Protiviti Member Firm Bahrain helps clients by bringing the necessary business process, technology and technical skills to bear on the following common business issues and priorities:

Internal Audit and Financial Controls

We work with audit executives, management and audit committees at companies of virtually any size, public or private, to assist them with their internal audit activities. This can include starting and running the activity for them on a fully outsourced basis or working with an existing internal audit function to supplement their team when they lack adequate staff or skills. We have assisted companies with establishing first-year Sarbanes-Oxley compliance programs as well as with ongoing compliance. We help organizations transition to a process-based approach for financial control compliance, identifying effective ways to appropriately reduce effort through better risk assessment, scoping and use of technology, thus lowering the cost of compliance.

1. Internal Audit Outsourcing and Co-Sourcing
2. Financial Control and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
3. Internal Audit Quality Assurance Reviews

IT Consulting

We partner with CIOs, CFOs and other executives to ensure their organizations maximize the return on information systems investments while at the same time minimizing their risks. Using strong IT governance to ensure alignment with business strategies, we drive excellence through the IT infrastructure and into the supporting applications and data analytics. We also facilitate the selection of software, manage the risk of implementation, implement configurable controls on large ERP installations and implement governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software applications.

1. Managing Business of IT
2. Security and Privacy
3. Managing Application and Data

Risk and Compliance

We partner with management, board members and outside counsel to help organizations comply with regulatory requirements, respond to situations of noncompliance, and improve the processes around and information systems supporting GRC. We help clients take a disciplined approach to managing credit, market and operational risks through a combination of assessments, process improvement, and model review and validation.

1. Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
2. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance
3. Regulatory Compliance
4. Strategy and Policy Communication
5. Internal Audit Outsourcing and Co-Sourcing
6. Financial Control and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
7. Operation Risk
8. Market and Commodity Risk

Finance and Accounting Excellence

We help CFOs and financial executives strengthen their finance function and integrate risk considerations into their performance management activities. We help clients manage complex accounting issues, including non-routine situations such as financial restatements, as well as implementation of process improvements for financial and reporting processes. We support investment and divestiture transactions, including execution of financial and operational M&A due diligence. And, we assist in the selection and implementation of Enterprise Performance Management software applications.

1. Enterprise Performance Management
2. Financial Process Performance
3. Financial Reporting Remediation
4. IFRS Compliance
5. Enterprise Risk Management
6. Public Company Readiness

Business Operations Improvement

We help client executives improve working capital and cash flow, control and optimize costs, and manage risk in their operations. We help drive performance of the supply chain through operations process improvements, strategic sourcing strategies, inventory management, contract management and enhancements to working capital. We help client executives improve their control over major capital and construction projects, creating more reliable project timelines and reducing exposure to cost overruns.

1. Capital Projects and Construction
2. Global Sourcing
3. Loss Prevention
4. Revenue Risk
5. Supply Chain
6. Enterprise Business Intelligence
7. AP Recovery

Litigation, Restructuring and Investigations

We partner with general counsel, outside legal counsel, CFOs and board members to address legal, economic and unforeseen events that threaten enterprise value. We help clients assess their fraud and electronic discovery risks and implement solutions to better manage these risks. We also provide support for litigation matters, represent either the client or creditor side in financial restructurings, and lead investigations into financial irregularities.

1. eDiscovery
2. Investigations
3. Litigation Consulting
4. Restructuring
5. Fraud Risk

For more detailed information regarding Protiviti's solution offerings, please visit http://www.protiviti.com/solutions