We cover the full documentation stack a UAE entity needs to satisfy its regulators, auditors, and stakeholders. That includes governance-level policies such as delegation of authority, code of conduct, anti-fraud and whistleblowing, IFRS-aligned accounting policy manuals, functional SOPs across finance, HR, procurement, and treasury, AML and internal control policies for regulated entities, and consolidated policy manuals grouped for staff reference and external audit. Coverage extends across mainland, free zone, and financial free zone entities. Our chartered accountancy background means each manual is drafted to survive external audit walkthroughs, lender diligence, and regulator inspection.

The category covers the governance-level documents your board, shareholders, and external stakeholders expect a well-run entity to have on file. In our practice that typically means a delegation of authority matrix, code of conduct, anti-fraud and whistleblowing policy, conflict of interest and related party transaction policy, gift and hospitality rules, and a data protection policy. Each document is drafted to reflect UAE Companies Law, sector regulator guidance where it applies, and your actual shareholder governance model. Manuals are issued with version control, approval sign-off, and a scheduled review date recorded on every page.

Yes, this is the most common request we handle. Engagement teams have provided SOP writing services for companies across the finance close cycle, accounts payable, procurement, payroll, treasury, and HR onboarding and separation workflows. Scope depends on where the control gaps sit. Sometimes it is just the finance function ahead of a lender audit; other times, a full operations manual for a new subsidiary. Our standard operating procedures consultants work with your process owners to document the current state, redesign where needed, and issue a controlled manual with approval trail, control ownership, and evidence retention noted for each activity.

Yes. IFRS-aligned accounting policy documentation is a recurring engagement for us, particularly for groups preparing for a first-time audit, moving to consolidated reporting, or shifting a subsidiary onto the parent group's accounting framework. Typical output includes revenue recognition policy under IFRS 15, lease accounting under IFRS 16, financial instruments under IFRS 9, inventory and cost formula policy, fixed asset capitalization and depreciation, foreign currency translation, and related party disclosure procedures. Because our audit team is in-house, we write each policy in the language your external auditor will accept during year-end review, which cuts down on redraft cycles later.

The audit walkthrough is where a policy manual either helps or hurts. If the auditor asks who approves a journal above a threshold, or how a fixed asset is capitalized, and the answer sits in a documented, approved, version-controlled manual, that control area moves through testing faster and cleaner. If the answer is a verbal one, substantive testing usually expands. Beyond the external audit, the same manual supports lender diligence, investor due diligence, supervisory inspections for regulated entities, and internal handover when finance staff change. That is the return on the engagement most clients notice first.

Every engagement is scoped to the entity, but the shape is fairly consistent. We start with a diagnostic covering the manuals that already exist, the obligations attached to your license, and where the control gaps sit. From there we agree a documentation plan, prioritising what has to be in place for your next audit, filing, or inspection cycle. Drafting is iterative with your process owners, followed by board or management sign-off, controlled issuance of the manual, and a walkthrough session with the teams who will apply it. Timelines depend on document count, entity complexity, and internal review pace.

Yes, a meaningful share of the documentation work we do is for free zone licensees, including entities registered in DMCC, JAFZA, DAFZA, DWTC, DIFC, ADGM, Hamriyah Free Zone, and RAKEZ. Free zone documentation carries specific pressure points: the authority audit checklist, economic substance filings, UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner) declarations, and record retention obligations tied to your license category. For DIFC and ADGM entities holding a regulated license, we additionally align policies to the applicable rulebook, prudential filing calendar, and outsourcing and compliance monitoring requirements set by the regulator alongside the accounting and finance manual.

Yes. Our documentation team drafts AML frameworks, sanctions screening procedures, KYC (Know Your Customer) protocols, and suspicious transaction reporting policies for DNFBP registrants, exchange houses, brokerage firms, and financial institutions supervised by the Central Bank of the UAE or the Executive Office of AML. On the internal control side, we document authorisation matrices, segregation of duties, and monitoring controls tied to your risk register. Where the entity faces periodic supervisory inspection, we align policy content and control evidence to the inspection template, and revise the manual when new circulars, typologies, or risk assessment findings require it.