15 — International Auditing Services

Forensic Accounting and Cross-Border Standards

Foreign investors, lenders and parent companies need numbers they can trust, prepared to standards they recognise. Led by a licensed Chartered Accountant partner, Noxy Africa brings forensic accounting, international reporting standards and audit services to businesses and projects in Ghana and across Africa, so the accounts hold up to scrutiny in Toronto, New York and Frankfurt as well as Accra.

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Capital Follows Credible Numbers

Many African businesses keep sound local accounts that a foreign investor still cannot use. Different standards, thin audit trails and unexplained transactions slow down due diligence, lower valuations or stop a deal entirely.

We close that gap: accounts aligned to international standards, an audit that runs cleanly, and independent forensic work where something needs to be explained.

Where Cross-Border Deals Stall

Investors rarely walk away because of the business. They walk away because they cannot verify it.

  • Accounts prepared to local rules that do not reconcile to IFRS or US GAAP
  • Audit opinions qualified because of gaps in records or controls
  • Related-party and intercompany transactions without documentation
  • Irregular payments or missing funds that no one has investigated
  • Subsidiary reporting that misses the group auditor's timetable

When the Numbers Need Explaining

Independent, evidence-based investigation of financial records, for boards, investors, lenders and legal counsel.

Fraud & Irregularity Investigations

Tracing missing funds, irregular payments and manipulated records, with findings documented to evidential standard.

Asset & Funds Tracing

Following money across entities, accounts and borders to locate assets and recover value.

Dispute & Expert Support

Loss quantification and independent financial analysis for shareholder, contract and insurance disputes.

Quality of Earnings

Independent testing of revenue, costs, cash and working capital before an acquisition or investment.

One Set of Accounts, Read the Same Everywhere

IFRS Conversion & Alignment

Moving local accounts to IFRS or IFRS for SMEs, with policies, opening balances and disclosures investors expect.

Cross-Border Reporting

Reconciling IFRS with US GAAP, Canadian and German HGB reporting for foreign parents, funders and lenders.

Audit Readiness

Closing records, reconciliations and controls so the statutory audit runs on time and without qualification.

Group & Subsidiary Audits

Coordinating audits of African subsidiaries to ISA, to the timetable and instructions of the group auditor.

Internal Audit & Controls

Internal audit programmes, control testing and anti-bribery reviews against FCPA, UK Bribery Act and CFPOA expectations.

Project & Grant Audits

Expenditure verification and reporting for development-finance, donor and public-sector funded projects.

Transfer Pricing Review

Intercompany pricing and documentation reviewed against OECD guidelines and Ghana Revenue Authority rules.

Investor & Lender Reporting

Reporting packs and covenant statements in the format and standard that each funder requires.

Cross-Border Frameworks

We align reporting to the framework each stakeholder relies on, and document the reconciliation between them.

Reporting

IFRS & IFRS for SMEs

The reporting framework adopted in Ghana and most African markets, and accepted by investors in Canada and Europe.

Auditing

ISA

International Standards on Auditing, issued by the IAASB and applied to statutory and group audits.

Investor Home Markets

US GAAP · Canada · HGB

Reconciliations for US, Canadian and German parent companies and funders, plus OECD transfer pricing guidelines.

A Rigorous Process, Sequenced for Success

01

Diagnose

Review the accounts, records and controls against the standard the stakeholder requires.

02

Investigate & Align

Resolve gaps, convert or reconcile to IFRS, and investigate anything unexplained.

03

Audit

Audit to ISA, led by our licensed Chartered Accountant partner and delivered on timetable.

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Report

Investor, lender and board reporting that stays aligned after the deal closes.

Accounts that foreign investors and lenders can rely on

Faster due diligence and fewer price adjustments

Independent answers when something does not add up

Works Best Together

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads your auditing work?

Our auditing and forensic accounting work is led by a partner who is a licensed Chartered Accountant. The same senior team prepares the business for audit, carries out the audit and forensic reviews, and aligns reporting to international standards, so you deal with one qualified team from start to finish.

Which standards do you work with?

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS and IFRS for SMEs) and International Standards on Auditing (ISA), which Ghana has adopted, together with US GAAP, Canadian standards and German HGB where investors or parent companies report under them.

When is forensic accounting needed?

When there are signs of fraud, missing funds or irregular payments, in shareholder or contract disputes, and before an acquisition or investment when the numbers need to be tested independently.

Who do you work with?

African businesses preparing for foreign investment, foreign investors and parent companies with operations in Ghana and Africa, project companies reporting to lenders and funders, and public bodies that need independent financial review.