Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton CJSC, the member of Grant Thornton International, is a leading provider of audit and advisory services, with over 190 experienced international and local professionals, accountants and auditors, specialist advisers in finance, business and management, IT and Cybersecurity, as well as tax and legal advisers.

For over 20 years Grant Thornton has been providing partner-led, personalised services with high end professional standards and approaches dedicated to the needs of dynamic, growth orientated organizations of public and private sectors in Armenia and in the region.

Services
Assurance and audit-related services

• agreed upon procedures
• audit of financial statements prepared according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), US GAAP and other financial reporting frameworks
• audit of statutory financial statements
• IT assurance framework (ITAF) - information technology auditing standards, guidelines and procedures (ISACA)
• review of financial statements.

As statutory auditors we prepare reports to shareholders as required by law and attend the annual meetings of shareholders.

Tax

We advise our clients on all aspects of corporate tax strategy development and tax planning, tax issues arising from formation or acquisition of a company and provide an overview of local and international perspectives.

Advisory
Business consulting services

• Financial management
• Productivity improvement
• Technology strategy & management
• Change and programme management
• Feasibility studies
• Strategic and business planning
• Human capital

Business risk services

• Technology audit, advisory and risk management
• Enterprise risk management including operational, process and finance risk
• Internal Control and Internal Audit
• Corporate governance advisory, design and compliance
• Business process re-engineering
• Information security and data protection

Cybersecurity

• PCI DSS audit and consulting
• Penetration testing
• ISO 27001 audit and consulting
• ISO 27032 cybersecurity program design and implementation
• SWIFT assurance and security services
• GDPR implementation and audit
• Professional training and certification with PECB (ISO 27001, ISO 27032, ISO 31000, etc.)
• ASV scanning and Vulnerability scanning

Recovery & reorganisation

We provide specialist restructuring support, including transforming business processes. We also implement new business strategies, divesting non-core businesses and designing new capital structures.

Transactional advisory services

We support you throughout the transaction process – helping achieve the best possible outcome at the point of the transaction and in the longer term. Our teams offer specialist solutions in the following areas:

• Valuations
• Due diligence
• Project financing
• M&A advisory
• Capital markets

Outsourcing services

Outsourcing services range from set up of accounting systems and regular account maintenance to provision of interim reviews of the accounts and preparing budgets and monthly or quarterly reports. As accountants we also prepare year-end financial statements and all tax and social contribution returns.

Legal advisory

Legal advisory involves a wide spectrum of corporate legal consultancy ranging from incorporation and liquidation matters, legal representation, litigation, ad-hoc legal advice, provision of legal opinions to execution of due diligence and structuring deals from a legal viewpoint. We also provide law drafting services to our clients.