Risk Advisory

Enhance and protect organizational value through risk-based and objective assessment, advice, and insight.

Stout’s Risk Advisory practice helps companies move beyond reactive risk management to anticipate the risks that threaten value and the controls that protect it. We provide risk management services that are technology-enabled, data-driven, and aligned to your strategic, operational, and compliance objectives. The result is a risk perspective that gives leadership confidence to act.

Our Services

Internal Controls »

A strong internal control environment does more than satisfy regulatory requirements. Stout combines technical expertise with modern tooling to help management identify inefficiencies, mitigate risk, and strengthen decision making. Our team brings value in:

• Public company SOX readiness
• Design and implementation of internal controls
• Material weakness remediation
• Internal controls optimization and gap assessment, including IT application controls and general controls
• Complex technical accounting controls
• ERP implementation assessment

Internal Audit Services »

Stout’s team delivers audit services that combine deep technical expertise with modern data analytics and automation, tailored to your organization’s size, complexity, risk profile, and industry. From one-time assessments to fully outsourced functions, our professionals help with:

• Testing controls through co-sourcing, outsourcing, or staff augmentation
• Internal audit transformation
• Operational efficiency and compliance testing
• Technology risk and cybersecurity assessments
• Interim Chief Audit Executive services
• Quality assurance reviews (QAR)

Who We Serve

• Accounting and finance professionals at public, private, and portfolio companies, including:
• Chief Audit Executives / Directors of Internal Audit
• Chief Financial Officers
• Chief Accounting Officers
• Corporate Controllers
• Private equity sponsors
• Audit Committees
• General Counsel