Audit-Ready. Before the Auditors Arrive.
Your first PBC request should not reveal a year of unresolved accounting. CountHaus helps startups assess year-end accounting, identify potential adjustments, prepare reconciliations, and manage the PBC process from the company side.
An audit gets expensive when the books are not ready.
Most audit delays do not start with the auditor. They start with unsupported balances, unresolved entries, and documentation that is difficult to retrieve.
The Year Needs a Second Look
Revenue, expenses, and balance sheet activity may contain issues that routine monthly reconciliations did not resolve.
Adjustments Come Too Late
Late entries can change results, require revised schedules, and slow the external audit.
PBC Requests Pile Up
Without an owner and organized tracker, document requests can consume management time and interrupt daily operations.
Full-Year Accounting Review. PBC Lists Managed.
We work from the company side to help management enter the audit with better-supported records and an organized response process.
Full-Year Accounting Assessment
Analyze the agreed fiscal year's general ledger activity, significant accounts, cutoff matters, and selected accounting policies.
Balance Sheet Reconciliations
Assess or prepare supporting schedules, rollforwards, and reconciliations for key accounts within the scope.
Proposed Adjusting Entries
Identify accounting issues, develop proposed journal entries, and explain the supporting rationale for management approval.
PBC List Preparation & Tracking
Organize auditor-requested schedules, assign requests, track status, and maintain a central PBC request list.
Auditor Coordination
Help management gather documentation, address follow-up questions, and keep request owners and deadlines visible.
Financial Statement Readiness
Assist with agreed disclosure schedules, accounting position support, and preparation for investor or lender diligence.
We Prepare Your Company for the Audit. We Do Not Perform It.
CountHaus supports management with pre-audit accounting work, proposed adjustments, and PBC coordination. The external independent auditor remains solely responsible for its audit procedures, findings, and opinion.
From Full-Year Assessment to Audit-Ready Support.
Assess the Fiscal Year
Review the agreed accounts and transactions, reconcile balances, and identify incomplete or unsupported areas.
Propose and Document Fixes
Prepare an issues list, recommended adjusting entries, and supporting schedules for management review and approval.
Manage the PBC Process
Prepare and track auditor requests, coordinate supporting evidence, and help management respond to follow-up items.
One Project. A More Organized External Audit.
We can start before the audit is scheduled or help prioritize open items when it is already underway. Fees depend on the year's activity, accounting complexity, record condition, and audit timeline.
No recurring controller engagement required. The scope identifies which accounts and periods will be assessed and how PBC management will be handled.
Discuss Your ScopeDo you review the entire fiscal year?
Our audit-readiness service includes a full-year, nonattest accounting assessment, with the specific accounts, transaction populations, procedures, and limitations defined in the engagement letter.
Will CountHaus propose journal entries?
Yes. We can identify issues, prepare proposed adjusting entries with support, and present them for management approval. Recording entries, when included, follows the agreed responsibilities.
Do you handle the PBC request list?
Yes. We can organize the list, gather and prepare supporting schedules, assign or track open items, and coordinate company-side responses to auditor requests.
Will CountHaus perform the financial statement audit?
No. CountHaus provides company-side pre-audit preparation and advisory. An independent external audit firm conducts the audit and issues any audit opinion.
Know What Needs Fixing Before the Audit Request List Grows.
Share your fiscal year-end, audit timeline, and current close status. We will discuss the full-year accounting assessment, proposed adjustments, and PBC support needed.