Private companies face unique challenges, navigating heightened scrutiny from regulators, stakeholders, and competitors while needing speed and agility. Our audit approach promotes technology-driven efficiencies and deeper insights specific to your industry, needs, and differences. And, as importantly, we help you increase stakeholder trust.
Special focus on private companies
How we deliver a better private company audit experience
Our integrated audit technology solutions—in the hands of the audit industry’s best people—simplify your audit, promote efficiency with real-time visibility, and deliver enhanced quality and insights. Explore more about KPMG Clara, our overarching audit technology ecosystem.
AI-powered insights and efficiencies.
We scale our independent audit approach to meet the specific needs of a private business or portfolio company, resulting in an efficient, quality audit that is tailored to your unique risks and those of your industry, and meets or exceeds applicable professional standards.
A tailored independent audit approach.
Your industry – no matter what it is – has its own set of dynamics, and to have the best possible audit experience, your audit team needs to understand them and how to apply our methodology and approach to the unique combination of your business and industry risks. KPMG has unmatched industry focus, so you’ll benefit from deep industry acumen starting day one.
A team who understands your industry and your unique place in it.
Our auditors are fluent in technology and are continuously upskilled across diverse areas. We understand the dynamics of the private markets and are determined to add value to shape a fundamentally better private company audit experience.
Focused professionals.
Our unwavering focus on quality—beyond mere compliance—drives more accurate results and transforms the audit process.
Commitment to quality.
You’ll benefit from KPMG’s wide range of subject matter expertise that your audit team can provide you access to, to help you address your most pressing business issues.
The full resources of our global multi-disciplinary firm.
Delivering a better audit experience guides our every innovation—from our tools and services to our people and processes.
Unmatched client service.
At KPMG, we audit thousands of private entities—bringing you all the benefits of a large firm with a private company approach that doesn’t get in your way.
Our focused audit professionals receive customized training and hands-on experience addressing the specific needs of private companies. We standardize and automate wherever possible to deliver agility, efficiency, and insights. We align our professionals to your organization, and they have one overarching objective – to deliver the highest-quality audit with the best possible experience.
KPMG Private Audit Services approach
Focused efficiency
Deep understanding
KPMG will employ our unique approach to provide a high-quality audit and thoughtful service. Our ability to deliver a high-quality audit is based on a deep understanding of your industry, business processes, accounting policies, internal controls, and unique financial reporting issues. We work closely with your management team during transition to understand how you manage your business to help ensure we are applying an effective and efficient audit approach.
Highest standards
Our audit methodology helps ensure that we meet all professional standards through a tailored private company lens. This encourages our engagement teams to draw upon our skills, experience, and judgment to develop a tailored audit approach specific to your situation and allows us to efficiently complete the audit while still meeting the highest standards of quality.
The technology behind a seamless audit experience
KPMG has made significant investments to bring greater clarity to the audit process through a modernized approach and methodology that expands the use of advanced technology. Enter KPMG Clara.
KPMG CLARA
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Technology Assurance
Capital Advisory
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Finance Transformation
Managed Services
A full suite of tax services across family-owned enterprises and private business structures to help you achieve tax efficiency.
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