Audit

In a climate of constant change where business is increasingly global...

...and the use of IT increasingly sophisticated, the success or failure of a company is becoming dependent on its ability to manage resources and information. Grant Thornton understands this. We have developed GTI Horizon to help businesses manage this challenge and maintain their competitive advantage.

Horizon

Horizon is an innovative audit service that employs technically-advanced audit software. It helps us capture information about your business and improves our understanding of how it operates. This information is invaluable to the resulting audit, increasing its focus and insight. It significantly changes the way in which our firms organise and perform audits. Horizon looks in more depth at the commercial issues that flow from the audit and the business risks that are of real importance to you.

Setting New Standards

Grant Thornton is setting new standards in audit service. Specialists from firms within our network have combined their expertise to develop a new approach designed to meet the needs of both established and growing, entrepreneurial companies. Horizon represents a major investment in leading-edge technology and reflects a commitment to providing clients with the highest standards of service.

How can Horizon benefit your organisation?

Horizon further enhances the credibility of audits undertaken by Grant Thornton, bringing a number of important benefits:

Improved focus

Horizon is a partner-led service. Experienced partners are involved at key stages in the process to ensure that the audit is effectively focused and responds to your needs and expectations.
Grant Thornton's new approach moves the audit beyond extensive testing of individual transactions or balances to concentrate on the review and analysis of data. This changed focus helps to highlight risk issues which can have a significant impact.

Innovative use of IT

Horizon uses a Windows-based framework and methodology. A key element within Horizon is a new software product, Explorer.

Explorer places a significant emphasis on understanding your business and supports our firm's auditors through all stages of the audit process. The software enables the audit team to generate audit programs that have been tailored to client-specific situations. It also enables them to perform a "paperless" audit where the planning, execution and review will be documented electronically. This new approach helps to deliver more extensive and proactive advice.

We are also developing a number of industry-specific audit modules to address the unique audit issues occurring in some sectors, enhancing the focus of audits in these industries.

Our use of technology reflects the way our clients do business. Other Horizon software permits auditors to download your financial data and electronically interrogate it in many different ways, often providing you with valuable insights into your business.

As information technology develops, Grant Thornton firms will continue to introduce new software and modify existing versions to maximise audit performance.

Global Coverage

Grant Thornton International firms are leading providers of audit, accounting, tax and specialist business advice to growing, entrepreneurial companies.

Our firms' services are backed by consolidated teamwork. Our coverage extends to 110 countries and brings together more than 22,000 staff working in over 650 offices around the world.