Identify, Prevent and Manage Organisational Risk
The effectiveness of your organisation relies on your processes, policies and - most of all - your people. A weak link can undermine not just profitability, but integrity, effectiveness and reputation.
Preparation and prevention are the best ways to protect your people, performance and reputation from corruption, ineptitude or simply inefficient practices. Strong, audited compliance and integrity frameworks also provide assurance to your key stakeholders.
OSACO’s extensive audit services can help you to identify and assess potential risks, and plan to avoid them. Our independent and objective review support can also help you to minimise, mitigate and manage impacts when risk has become reality.
Ready to minimise and manage your organisational risk?
Why OSACO?
We are specialists in identifying and managing the human risk factor and anticipating misconduct, and have honed this expertise in diverse developing, post-conflict and humanitarian environments.
We offer investigations and training support, with particular focus on governance, safeguarding and anti-corruption, to the not-for-profit, public and private sectors worldwide. Our investigators and trainers have real-world knowledge of the ways in which suboptimal oversight and compliance compromises organisational integrity and effectiveness.
Our Audit and Review Services
- Financial, Operational and Compliance Audits
- Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) Audits
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Audits
- Procurement and Contract Audits
- Programme and Project Audits
- ESG and Sustainability Audits
- Data / Information Security and Knowledge Management Audits
- Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Audits
- Sanctions Compliance Audits (e.g., adherence to OFAC, EU sanctions regimes)
- Cybersecurity and Digital Forensic Audits (this can reflect both the regulatory (e.g. GDPR, data breach investigations) and the technical (e.g. log analysis, forensic imaging) aspects
- Third-Party Risk Audits (essential for preventing third-party corruption risks)
- Whistleblower Protection Mechanism Audits (undertaken with confidentiality assurance mechanisms and retaliation safeguards, and/or alignment with applicable international standards).
Additional services
- Capacity-Building and Training for in-house auditing
- Audit Methodology Development
- Evaluation of Corporate Sustainability Initiatives
- Understanding of Sustainability Reporting frameworks (GRI, SASB, TCFD)
- ESG Risk Assessments
- Safeguarding Due Diligence Assessments
Ready for an independent assessment of your risk landscape?
OSACO delivers actionable assessments and support plans that mitigate, manage or prevent current and future organisational risk.
- Anticipate: Identify vulnerabilities across governance, finance, procurement, data and/or people processes.
- Detect: Use forensic and analytical methods to surface anomalies and red flags.
- Respond: Provide objective findings and a clear remediation roadmap that reduces recurrence risk.
- We have delivered thorough, transparent, and actionable audits in complex multi-country environments. Our expertise encompasses due diligence, forensic accounting, and financial system reviews and comprehensive audits to ensure compliance with internal controls, AML/CFT regulations and international standards.
- Our audit and review expertise covers a range of subject areas, from safeguarding and ESG through to financial fraud and data security.
- This expertise helps organisations align with international standards, ensuring robust compliance frameworks and providing assurance to clients and key stakeholders.
Our audit procedures are aligned with international standards such as IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards), IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting Standards), and COSO Internal Control Framework.
We are qualified to conduct ISO 19600 Compliance Management System and ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management System audits, plus pre-certification gap analyses.
We align with international standards and regulatory demands internationally recognised audit, confidentiality and legal standards and OSACO has developed a comprehensive Anti-Corruption Programme to strengthen Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ESG business models.
- Quality and Excellence: Rigorous procedures aligned to international standards.
- Partnership and Value: Collaborative delivery to meet your expectations.
- Professional, Legal and Ethical Service: Adherence to professional audit confidentiality standards and, where applicable, legal privilege protections.