Business Advisory and Risk Services

Capabilities, Experience and Service Offerings

The Alpern Rosenthal Business Advisory and Risk Services professionals possess a variety of technical backgrounds and expertise.  Our practitioners have credentials that include Certified Information System Auditors (CISA’s), CPA’s and MBA’s. In addition, our senior practitioners have previously held roles in large internal audit departments, held leadership roles in national accounting firms, and ran a boutique information technology entity. With the ability to bring a diversity of service experiences to address your needs, Alpern Rosenthal is well positioned to assist organizations with both compliance and consultative type services.  Examples of our services include:

Consultative Type Services:

Operational
- Business and Business Unit Assessments and Benchmarking
- Process Improvement Initiatives

Financial
- Contract Compliance Reviews
- Financial Planning Including Projections and Forecasts

Strategic
- Business Integration Planning
- Merger and Acquisition Due Diligence
- Strategic Planning Assistance
- Business Modeling and Implementation

Compliance Related Services:

Regulatory
- Sarbanes-Oxley support, including design, documentation, and testing
- Internal Audit Quality Assurance Reviews

Company Policy and/or Leading Practices

- Internal Audit Co-sourcing/Outsourcing, including Information Technology Services
- Security and Privacy
- Internal Control Reviews
- Policy and Procedure Reviews and Assessments
- Anti-Fraud Controls
- Forensic Investigations

Other Attest

- SAS 70 Type I and Type II Reporting
- Agreed Upon procedures

Information technology:

- IT Audits/General IT Controls
- Application Implementation
- Stategic Technology Planning
- Project Management /Independent Oversight

Sample Industries Served

-Financial Services
-Manufacturing
-Distributors  
-Contractors 
-Real Estate Management 

-Health Care Providers
-Life Science Companies  
-Retail  
-Engineering Companies
-Other

Alpern Rosenthal Differentiators

With Alpern Rosenthal as your service provider, you can expect seasoned professionals with significant industry and service delivery organization experience, coupled with a regional firm cost structure and client service orientation.  In addition, with our extended Leading Edge Network, our geographic footprint is capable of servicing both national and international needs.