Case Study
Competitive intelligence on audit & advisory sourcing models
About the Client
An audit and advisory firm based out of UK
Business Need
- Identify various audit functions that can be offshored
- Analyse various sourcing models and strategies adopted by competitors and benchmark them against the industry leaders
Approach and Methodology
- Conducted an analysis of the audit offshoring market. Identified various functions being offshored by the Big 4 firms
- Analysed the key drivers of offshoring decisions and identified the activities in the audit space, which can be offshored
- Analysed the offshoring strategies adopted by the client’s competitors
- Provided benchmark cases, along with details such as sourcing model used, skill set deployed and services provided from the offshore facilities
- Analysed the delivery capabilities of the independent service providers
Business Outcomes
- The findings of the study helped the client understand the audit offshoring space better, and develop a comprehensive approach based on learnings from competitors
