordinating with auditors, so your team stay focused.

Big 4 Readiness Gap

Now your company needs a Big 4 statutory audit, your team is not prepared for the huge documentation, ICFR/CARO or any other technical demands. Our team have direct Big 4 audit experience to prepare documentation that passes scrutiny first time with no more rounds of queries.

ICFR Documentation Gap

Your auditors have flagged ICFR as area of concern. Your existing documentation may be outdated, incomplete or never formally structured. This keeps carrying forward every year. So, we rebuild ICFR documentation from ground up, documenting process flows & testing controls before your auditors see them.

First Time Audit

If you are newly funded, your finance team might not be ready to handle a full-scale statutory audit. Your auditors are asking for things your team has never prepared before. SGGK structures your audit from day 1 with many assessments, roadmaps & hands-on support through every stage of fieldwork & audit closure.
Scope of Work

What SGGK's Audit Support Services Cover?

Our Audit support process is structured to address all activities from pre-audit stage to post audit governance. Here's what all stages of our audit support includes -

What our audit support covers - SGGK

1. Pre-Audit Preparation & Readiness Assessment

The foundation of a smooth audit is built months before the auditors arrive. SGGK's pre-audit work covers:

Audit Readiness Assessment

Review of prior year audit observations, management letter points, and open items that need to be addressed before current year fieldwork begins.

PBC List Review & Documentation

We work through the anticipated Prepared-by-Client (PBC) list with your team, mapping what exists, what needs to be built, and what timelines are required for each item.

Schedule Preparation

Trial balance analysis, lead schedules, sub-schedules, and reconciliation preparation across all major heads, fixed assets, debtors, creditors, bank, provisions, and accruals.

ICFR Pre-Assessment

Review of existing Internal Financial Controls documentation — identifying gaps that need to be addressed before auditors begin their controls testing.

Team Briefing

Ensuring your finance team is aligned on what to expect during fieldwork, including how to respond to auditor queries, what documentation is ready, and where escalation points sit.

2. Audit Fieldwork & Query Management

This is where audit support makes the most visible difference. During fieldwork, SGGK:

We Manage The Auditor Query Tracker

Every query from the audit team is logged, assigned, and tracked to closure, so nothing falls through the cracks and your team is never caught without a response.

We Prepare & Deliver Schedule Responses

Auditor requests for supporting schedules, reconciliations, workings, and backup documentation are handled by our team, with accuracy and within agreed timelines.

We Coordinate Directly with Audit Teams

SGGK acts as the primary point of coordination with your auditors' senior manager or partner attending review meetings, responding to technical queries, and ensuring that communication between both sides stays clear.

ICFR Walkthrough Support

We support your team through ICFR walkthroughs, preparing process documentation, coordinating with control owners, and ensuring evidence is complete before the auditors test it.

CARO & Ind AS Compliance Support

For companies subject to CARO reporting or Ind AS requirements, we review disclosures, prepare supporting workings, and ensure financial statement notes are accurate and audit-ready.

3. Audit Closure & Year-Forward Governance

The audit closing is not the end of the process. SGGK's post-audit work covers:

Management Letter Review

We review audit observations and management letter points with your team, categorising by priority, identifying root causes, and building a remediation plan.

Carry-Forward Observation Tracking

Items flagged in the current audit that carry risk into next year are tracked and documented with clear owners and timelines.

Next-Year Readiness Planning

Based on this audit cycle, we build a structured readiness plan for the next year, so your team starts the next audit cycle ahead, not behind.

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Why Work With SGGK?

Why Companies in Bangalore Choose SGGK for Audit Support?

1. We Work on Your Side of the Table

SGGK is not your auditor. We are your audit support partner, which means every decision we make, every document we prepare, and every response we craft is aligned with your interests and your audit outcome. We understand how audit firms think because our founding team has worked within that environment. We use that understanding to prepare you, not to audit you.

2. We Add Big 4 Audit Experience Team

The standard of documentation, evidence quality, and process rigour that Big 4 auditors expect is specific and non-negotiable. SGGK's partners and senior team bring direct Big 4 audit experience, which means when your auditors ask for something, we know exactly what "sufficient" looks like to them. That institutional knowledge is built into every schedule we prepare.

3. Full Audit Lifecycle Coverage

Many audit support providers handle document collection. SGGK handles the full cycle, pre-audit readiness assessment, schedule preparation, ICFR documentation, active fieldwork coordination, query management, and post-audit governance planning. You do not need to stitch together multiple vendors. We have you covered for your entire audit.

4. Partner-Led, Not Junior-Delegated

At SGGK, every audit support engagement has direct partner involvement, from the initial readiness conversation through to audit closure. We are a 35-person practice, not a large firm where your engagement is handed to a team you have never met. The partner you speak to at the start is the partner who stays accountable throughout.

5. Bangalore-Based, Accessible Always

Audit support is not an advisory exercise you do from a distance. It requires your team and ours to work closely, sometimes at short notice, sometimes on the same day an auditor raises an unexpected query. SGGK's Bangalore office and team are built for that proximity. We are reachable, responsive, and present when the audit pressure is highest.
How We Work?

How SGGK's Audit Support Engagement Works?

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Audit Readiness Conversation

A direct conversation with one of our partners about your upcoming audit, auditor firm, scope, your team's current state, known gaps, and timeline. No forms, no generic questionnaire. Just a focused discussion that tells us whether and how we can add value.

Readiness Assessment

We assess your documentation against typical auditor requirements for your industry, company size, and auditor firm. We identify gaps, prioritise what needs to be built, and produce a structured audit preparation roadmap with clear ownership and timelines.

Pre-Audit Preparation

Our team begins schedule preparation and reconciliation review, ICFR documentation, and PBC list readiness, working directly with your finance team members to build everything the auditors will need before fieldwork begins.

Active Fieldwork Support

SGGK is present and operational throughout the audit, managing queries, preparing responses, coordinating with auditors, attending review meetings, and ensuring your team is never in the position of being unprepared for an auditor's request.

Closure & Forward Planning

We close the audit cycle with a documented review of observations, remediation priorities, and a readiness plan for the following year. Because the best preparation for next year's audit starts the week after this one ends.

FAQs on Audit Support Services in Bangalore

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What is the difference between audit support services and statutory audit services?

A statutory audit is conducted by an independent auditor appointed by the company, their role is to verify and opine on the financial statements. 

Audit support services work on the company's side, helping the finance team prepare documentation, manage the PBC list, coordinate auditor queries, and ensure the audit process runs smoothly. SGGK provides audit support, not the statutory audit itself

When should a company engage audit support services?

Ideally, 8-12 weeks before statutory audit fieldwork begins. This allows enough time for proper readiness assessment, schedule preparation, and ICFR documentation Review before auditors arrive. Many companies engage SGGK even earlier for a year-round audit readiness framework. Engaging after fieldwork has already started is possible but significantly limits the preparation window.

Do you work with companies that already have a Big 4 auditor?

Yes, in fact, this is one of our most common engagement types we have. Big 4 auditors have a significantly higher documentation standard and a more rigorous query process than mid-tier firms. 

SGGK's team brings direct Big 4 audit experience, which means we prepare your documentation to a standard that Big 4 auditors expect, reducing the number of repeat queries and rework cycles during fieldwork.

What does the PBC list mean, and how do you help with it?

PBC stands for Prepared by Client, it is the list of schedules, reconciliations, supporting documents, and workings that your auditors expect your team to prepare before and during fieldwork. 

SGGK manages the PBC list end-to-end, reviewing it at the start of the engagement, mapping it to your existing documentation, identifying what needs to be built, and ensuring every item is ready and accurate before the auditors ask for it.

Can SGGK support companies outside Bangalore?

Yes. While our primary base is in-person engagement capacity is in Bangalore, we work with companies across Mumbai, Hyderabad, and other Tier 1 cities through a structured remote and hybrid model. 

For overseas clients in the US and UK, we operate on a fully remote basis with agreed communication protocols and deliverable timelines

What industries do you provide audit support services to in Bangalore?

SGGK provides audit support services to companies across IT and SaaS, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, shared services, global capability centres, funded startups and industrial automation. 

The common factor is not the industry, it is the presence of a statutory audit obligation and a finance team that needs structured, experienced support to meet it.

Audit Support Services in Bangalore

Sandeep Girish GGK & Co. LLP is based in BSK III Stage, Bangalore, positioned to serve finance teams across the city’s major business corridors, including Whitefield, Electronic City, Koramangala, Hebbal, and Yeshwanthpur.

Our audit support practice in Bangalore covers companies from their first Big 4 audit cycle to complex, multi-entity statutory engagements. We understand the Bangalore business environment, the growth stage of the IT and SaaS companies headquartered here, the audit expectations of the PE and VC investors backing them, and the ever-growing regulatory landscape that companies in the city navigate.

Is Your Audit Already Behind Where It Should Be?

Most finance teams realise they are underprepared for audit only after the auditors have started asking questions. By that point, the window for structured preparation has already closed.

SGGK’s audit support engagement starts with a focused, no-obligation readiness conversation a direct discussion about your upcoming audit timeline, your team’s current documentation state, and where structured support will make the most impact.

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