Crowe Horwath: Providing tailor-made accounting solutions in UAE

If you want to get judgmental, rely on Crowe Horwath. As a leading firm for audit, taxation and business advisory, it has the best of the best tailor-made solutions for your concerns. It brings with it decades of professional experience, and a valued team which believes in churning out wonders. 
Crowe Horwath has risen with the rise of the UAE, and this year it celebrates its 35th year of excellence. The company prides in upholding the trust and confidence of more than 4,000 clients, and looks up to a more dynamic future in the years to come. It is an integrated one-window operation for business advisory and technological expertise. 
Crowe Horwath is one among the top 9 global accounting networks, consisting of over 200 independent accounting and advisory service firms, with close to 726 offices and 31,040 professionals. 
It has won global acclaim for its integrity in the field of audit, tax and technology-driven advisory services. If you want to open a business or expand your existing business, Crowe Horwath is the brand name for value and experience. 
It deals with both the private and public sectors - and possesses the acumen and talent to help the client sail through rough waters. Crowe Horwath makes smart decisions for smart clients.
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With a strategic approach to risk management, Crowe Horwath works with organisations to uncover potential risks earlier, improve operational performance, enhance corporate governance, and reduce compliance costs over time.
Crowe Horwath believes that the challenge facing today's organisations is determining how they can apply the professional and academic research that has been done in recent years to their own change management challenges.
Technology Services
Concerns about making the best technology judgments are not unique. Many IT-related decisions are made or delayed based on fear and a lack of time and understanding. 
Building upon a strong foundation of industry specialisation and technological knowledge, our professionals follow a proven technology roadmap to ?cultivate original, practical solutions ?that help address our clients' most pressing challenges. 
At Crowe Horwath, innovation is part of our culture - we have a history of applying new tools and technology to help streamline and effectively manage complex processes. We can help you to monitor their organisation's growth, performance and governance through our specialised services including:
Information Technology Audit 
Project Management and Quality Assurance Cyber Security & Resilience
Business Transformation
Microsoft Dynamics Solutions implementation
IT Audit and Risk Assessment
An IT risk assessment is a crucial first step to creating a methodical risk management process that quantifies the likelihood of technology, process, and people related threats that could hinder the organisation from attaining its objectives in an efficient, effective and controlled manner, better identified, assessed and managed as appropriate for your business. Our IT specialists undertake:
 
ISO-IEC 27001 readiness assessment
IT operational and audit planning activities. Assessing disaster recovery, business continuity, privacy, change management, network penetration, and vulnerability protection plans
Protecting high-risk IT components supporting essential organisational processes
Supporting strategic enterprise projects, such as enterprise risk management
IT Audit Review and development of information management policies and procedures.
 
Project Management
Advising clients on potential process automation, including the elimination of redundant controls
Incorporating technology solutions to enhance the integration and effectiveness of business functions to reduce the costs of the operations
Providing guidance and support for implementation planning, execution and validation services for compliance enabling systems.
Project management
Quality Assurance
Project health checks
Pre-Implementation reviews
Post Implementation Reviews
 
IT-Led Business Transformation
The Crowe Horwath business transformation team helps clients achieve higher levels of performance and agility by focusing on latest technological tools and platforms to develop efficient operation. We have a record of driving significant results for clients in public and private sector. Our experienced specialists have expertise in a range of disciplines, tools, and methodologies to address business challenges such as:
Digital Strategy roadmap
Business transformation roadmap
Business transformation ?preparedness review
Process Efficiency improvement
Business process alignment and collaboration
Operational restructuring and turnaround
Consolidation plans for business processes, applications and technical infrastructure
IT organisational structure and sourcing requirements
Cloud and Mobility roadmap
Culture of Innovation
As part of an international global accounting network with a presence in more than 120 countries, the Crowe Horwath approach is focused on understanding how best to accomplish results in every type of corporate culture and environment. One key to this effort is a relentless commitment to innovation that manifests itself in several notable attributes:
Crowe "Triple Threat" Strategy- The Crowe Horwath strategy combines technical knowledge, industry expertise, and applied technology to deliver customised solutions to meet clients' needs.
Technology-Based Approach - Crowe Horwath employs a growing suite of in-house developed applications, all of which originated as responses to individual client needs.
Security and Privacy Laboratories - The Crowe Horwath R&D investment in this area has yielded valuable results to clients, developing tools and building an environment in which to conduct industry-leading internal and external penetration testing.
Cyber Security Services
The rise of sophisticated attacks against organisations in virtually all industries is increasing the risk of inappropriate access to vulnerable data on enterprise networks. Deficient technical controls open the door to security breaches resulting in data loss and more:
Monetary loss
Regulatory reprimand
Reputation damage
Cyber insurance
Protecting Organisational Data:
Preventing inappropriate access to sensitive information requires heightened controls and protections. Crowe Horwath Risk Consulting professionals can help enhance your data protection programme through better control of data access using a three-step approach:
Our View: Most organisations have at least one IT security project they just can't get off the back burner. In many instances, technology was purchased (often at considerable cost), but getting it set up and properly configured proved to be a greater challenge than anticipated - especially when the pressure of day-to-day IT issues took priority.
Microsoft Business Solution Implementation
With in-depth public and private sector experience and proven technological strength, Crowe Horwath has built a track record of success in implementing Microsoft Dynamics® AX with public sector entities. Implementing a high-performing ERP system with enhanced capabilities can improve operational efficiency and allow governmental entities to provide greater transparency and access to critical financial information.
To address this need, Crowe Horwath has developed a tailored ERP Solution for Government, Public and Private Institutions built on the Microsoft Dynamics® AX platform. This solution combines our firsthand knowledge of government entities in a highly configurable package that outperforms the competition.
For more information, contact:
James Mathew FCA, CPA (USA),
Managing Director
Mobile:+971 50 6572575 I E-mail: james.mathew@crowehorwath.ae
S. Unnikrishnan FCA, CISA(USA). CRMA (USA)
Partner, Risk & Business Advisory
Mobile +971 552856965 I E-mail: unni@horwathmakconsulting.com
Anurag Chaturvedi FCA, AIA, ASA, Prince II Practitioner
Senior Director, Technology Advisory
Mobile +971 526923249 I E-mail: anurag@horwathmakconsulting.com
Horwath Mak International Consulting: Level 6, Clover Bay Tower, Business Bay, Tel: +971 4 277 0606 I Fax: +971 4 554 8234
E-mail: dubai@horwathmakconsulting.com I www.horwathmakconsulting.com