Engagement
Stages of a Focus Online engagement for financial audit of expense reporting applications — from scoping to closing meeting.
Audits of expense reporting applications follow a steady sequence. Knowing the stages helps your accounting team prepare files and free the right people for questions.
Scoping call
We confirm the reporting period, population size, entities in scope, language of the report, and whether fieldwork sits at your offices or near Teheran-ro.
Fee letter and deposit
You receive a written fee letter. A scheduling deposit reserves the fieldwork window on our calendar.
Document intake
We collect the expense policy, approver matrix, population export, and access instructions for the claim archive.
Sampling and testing
Selected expense reporting applications are tested for substantiation, coding, and approval. Exceptions are logged as we go.
Closing meeting and report
Findings are discussed with your finance lead, then delivered in a final report with ranked recommendations.
What we need from you
- A named counterpart in accounting who can answer claim questions within two business days
- Policy documents in force for the period under review
- Clarity on personal data handling for receipts that show individual names
Typical duration
Readiness assessments finish within days. Flagship audits of expense reporting applications usually span three to five weeks from kickoff to report, depending on archive quality and how quickly clarifications return.