“Forensic Accounting”
We support our clients with expertise in Forensic Accounting, including serving as expert witnesses. We help clients unearth and determine the financial claims that they may make on third parties relying on our deep insight, wide experience dealing with lawyers. We not only prepare technical reports that are easily understood by laymen, we also provide support in court as expert witnesses.
We provide forensic accounting service in the following situations demanding our skills and experience
- Due Diligence
- Contractual Disputers
- Fraud Detection
- Business & Share Valuation
- Lost Profits Claim/Loss of Earnings
- Assets Tracing & Recovery
- Damage Estimation
- Matrimonial Disputes
- Litigation Support
- Establish Cause
- Claim Preparation
- Report Preparation
- Damage Calculations
- Deposition Assistance
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- Expert Witness Testimony
- Litigation Consulting
- Document Management
- Data Mining / Analysis
- Financial Analysis and Review
- Locate Documentary Evidence
- Interview Suspects / Obtain Confessions
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AREAS
Lost Profits
A loss of income or profits can occur any time due to a multitude of factors, including negligence, product liability, fraud, contractual disputes and unstable market conditions.
We provide lost profits or income reports for our clients when parties to a commercial agreement breach them, fraud, environmental damage resulting into loss of business income, contractual disputes or product liability
We provide iron-cast loss estimation and damages to support your claim with our loss determination models.
Our processes include:
- Forensic examination of business and financial information
- An analytical review of industry data to calculate the effect on profits due to the breach
- Direct computation of pre-loss forecast profits and actual profits after the event
- Consideration of all non-loss related matters and situation to measure their impact on performance or profits
- Systematic information gathering from talking to top management, key suppliers and customers
- Engaging other experts where necessary
- Expert and consulting witness testimony
- Working as an Expert Witness in a Law Court
- For further details, contact this team today
Liability Losses
We are specialists in the investigation and quantification of liability losses. Companies who suffer damage which results in a restriction of their operations find our firm a friend indeed. They can be rest assured that their claim for economic damage will be well supported by our loss liability quantification expertise.
Our methodology includes the following
- Analysis and review of business records and underlying financial information
- Assessment and documentation of all physical damages if any
- Follow on all post loss events
- Analyze lost profits claims through the examination of financial and operational records
- Quantify loss profits deploying both statistical, economic and financial models
- Identify and measure extra expenses
- Identification and measurement of any cost incurred
- Consider short-term remedies and costs
- Provide expert and consulting witness testimony when necessary
- Acting as expert and consulting witness while our client is making and establishing the claim
- Our expertise guarantee that you have reasonable, scientific, error-free and reliable measurement of your liability losses
Business Valuation
We provide business valuation services to our clients who require the same during fresh capital injections, investments, divestments, Initial Public Offering, Partner Disputes, and Exiting Stock Market where Minority Shareholders Dissent.
Our methodology include
- Reviewing historical and forecasted information, including analysis of balance sheets, income statements and cash flow
- Review of historical financial information, review of projected financial information of the business. The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow Statement are analysed
- Conducting meetings with management to discuss company history, operations, employees, customers and competitors and other relevant items
- Holding Sessions with company management, reviewing plans, history, markets, competition and business environment
- Conducting analytical reviews of the company’s financial information
- Reviewing financial budgets, contractual agreements, customer lists, management, national economy
- Delivering an opinion of value deploying relevant valuation models and the weaknesses with the models and providing justification for the model used in the report
- Writing the Valuation Report
- Working as an Expert and Consulting witness on the Valuation Report provided
- Our customers trust us for an objective and professional valuation of their business
Business Interruption Claims
Calculate damages solely attributable to the incident when their business suffer interruption resulting in losses. We quantify the losses, identify the financial impact of the business interruption on projected profits and actual profits.
Our methodology includes:
- Analysis and review of business records and underlying financial information
- Assessment and documentation of all physical damages if any
- Follow on all post-loss events
- Analyze lost profits claims through the examination of financial and operational records
- Quantify loss profits by deploying both statistical, economic, and financial models
- Identify and measure extra expenses
- Identification and measurement of any cost incurred
- Determination of losses related to the business interruption only
- Provide expert and consulting witness testimony when necessary
- Acting as an expert and consulting witness while our client is making and establishing the claim
- Our expertise guarantees that you have reasonable, scientific, error-free and reliable measurement of your liability losses
Fraud, Concealment & Misrepresentation
When fraud is suspected, it can have serious financial implications and perhaps even destroy the affected business. This is why it’s so important to work with someone who can uncover these improprieties and assess the financial damage associated with these actions.
We provide expertise in uncovering suspected fraud and assessing the financial impact on the business.
Our methodology includes:
- Review of financial and business records, transaction reports and financial statements
- Detailed analysis of current and past financial records and statements
- Review of existing controls, process and procedures regarding the suspected transaction for any beaches
- In-depth reviews of journal entries for suspicious items
- Review of Journals. General ledgers and Schedules, Source Documents like Payment Vouchers, Contract Documents, LPO, Waybill etc
- Analytical review of financial statements, market analysis and economic situation
- Review of Internal Controls, Risk Management, Corporate Governance
- Providing Expert and consulting witness testimony
- Talk to us today on this subject, you will be in safe hands
Business Disputes
We are your premier forensic accounting firm supporting you in resolving business disputes that arise from financial and economic damages. When contracts are breached or terms of contract are either repudiated or negligently observed by third parties resulting in financial losses, business owners disagree, funds are misappropriated, people with fiduciary duties breach their responsibility, excess bank charges, fraud resulting from commercial lending, they turn to us to accurately and professional assess the loss to support their claim
Our methodology includes:
- Assessment and measurement of the amount involved in breach of contract, fraud, shareholders disputes, damages in breach of fiduciary duties
- Identification of information needed for investigation and analysis including testimony, third-party and company records and industry/market research
- Review of industry and market reports and extant laws and regulations
- Defense of our client with a strong basis, particularly weakening the testimony of opponents
- Serving as Expert Witness
- Contact this service today for results.
Government Services
We provide forensic accounting services to the public service that require independent and investigative work. We perform financial analysis and modeling and also provide support during litigation. Our client enjoys the following services:
- Support during trials at the court, serving as expert witness
- Fraud Investigation & Audit
- Assets Tracing
- Anti-fraud consulting, including detection and prevention
- Forensic Information Provision
- Contractor Due Diligence
- Suspected Corruption Compliance review and investigation
- Data analysis and visualization
- Process Reengineering Audits
- Suspected Contract Splitting investigation and audits and recovery of determined financial losses
- Training for Field Officers and forensic Investigators
- Our practice is your choice for results
Environmental Damages
We are your choice of forensic accounting practice firm for the quantification and assessment of environmental damages claims. We have the skills and experience to produce investigative and independent reports that accurately assess the economic damage. Where necessary, we collaborate with experts from other disciplines to produce our reports.
For further details on this service, please contact Matthew Ogagavworia, FCA, CFAN on ogagavworia@qeeva.com,08023200801