All entities, including companies, limited liability partnerships and charities, that meet certain criteria, such as being above a certain size or of public interest, are required by law to have their financial statements audited. Others for various reasons, including agreement with shareholders to fulfill financing requirements, may also require an audit.

At Royusuf we work hard to develop a deep understanding of each of our clients, allowing us to not just look at the numbers but to explore their implication on the business. Every audit we deliver is bespoke to each client, allowing us to provide proactive advice around the issues they face.

During the audit we will collate control, efficiency and business improvement recommendations for the benefit of our clients, allowing us to provide solutions to problems and avoid issues in the future.

We work with our clients to ensure that they are able to fulfill their statutory obligations and file audited accounts in a timely manner.
We aim to give our clients excellent service delivery and strong client relationships.  This is supported through a regular programme of independent partner reviews and client feedback.
We are able to provide audit services for most companies regardless of their size or industry and have dedicated specialist teams who provide our clients with relevant sector specific knowledge, experience and commercial insight.

Adverse business results can be reversed through the identification of those factors that are responsible for the adverse results. We can be engaged by our clients to carry out detailed investigation into certain areas of their organizations. We normally provide expert advice on how losses can be minimized or even completely eradicated.
A company with dwindling fortunes can be revamped by carrying out the recommendations we normally give on prudent financial management.

During investigations, we normally emphasize the following areas:

1. The plan of the organization
2. Quality of staff
3. Quality of the internal audit department and the extent of independence
4. Custody procedures of fixed assets and sensitive documents
5. Authorization and recording procedure
6. Cash management procedures
7. Utilization of working Capital
8. Examination of Liquidity, gearing and other relevant ratios.
9. Managerial supervision and review.

At Royusuf & Co (Chartered Accountants), we have an experienced group of tax professionals who know and understand the tax laws and how to implement them to assist our clients in paying the least tax possible. We continually provide updates to our tax clients on the latest changes in tax law at the federal, state and local levels.

• Individual, Corporate, Non-Profit And Fiduciary Tax Compliance And Consulting
• Reviewing Tax Transactions For Tax Compliance, Structuring Transactions To Minimize Taxes Due
• Planning For Acquisitions And Mergers Of Entities
• Retirement Planning Consulting
• Tax Preparation & Tax Planning

Formal corporate governance requirements in Nigeria have changed beyond all recognition in the last ten years under the Sec code of conduct. Whilst many hold these developments up as a success story of regulation, and the central principle of “comply or explain”, others see a growing labyrinth of complexity. Major recent changes include revision of the Corporate Governance Code, significant changes to narrative reporting, additional reporting being required from audit committees and extensive additions to remuneration reporting.
Whilst many of these rules apply only to the very largest businesses they are continually informing best practice for all organisations and those that have obligations to third parties such as investors, lenders or other stakeholders.

Our teams are well versed in the operation of regulations, and perhaps more importantly in the thinking behind them, and can help you navigate your way through complexity to produce solutions that have value and suit the needs of your own organisation. With help of the code, we provide and advice the firm with:

• More information on Board Obligations
• More information on Audit Committee obligations
• More information for Non-Executive Directors
• More information on the new Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report requirements within the Annual Report
• More information on our Risk and Advisory Services

• Prepare files of key contracts, financial and tax documentation for the due diligence and verification process.
• Ensure that our clients’ tax affairs are up to date and in order.
• We can assist with performing an IPO readiness review.  This is an assessment of how prepared a company is for a future IPO, with a particular focus on accounting and financial aspects.  It provides the board and its advisers with an indication of practical steps that can be taken in the short term to assist a future IPO process.
• We can also assist with acting as reporting accountant on various capital market transactions.

As part of a loan agreement, it is normal for a company to be required to meet certain covenants on a regular basis.  Often, a bank will require a company’s auditors to verify these covenant compliance calculations on an annual or even a quarterly basis.

We provide funds management services in the following areas:-

1. Cash management advisory services
2. Treasury management advisory services
3. Monitoring disbursement from a project/Fund account
4. Prompt preparation/investigation of Bank reconciliation statements.
5. Revolving loan system management

We are a team of professional pre-litigation debt recovery management. Our experienced debt collectors deploy their skills to negotiate and persuade debtors to extract payments and in some cases obtain installmental payments where bullet repayment is not feasible.
We help organizations recover outstanding amounts from their debtors arising from business transactions, such as supplies of goods and services, loan advances that are basically delinquent in nature.  In executing our work, we advise litigation if it becomes inevitable after concluding that it is the most appropriate way forward, taking into account the financial position of the debtor.
The firm has developed a result oriented approach to debt recovery, utilizing a combination of a moral persuasion, ingenuity and considerable help from the law enforcement agencies such as the Police, Special Fraud Unit (SFU) and more particularly the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) which measures have in time past proved very effective and successful to the satisfaction of our clients.

We have over the years developed concise, strategic and effective means to engage recalcitrant debtors in a bid to realize the assets of our client trapped in their possession.
We keep our clients abreast at regular intervals of the results of our efforts on a case by case basis. We therefore render:

• Environmental scanning and profiling of the debtor
• Effective and ethical debt collecting services through persistent yet professional follow up techniques.
• Monitoring and tracking of debtors payment plans and payment arrangements
• Tracking and tracing of missing debtors
• Legal Services through our network of Solicitors across Nigeria

Human Resources Management(HRM) / Development And Training Process

RECEIVERSHIP AND LIQUIDATION

We act as receivers and liquidators for insolvent business organizations. A company with poor financial management may not be able to pay its depts. And therefore becomes a target for receivership and eventual liquidation. Members may appoint a receiver, failing which a creditor may decide to appoint one. We normally take precautionary measures to ensure that the requirements of the relevant statutes are adhered to.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

We provide expert professional advice on reconstructions, and reorganizations, mergers, disposals and acquisitions of business organizations. Companies’ amalgamate or merge for economic or tax reasons. We help our clients in the preparation of the relevant financial statement necessary for the merger and/ or acquisitions. We also assist in the preparation or monitoring of the terms and mode of mergers and acquisitions.

PROSPECTUS REPORTING

We prepare prospectus reports for companies that want to float shares. This is achieved by disclosing the following:-profit\losses for the past five years, rates of dividends paid on each class of issued share capital for the previous five years. Assets and liability as at the last balance sheet date.

PROJECTS FEASIBILITIES STUDIES

We prepare feasibility studies necessary for the negotiation of finance for new projects or projects that are about to expand. We normally carry out detailed study of location of the proposed project with a view to ascertaining the economic viability. We also assist in preparation of cash flow statements required by banks. We may also help our clients review.

INCORPORATION OF BUSINESS ENTITIES

We engage in the incorporation of limited liability companies. We also help liability companies requiring increase in their share capital and other statutory requirements. The firm is registered member of Corporate Affairs commission in Abuja.

SECRETARIAL SERVICES

We provide secretarial services through our Sister firm Deo-Gracia Consulting to our clients. This is achieved through drafting and filing statutory returns, updating, updating of statutory records, attending directors’ and shareholders’ meeting, provision of general advisory services on secretarial matters.