Assurance Services

The goal of Dean Dorton Allen Ford’s assurance services is to help improve information or context information so that management, owners, decision-makers and other stakeholders can make more informed and better decisions.  The firm’s assurance services’ team provides independent, high quality and professional opinions on financial statements and other information.  An audit is the most common and highest level of assurance services, but we also provide a variety of other services, including reviews and internal audit services. 

Our approach to assurance services requires that our professionals have a sound understanding of a client's operations and the environment in which they operate. We believe in utilizing a consistent team throughout an engagement as well as proper planning. We use procedures that mesh with each client's operations, systems, and procedures. We will not waste your resources, or ours, in using standardized approaches that are not practical for your environment. Our approach ensures that we provide value to our clients and deliver effective and efficient services on a timely basis.

We offer a full range of assurance services, all delivered with the highest standards of independence and integrity.  The assurance services we provide include the following:

• Audits, reviews and compilations
• Agreed-upon procedures
• Employee benefit plan audits and consultations
• Service organization control reporting SSAE No. 16 (formerly SAS 70)
• Internal audit services
  • Internal audit startup and development
  • Internal audit outsourcing, co-sourcing or loaned staff
  • SOX 404 and J-SOX services
  • IT audit services
  • Fraud and forensic accounting
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Other assurance services
  • Accounting and financial reporting assistance
  • New accounting standards implementation
  • Accounting policies and manuals
  • Budgeting assistance
  • Contract compliance assurance
  • Grant applications and reporting

To ensure the highest level of quality assurance services, Dean Dorton Allen Ford is a member of the Center for Audit Quality of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is required to have a peer review completed every three years.  Our most recent peer reviews contain no deficiencies or findings and can be obtained by clicking here.