Forensic Audit
in Sharjah
We investigate financial irregularities by tracing records, testing transactions, preserving relevant evidence, and reporting what the documents support without speculation.
13+ YEARS OF UAE FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE
- Transaction Tracing
- Evidence Review
- Sharjah, UAE
Facts Before Decisions
Establish what happened, what evidence supports it, and which financial controls need immediate attention.
A Defensible Fact Base
The investigation distinguishes documents, transaction evidence, calculations, and verified findings from assumptions, suspicions, or untested explanations.
Clearer Financial Trails
Money movements, ledger entries, supporting documents, and account relationships are traced to show how a questioned transaction was processed.
Controlled Sensitive Work
The scope, information access, document requests, and reporting route are set early to reduce unnecessary exposure of sensitive allegations.
Practical Risk Reduction
Findings identify control failures that allowed the issue to occur, helping management decide where procedures need to change.
Forensic Audit Scope
The work is built around the allegation, relevant period, available records, and the decisions the investigation must inform.
Investigation Scope Assessment
Define the allegation, entities, dates, transactions, records, access limits, and reporting requirements.
Evidence Preservation Planning
Identify relevant electronic files, documents, communications, ledgers, and records requiring controlled preservation.
Financial Record Review
Review ledgers, journals, invoices, contracts, approvals, payment records, and supporting accounting documents.
Transaction Flow Tracing
Trace selected transactions through source documents, approval routes, bank activity, counterparties, and ledger postings.
Account Reconciliation Analysis
Analyze unusual balances, adjustments, suspense accounts, unreconciled items, and unexplained financial movements.
Loss Quantification Analysis
Calculate identified financial exposure using the evidence, assumptions, and calculation basis agreed for the engagement.
Control Failure Review
Review approval, payment, access, reconciliation, and monitoring controls related to identified issues.
Forensic Findings Report
Prepare a factual report describing scope, procedures, evidence reviewed, findings, limitations, and recommendations.
Financial Investigation Work
Ahmed Mahfoudh Chartered Accountants & Auditors brings more than 13 years of UAE financial experience to forensic audit assignments in Sharjah. I approach an investigation by defining the question first, securing the relevant financial records, and tracing the evidence methodically. The work may involve payments, invoices, bank activity, ledger entries, approvals, or unexplained balances. Findings are reported as facts supported by the records reviewed, with limitations stated clearly. Where a matter may lead to litigation or regulatory action, the scope should be coordinated with legal counsel from the outset.
How Financial Evidence Is Examined
The biggest mistake is confronting people or changing records before the available evidence has been preserved.
The allegation defines the boundaries
The engagement begins by identifying what is alleged, the relevant entities, time period, transactions, records, and decision-makers. This prevents an open-ended review and keeps the investigation focused on evidence that can answer the question management needs resolved.
Financial trails are reconstructed
Selected transactions are traced from source documents through approvals, ledger entries, bank activity, and related records. This can show whether a transaction was authorized, recorded accurately, supported by documentation, or linked to an unexplained account movement.
Findings avoid unsupported conclusions
The report separates verified facts, documentary evidence, calculations, observations, and limitations. It does not label conduct as fraud or criminal activity without the evidence and legal process required to support that conclusion.
Sharjah Forensic Audit Support
Objective financial investigation for businesses facing suspected irregularities or disputes.
Sameh Abdalla
CEO & Founder
Sami Abdallah leads the firm with expertise in accounting, audit, tax advisory, and consulting. He provides strategic guidance and supports long-term business growth across the UAE.
Ahmed Mahfoudh
Audit Manager
Ahmed Mahfoudh manages audit assignments and financial reviews with a focus on accuracy, compliance, and risk assessment. He delivers clear insights to strengthen financial control.
Ahmed Elbadawi
Legal Manager
Ahmed Elbadawi provides legal guidance, contract management, and compliance support. He helps protect business interests, reduce risks, and ensure smooth legal operations.
Ahmed Samir
Tax Manager
Ahmed Samir specializes in UAE VAT, corporate tax, and compliance services. He supports businesses in managing tax obligations while improving financial efficiency and compliance effectively.
Sharjah Leaders On Forensic Work
These risk, finance, and business leaders needed an independent review of sensitive financial concerns.
“Clear findings supported by solid evidence gave us a reliable basis for the next steps.”
“Every transaction trail was examined carefully, and the report presented facts without speculation.”
“Complex financial flows were reconstructed in a detailed report that stood up to internal scrutiny.”
“The structured, evidence-based process gave us clarity on suspected irregularities with minimal disruption.”
“The findings helped us close control gaps and reduce future risk exposure.”
“Their objective analysis maintained strict confidentiality throughout a complex investigation.”
Forensic Audit Questions Answered
Important facts to understand before an investigation into financial irregularities begins.
What is a forensic audit?
A forensic audit is a focused investigation of financial records and transactions where there is a concern about irregularity, loss, dispute, or misconduct. It uses evidence gathering, transaction analysis, reconciliation, and factual reporting rather than a standard annual audit approach.
Is a forensic audit a fraud finding?
No. A forensic audit examines evidence and reports factual findings from the records reviewed. Whether conduct legally amounts to fraud, theft, or another offence is a legal determination that may require advice from qualified legal counsel and the relevant authorities.
What should we do first?
Preserve relevant records and avoid deleting, altering, or overwriting files, emails, ledgers, or documents. The initial scope should identify the suspected period, entities, people with access, systems used, and records that may contain evidence.
Can you trace suspicious payments?
Yes. Transaction tracing can follow a payment from invoice or request through approvals, ledger entries, bank statements, beneficiary details, and related supporting documents. The available bank and accounting records determine how far the trail can be traced.
Will the investigation remain confidential?
Access to information should be limited to agreed personnel and the reporting route set at the start of the engagement. Confidentiality is managed through defined document access, communication channels, and report distribution, subject to legal and regulatory obligations.
Can the report be used in court?
A forensic report may assist legal counsel or a dispute process, but court requirements, expert appointment, admissibility, and report format are determined by the relevant court or authority. If litigation is expected, legal counsel should confirm the required scope before work begins.
How long does a forensic audit take?
Timing depends on the period under review, number of entities, transaction volume, systems involved, document access, and whether records need reconstruction. A review of several transactions over one month is different from tracing multi-year payments across entities.
What happens if records are missing?
Missing records are documented as a limitation and alternative evidence may be reviewed, such as bank statements, supplier confirmations, contracts, emails, access logs, and accounting backups. The report states what could and could not be verified.
How is forensic audit work priced?
Fees depend on the allegation, time period, number of transactions, entities, systems, records available, urgency, and reporting requirements. A defined transaction review has a different scope from a broad investigation involving multiple years and financial systems.
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