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Close the gaps
between records and reality

CICL Auditing & Reconciliation provides independent review, reconciliations and control checks that help you clean up legacy issues, reduce risk and restore confidence in your numbers.

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Auditing & Reconciliation

Who turns to us for independent review

We work with organisations that want a clear, honest picture of their records—before regulators, auditors, investors or partners ask the same questions.

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Finance & accounting leaders

CFOs, financial controllers and heads of finance seeking independent support on reconciliations, controls and audit readiness.

SMEs & growing organisations

Businesses with years of rapid growth or manual processes, now needing to clean up records and build sustainable discipline.

Financial services & fintechs

Highly regulated institutions where small reconciliation breaks can quickly turn into governance, compliance or reputational risk.

NGOs & development programmes

Organisations needing robust records, audit trails and reconciliations to satisfy funders, boards and oversight bodies.

Challenges

Typical issues we help you resolve

Many reconciliation and audit problems build up quietly over time. We help you surface them, understand them and design a path to resolution.

Unreconciled balances

Differences between bank statements, customer or vendor balances, wallets, loan books and your general ledger that never seem to go away.

System & data mismatches

Multiple systems—core banking, ERP, spreadsheets, payment gateways— telling different stories about the same transactions or balances.

Weak controls & audit trails

Processes that rely on manual workarounds, with limited segregation of duties, documentation or consistent evidence for review.

Time & resource pressure

Internal teams stretched between BAU work, reporting deadlines and audit requests—with little capacity to step back and clean up.

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Process

How our Auditing & Reconciliation support works

We combine structured analysis with practical, on-the-ground collaboration—so reconciliations and control fixes are not just reports, but changes that stick.

Step 1

Scope, risk mapping & data discovery

We clarify the questions you need answered, inventory systems and data sources and identify high-risk areas where reconciliations and controls matter most.

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Data extraction & reconciliation design

We define data cuts, mapping rules and reconciliation logic, then design templates and working files that link systems, statements and ledgers.

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Testing, exception analysis & root causes

We run reconciliations, highlight breaks and patterns and work with your teams to trace underlying causes rather than just symptoms.

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Controls, process fixes & clean-up plan

We recommend practical control improvements, process changes and a prioritised clean-up plan that balances risk, effort and timelines.

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Implementation support & handover

We can support your teams as they execute reconciliations and process changes, then hand over working files, documentation and training.

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Beyond the review

Ongoing monitoring & internal capacity-building

We can help you embed monthly or quarterly reconciliation rhythms, dashboards and internal audit-style checks that keep controls alive.

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Services

Deep-dive reconciliations and control-focused audits

We focus on the areas where misalignment between systems, statements and processes can cause the greatest risk for your organisation.

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Financial reconciliations

Bank, customer, vendor, wallet, loan, payroll and other key reconciliations, with clear working papers and exception logs you can reuse.

Dashboard showing control metrics and exception trends

Control & process reviews

Assessment of key processes and controls around revenue, cash, disbursements, reconciliations and reporting—with realistic improvement recommendations.

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Audit preparation & support

Preparation of schedules, reconciliations, supporting documents and explanations that make statutory and internal audits more efficient and less disruptive.

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Engagement models

Audit & reconciliation support sized to your reality

From one-off investigations to ongoing control partnerships, we shape our work around your timelines, risk profile and internal capacity.

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Issue-focused review

A targeted engagement to investigate specific breaks, accounts or processes and provide clear findings and recommendations.

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Clean-up & controls project

A structured programme to clean up historical issues, redesign controls and embed sustainable reconciliation practices across functions.

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Ongoing assurance partner

Periodic reviews, reconciliations and advisory support to your finance, internal audit and executive teams on an annual or multi-year basis.

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Deliverables

Your audit-ready control & reconciliation toolkit

We leave you with working files, documentation and summaries that you can use with internal teams, auditors, boards and regulators.

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Reconciliation schedules

Clear working papers showing matching logic, exceptions and sign-offs that you can maintain and reuse in future periods.

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Exception & risk summaries

Prioritised lists and visuals of where breaks and control gaps concentrate—so leadership can focus effort where it matters most.

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Findings & action roadmap

Concise reports that summarise findings, root causes and a phased plan—aligned to your governance, risk and compliance priorities.

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Results

Cleaner records, lower risk, stronger trust

The true outcome of Auditing & Reconciliation is not just “no findings”—it is leadership confidence that your numbers can be relied on for real decisions.

Clarity

Single source of truth

Key balances and transactions aligned across systems, statements and ledgers—reducing confusion and debate over “which numbers are correct.”

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Controls

Stronger financial discipline

Clear, repeatable reconciliation and control routines that reduce the chance of errors, leakages and unpleasant surprises.

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Trust

Greater confidence from stakeholders

Boards, auditors, lenders and partners seeing that you understand your numbers and are actively managing control risks.

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Auditing & Reconciliation FAQs

How we work with your teams, your systems and your auditors.

Do you replace our statutory auditors?

No. We complement statutory auditors by helping you resolve issues earlier, improve reconciliations and strengthen documentation—so formal audits become more efficient and less stressful.

Can you work alongside our internal audit function?

Yes. We often support internal audit teams on specialised reconciliations, data-heavy reviews or change programmes where extra hands and external perspective are valuable.

How long does a typical reconciliation project take?

Timelines depend on data quality, systems involved and the period under review. We start with a scoping phase to size the work, then agree realistic milestones with your team.

What do you need from us to get started?

Typically: access to relevant data and systems (or extracts), process walkthroughs with key staff and clarity on priorities and deadlines. We keep requests structured and predictable.

Will your recommendations be practical for our context?

Yes. We design controls and reconciliation routines that reflect your size, systems and team capacity—avoiding overly complex frameworks that cannot be maintained in practice.

Can you help us engage with regulators or funders?

Where needed, we can help you prepare explanations, remediation plans and progress updates. Any direct engagement with external parties is done under clear terms agreed with you.

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Data Protection & Confidentiality

Audit and reconciliation work often involves sensitive financial and operational data. We handle this information with strict confidentiality and robust security practices.

Access is limited to authorised CICL team members working on your engagement. We use secure channels for data transfer and can operate under NDAs or existing confidentiality frameworks as needed.

Where possible, we avoid or anonymise personally identifiable information, focusing on balances, flows and patterns rather than unnecessary personal details.

Our aim is to give you clearer numbers and stronger controls without increasing your exposure—protecting your organisation, your stakeholders and your reputation.

Ready to bring your numbers back under control?

Let’s design an Auditing & Reconciliation engagement that helps you clean up today’s issues and build stronger controls for tomorrow.

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