Arrive at Your Audit Window Prepared, Not Scrambling
Single Audit Support that covers the full cycle — from pre-audit readiness through SEFA preparation, auditor coordination, and post-audit findings resolution — so your organization moves through the process with confidence.
Documentation Gaps Resolved Before Auditors Arrive
A pre-audit readiness review identifies missing or incomplete items weeks before the audit window opens. That lead time is what turns a stressful period into a manageable one.
A Complete, Accurate SEFA
The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is prepared accurately and completely, with all applicable programs accounted for, expenditure amounts reconciled, and pass-through relationships properly identified.
Findings That Get Addressed, Not Just Filed
Post-audit follow-up means findings don't sit in a report without response. We help your organization understand what each finding requires and support the corrective action process through resolution.
Federal Requirements Don't Follow a Simple Checklist
The Uniform Guidance that governs single audits covers procurement standards, subrecipient monitoring, period of performance requirements, allowable cost determinations, and program-specific compliance requirements that vary by federal award. Each of these areas requires documentation — and auditors review them all.
For an organization that goes through this once a year — or less — building familiarity with every moving part is genuinely difficult, particularly when the audit requirement itself surfaces during an already busy period.
Multiple Parties, Multiple Timelines, One Window
A single audit involves your finance team, program staff, the external audit firm, and sometimes state oversight agencies or federal program officers. Coordinating documentation requests, schedules, and communications across all of them while managing normal operations creates real friction.
When an organization lacks a dedicated person for that coordination role, requests go unanswered longer than they should, timelines slip, and the audit drags on past its original window.
Most organizations subject to single audit requirements don't have a compliance specialist on staff. That's not unusual — it's just a gap that benefits from outside support with specific experience in federal grant compliance and audit coordination.
Identify and Close Gaps Before the Audit Begins
We conduct a structured review of your grant files, expenditure records, subrecipient agreements, and internal control documentation before the audit window opens. Anything that's missing, incomplete, or likely to draw auditor attention gets flagged and addressed with enough time to resolve it properly.
That early review is often where the most value is created. By the time auditors arrive, your team isn't reacting — you're ready.
An Accurate Schedule, Built from the Source Records
We prepare the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards by working directly from your accounting records and grant agreements — not from estimates or prior-year templates. Each federal program is identified by CFDA number, expenditures are reconciled to the general ledger, and pass-through relationships are disclosed where required.
The SEFA is reviewed against your financial statements before submission so that the numbers reconcile cleanly when auditors begin their work.
We compile the compliance documentation auditors request across the major program areas — procurement records, subrecipient monitoring evidence, period of performance documentation, and allowable cost support — organized by program and ready to hand off.
We serve as the primary contact between your organization and the external audit firm during fieldwork. Document requests are fielded promptly, questions are answered with accuracy, and your internal staff isn't pulled away from their regular duties to manage the back-and-forth.
After the audit report is issued, we review any findings with your team, help draft corrective action plans where required, and support the response process through its conclusion — so the cycle closes properly rather than leaving open items.
Engagement Setup and Record Review
We confirm the scope of federal award expenditures subject to the audit, review grant agreements and sub-award documentation, and identify any records that need to be compiled or corrected before the readiness review begins.
Pre-Audit Readiness Review
A structured review against the applicable compliance requirements for your major programs. Items flagged during this phase are resolved with your team before the audit window opens — giving both sides a clearer picture of where things stand.
Audit Fieldwork Coordination
We manage the flow of documentation to the external auditors, respond to questions, and keep your team informed of progress. The audit moves at its proper pace without becoming a distraction for your program and finance staff.
Findings Review and Resolution
Once the report is issued, we review any findings or questioned costs with your leadership team, help prepare written corrective action plans, and follow through until the required responses are submitted and the cycle is formally closed.
Single Audit Support
Fixed engagement covering the full audit cycle from readiness review through post-audit follow-up. Scope and deliverables confirmed in a written engagement letter before work begins.
What's Included
- —Pre-audit readiness review across major program areas
- —Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) preparation
- —Reconciliation of SEFA to general ledger
- —Compliance documentation compilation by program
- —Subrecipient monitoring documentation review
- —External auditor liaison throughout fieldwork
- —Document request management and response coordination
- —Post-audit findings review with your leadership team
- —Corrective action plan drafting support
- —Follow-through until formal cycle closure
What This Removes from Your Plate
- —Weeks of staff time managing auditor requests and documentation assembly
- —The uncertainty of not knowing where documentation gaps exist until auditors find them
- —SEFA errors that surface during fieldwork and require correction under time pressure
- —Findings that remain open because corrective action plans weren't properly drafted
Built Around Uniform Guidance Requirements
Our audit support approach is organized around the compliance framework established by the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards — commonly referred to as Uniform Guidance or 2 CFR Part 200. That's the standard your auditors are working from, and it's the standard we work from as well.
Rather than using a general compliance checklist, we work through the specific compliance requirements applicable to each of your major federal programs individually.
What to Expect, and When
The engagement works best when initiated four to eight weeks before the scheduled audit fieldwork begins. That lead time is what makes the readiness review useful — it allows material gaps to be addressed rather than simply documented.
Organizations that come to us closer to the audit window can still benefit from SEFA preparation and auditor coordination support. We'll be direct about what's achievable given the available time when we discuss your situation.
March 2026 — Regional Transit Authority
Single audit coordination for a mid-sized regional transit authority receiving federal operating grants. The pre-audit readiness review identified and resolved documentation gaps across two major programs — six weeks before the audit window opened. Fieldwork proceeded on schedule with no material findings on the items that had been flagged and addressed in the readiness phase.
Scope Defined Before Any Work Begins
The engagement letter specifies exactly what we'll review, prepare, and coordinate — and what falls outside that scope. There are no assumptions about what's included. If something comes up mid-engagement that changes the scope, that conversation happens before the work does.
Honest Assessment of What the Readiness Review Finds
If the readiness review uncovers significant compliance gaps, we tell you clearly and early — not in a way designed to alarm, but in a way that gives you enough time and information to act. A review that only finds what's easy to fix isn't particularly useful.
A Preliminary Discussion Before Any Commitment
Before an engagement begins, we'll speak with you about your grant portfolio, audit timeline, and what prior audits have looked like. That conversation helps both sides understand what the engagement would involve — and whether it makes sense to proceed.
Submit Your Inquiry
Use the contact form to describe your organization, your federal grant portfolio, and your approximate audit timeline. Note whether you have a prior year audit report with findings — that context is useful for scoping the engagement.
Initial Conversation
We'll follow up within one to two business days to discuss your situation. We'll ask about your major programs, your audit firm, and the current state of your compliance documentation — and answer your questions about how support would be structured.
Written Engagement Letter
We prepare an engagement letter covering scope, deliverables, the readiness review timeline, and fee. You review it in your own time. Work doesn't begin until both sides have agreed in writing to the terms.
Readiness Review Begins
We start with an initial record review and program identification, then move into the readiness assessment. You receive a clear picture of where your documentation stands and what, if anything, needs to be addressed before audit fieldwork begins.
Have a Single Audit Coming Up?
Whether your audit window is months away or approaching quickly, we're available to discuss your grant portfolio, existing documentation, and what kind of support would be most practical for your situation.
Governmental Fund Accounting
Modified accrual basis records, fund balance summaries, and encumbrance tracking for municipalities, school districts, and public agencies. Delivered monthly, on a consistent schedule.
Public Sector Budget Preparation
Annual operating and capital budgets for local governments and special-purpose districts. Deliverables include a proposed budget book, public hearing materials, and adoption-ready resolutions.