RISK AND

INVESTIGATIVE
SERVICES

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Risk Consulting Services

As an international business, you manage a challenging array of risk on
multiple fronts: strategic, operations, compliance, and reporting. Todays
stakeholders- including shareholders, customers, and employees
expect high standards.
While cultures and customs may vary, the language of identifying and
monitoring risks is consistent in leading boardrooms and management
suites throughout the world. Effective and consistent risk management
gives you and your employees the confidence to focus on achieving your
organizations key business objectives.
Along with every risk comes opportunity. Therefore, leading organizations
carefully assess and evaluate their portfolio of risks and allocate
appropriate resources to identify and manage their key risks more
effectively than competitors do. For such organizations, having an
effective risk management function is now an essential management
discipline.
As business in these uncertain times try to do more with less, the internal audit
function is no exception. A new internal audit model can help internal auditors
accomplish that objective by leveraging existing activities to continuously monitor,
manage and improve business performance based on four key auditing principles.

Compliance

Risk Consulting

Viewed as a traditional internal audit role, compliance audits test past events and
transactions to determine whether previous actions are in compliance with policies
and procedures, laws and regulations. Internal auditors can continuously review
control reports to validate that processes are in place for timely reconciliation.

Assurance
Internal Audit
Management Audit
System Audit
Internal Control
Assessments
Fraud Risk Assessments
Process Reengineering

For up-to-the-moment testing, continuous monitoring systems must be in place

to oversee events, transactions, and results and to generate reports that highlight
early warning signs that something is outside the bounds of tolerance. By regularly
analyzing and reviewing control reports generated by a system, auditors can
provide a level of continuous assurance that supports stakeholder confidence that
everything is under control at all times. These real-time reports keep current events
from becoming out-of-control problems.

Business Performance Improvements

Internal auditors continuous reviews of business processes for effectiveness and
efficiency can lead to improved business. Many of the control reports auditors
collect can be compared to benchmarks or best practices. With this knowledge,
changes can be made that add value to the organization as a whole.

Risk Identification
Future risks need to be identified and understood today so they do not prevent the
company from achieving its business objectives. Key risks are always changing.
By applying ongoing monitoring and review methods, internal auditors make the
process of identifying and managing risk more reliable and resilient.

Uniquely qualified to help with your risks.

Proven frameworks, tested methodologies, and efficient processes enable
us to deliver risk consulting services that are consistently high in quality. At
Horwath MAK, we use experienced resources, offer fair and reasonable fees,
and exceed client expectations. We collaborate productively with people in
your organization. We strive to help you to mitigate risks and enhance business
performance for long-term value and sustainable competitive advantage.

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Forensics
Forensic
Services
Many factors in todays business environment make it all too easy for fraudsters to operate successfully. Aside from direct
financial losses, the indirect costs of fraud include lost productivity, damaged reputation, reduced morale and its impact on
relationships with employees, clients, suppliers and lenders. Frauds, disputes and negligence are of serious concern and needs
to be dealt by experts.
Whether you want to reduce your fraud exposure through demonstrated risk management strategies, uncover and assess the damage of fraud already affecting your
business, support prosecution efforts or develop new safeguards to prevent fraud
from recurring, the Crowe Horwath Global Risk Consulting team has the expertise
to assist your organization to identify, assess and monitor risk culture, ethics, and
anti-corruption risks.

Forensics
Accounting/ Financial
Investigations
Fraud Investigations
Loss Quantification
Forensic Accounting
Litigation Support

To complement our risk services, the professionals in Forensics group at Horwath

Mak can assist with the specialized investigative, accounting and auditing skills
that you need.
Together, our specialized teams can meet all your fraud prevention and investigation
needs.

Rely On Our Expertise

Horwath Mak employs one of the best teams to cater our clienteles fraud,
investigation needs. The team comprises of Partner, well experienced Manager
and skilled & qualified staff depending upon the assignment.
We bring knowledge and experience gained from both performing fraud vulnerability
assessments and conducting investigations after a fraud has been discovered. As
necessary, we are able to communicate in a clear, concise manner to management,
to counsel, to administrative boards or as expert witnesses in court.

Insurance Claims

Our work has taken us across UAE and beyond to assist companies with forensic
investigations related to the prevention, detection and quantification of losses due
to fraudulent activities.

Dispute resolutions

With this combined depth of experience, we can hit the ground running when the
need arises.

Employee
misconduct

Going Beyond Numbers

Here are four reasons why you should choose us:

Integrity

Due Diligence

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We understand the delicate nature of fraud risk assessment and investigations. We

are sensitive to confidentiality issues and conduct our services with the greatest
levels of discretion and professionalism.

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Expertise
With decades of experience, our risk, fraud and forensic accounting professionals
apply their knowledge of human behavior, industry specialization and knowledge of
emerging trends to deliver fraud-related services. We move quickly to uncover and
analyze suspected fraud, assess any damages and provide the support you require
should your organization wish to pursue litigation.

Depth of Resources
As a member of the ninth largest public accounting international network, we are
able to call upon the resources of risk consulting, internal audit, systems technology,
and fraud professionals who provide thought leadership and experience with a wide
range of industries.

Competence
Our multidisciplinary team includes chartered professional accountants, fraud
examiners, information system auditors and business valuators. Each are
experienced, credible and well qualified.

Other Consulting Services

Business Advisory Service

Assistance in obtaining Bank Facilities

Commercial, Technical and Financial Feasibility

Business Valuation

Financial Due Diligence

Corporate Advisory Service

Technical Due Diligence

We offer macro and micro level business advisory

services towards sustainability. Our services include:

Business / Commercial  Due Diligence

Corporate Services
Formation of companies in UAE
Formation of British Virgin Island BVI companies,
besides Mauritius,  Seychelles, Cayman, Hong
Kong, etc.

CFO Services
Deploy good business strategy in the business
Business visibility model
Business performance review mechanism
Cost & resource management

Formation of Trust companies

Implant business process model in ERP environs

Provide Nominee Directors

Ancillary Corporate services

Deployment of skill sets by manpower 

evaluation & training

Assistance for opening Bank accounts

Assistance in obtaining Bank Facilities

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Executive Resourcing
Horwath Mak Executive Resourcing operates across defined
industry sectors with our professional consultants and
research team able to provide impartial and relevant advice
on your recruitment requirements. There are two types of
candidate pools, Passive candidates hard to find talent, that

are not looking to move and Active candidates - those looking

to move within three months.
We are experts at sourcing suitably qualified candidates,
achieved through a combination of our research team and
seasoned recruitment consultants.

Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) is a legal concept that refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive
rights are recognized. IP might be a brand, an invention, a design, a song or another intellectual
creation. IP can be owned, bought and sold.

Trademark registration
Logo registration
Copyrights
Patents
Franchising

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RISK AND
INVESTIGATIVE
SERVICES

Contact Us
Horwath Mak
Level 21, The Prism,
Business Bay, Sheikh Zayed Road,
P O Box 6747, Dubai, UAE
T +971 4 447 3951
F +971 4 447 3961
Zayd Maniar
International Liaison Partner
M +971 50 645 8693
zayd.maniar@crowehorwath.ae

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Ishita Kariya
Forensic Auditor
M +971 52 799 0743
ishita.kariya@crowehorwath.ae