We deliver forensic insight with speed and accuracy so you can manage risk and rebuild trust
Forensic services
Build trust and emerge stronger
Sudden disruption can shake customer and stakeholder confidence. Whether you experience a data breach, fraud, or a massive global crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, an unplanned event has the potential to inflict catastrophic harm to your organisation.
But managed skillfully, such upheaval can create opportunities for your business to emerge stronger.
With PwC’s Forensics team as your trusted advisor, you’ll get back on track. And after critical events, we’ll work with you to manage risk and put safeguards in place to protect business value.
Our collaborative Forensics approach helps you:
- Build agility, adaptability and resilience into your business
- Determine facts quickly and accurately
- Present credible solutions to your stakeholders
- Navigate and effectively manage crisis
- Restore business value after an impasse
- Innovate and emerge stronger
Key services include:
- Compliance & regulatory
- Fraud prevention
- Corporate intelligence
- Investigations
Compliance & regulatory
We can help you develop and / or review your compliance programs. We have a team of high calibre forensic professionals, with hands-on experience with proactive compliance programs, remediation services in cases of non-compliance and implementation of solutions relating to relevant regulation such as:
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), FATCA and the UK Bribery Act compliance
- Corporate governance codes and codes of conduct
Fraud prevention
Clients need to combat internal and external fraud – both after it comes to light and, crucially before it can manifest. Our team’s work is oriented towards minimising fines and potential reputational damage by helping with:
- Assessment of fraud and economic crime risks as part of risk management
- Review of fraud risk management processes and whether the internal controls effectively cover fraud risks
- Review, design and implementation of anti-fraud programmes
Corporate intelligence
Underestimating third-party risks can significantly affect the reputational and financial position of entrepreneurs and businesses. We help clients in managing regulatory and reputation risks, pursuing strategic opportunities with greater confidence, and enforcing legal claims. In this sense we provide the following:
- Third party investigative due diligence (background searches on individuals and companies)
- Pre-deal integrity due diligence
Investigations
We are ready to assist clients in the prevention, detection, investigation and remediation of fraud, financial crime and other irregularities including asset misappropriation, bribery and breaches of ethics. To clients facing allegations of fraud, corruption and conflicts of interest we provide the following services:
- Corporate fraud investigations on behalf of shareholders, managements, lawyers, license owners, etc.
- Investigations of allegations related to corruption, accounting irregularities and asset misappropriation
- Assessment of evidence for potential claims for losses
- Identification of internal control weaknesses and/or forensic support to internal audit teams
How PwC can help
Our Forensics specialists help clients protect business value and recover from crisis.
With decades of extensive industry experience supporting organisations through critical challenges, our teams of professionals provide concrete, actionable advice to design and guide strategy. Advanced technology powers a suite of proven tools and services. Forensics specialists and analysts apply battle-tested skills and knowledge.
The results: Recovery. Resilience. Opportunity.
Contact us
Julian Mihov
Forensic Services Leader | Director, Client Development Leader SEE, PwC Bulgaria
Tel: +359 88 751 1554
