Ryan Southall
Audit Director and Head of Manufacturing
What sets Ryan apart?
Ryan has over 10 years of experience in auditing and compliance, working alongside a wide range of organisations of all sizes and in varied sectors.
Ryan is passionate about building strong working relationships with his clients, taking time to understand their business and their needs. Ryan has a pragmatic and commercial approach to his work and encourages year-round communication with his clients.
Ryan has an excellent depth of knowledge and a strong technical background. He is well placed to assist clients with interpreting new and existing accounting standards. He also has a keen focus on audit quality.
Ryan has also assisted clients with ad-hoc corporate finance assignments such as financial due diligence and cash flow forecasting.
Ryan's service expertise
Audit and Assurance
- External audit of companies of various sizes and complexity with incomes ranging from £1 to £150m
- In depth knowledge and understanding of audit and accounting technical issues
- Delivering a “first-class” audit service, adding value to clients wherever possible
- Data analytics
- Championing audit quality
Corporate and Business Services
- Advising owner managed businesses to help them achieve their long-term business goals and objectives
- Preparing high quality financial statements in line with accounting standards
Ryan's sector expertise
Manufacturing
- Advising clients including many owner managed SMEs, but also include a number of UK Groups and UK based subsidiaries of large, multinational manufacturing entities, ranging from £0.5m to £70m turnover
- Well versed with the challenges faced by manufacturing businesses and the key risks that such organisations face
- Long term contract accounting
Property
- Auditing of and advising clients in the property and construction sector on their risks and issues, governance and controls, adapting his audit approach to ensure these areas are addressed
- Previous clients ranging from £10m to £150m turnover
- Long term contract accounting considerations
Technology
- Auditing of and advising clients in the technology sector on their risks and issues, governance and controls, adapting his audit approach to ensure these areas are addressed
- Working with high growth businesses to ensure that they receive the right advice at the right time
- Working with AIM listed businesses
