External / Statutory Audit

Independent audits conducted to Saudi regulatory standards, covering financial statement audits, compliance verification and the reporting required by shareholders, lenders and regulators, so your reporting holds up wherever it’s reviewed.

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What’s included

Financial statement audits

Compliance verification

Reporting required by shareholders, lenders and regulators

All conducted to Saudi regulatory standards

How we work

We work directly with your finance team throughout the process, flagging issues as they come up rather than surprising you at sign-off.

Each audit starts with understanding how your business actually operates, so our testing focuses on the balances, controls and transaction cycles that carry real risk rather than a generic checklist. We agree a clear timetable and document request list up front, so your team knows exactly what’s needed and when.

At the end of the engagement we issue our opinion alongside a management letter that sets out any control weaknesses we found and practical steps to address them, so the audit leaves your reporting stronger than it found it.

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Our approach to audit

Independent assurance that gives boards, lenders and regulators confidence in your financial statements, built on a structured, risk-driven methodology rather than a standard checklist, so every audit reflects the specific controls and cycles that actually matter to your business.

What you can expect

Every engagement ends with recommendations management can act on immediately. Where the work has ongoing implications, we follow up to confirm they’ve actually been put into practice. Where standards are involved, we hold our own work to them fully, so what we deliver stands up under scrutiny from auditors, regulators and investors alike.

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Why It Matters

Businesses in the Kingdom don’t need a firm that only knows the rules, they need one that knows how those rules apply to their specific situation, and can say so clearly. That’s the standard we hold every engagement to.

Saudi Arabia’s regulatory environment moves quickly, ZATCA requirements, e-invoicing mandates, Zakat assessments and Vision 2030-driven reform all shift on their own timelines, and falling behind any one of them carries real financial and reputational cost. Staying ahead of that isn’t optional for a business that wants to keep growing without interruption.

That’s the gap Zento exists to close: minimising regulatory risk, keeping compliance current, and freeing management to spend their time on the business itself rather than on keeping up with the paperwork behind it.