Compagnie Fiduciaire Expert & Conseil en Afrique

Industries

Banks, microfinance & insurance

Three regulated businesses, three accounting frameworks, one standard of rigour.

Banks, microfinance institutions and insurance companies do not keep their accounts under SYSCOHADA. Each applies the framework of its supervisory authority: the WAMU banking chart of accounts, the SFD accounting framework, the CIMA Code. We work with these institutions on their accounts, their internal control and their regulatory returns.

BCEAO in Ouagadougou

Who we work with

  • Banks and financial institutions of a banking nature
  • Microfinance institutions: mutuals, cooperatives and companies
  • Mesofinance institutions, which finance SMEs
  • Insurance and reinsurance companies

Your challenges

One framework per business

The revised WAMU PCB for banks, the SFD accounting framework for microfinance and mesofinance, the CIMA Code for insurance.

Portfolio quality

Classification of non-performing loans, impairment and provisions; for insurers, technical provisions and the assets that cover them.

Regulatory returns

Accounts and returns to be produced for the BCEAO, the Banking Commission, the ministry in charge of finance or the Regional Insurance Control Commission.

Internal control

Segregation of duties, access rights, information systems security and anti-money-laundering arrangements.

Banking prudential requirements

For credit institutions and financial holding companies within scope: capital, risks and reporting under the WAMU framework implementing Basel II and III. Microfinance and insurance rules remain distinct.

How we help

  • Audit of financial statements prepared under the revised PCB, the SFD framework or the CIMA Code.
  • Support for closing the accounts and for regulatory returns.
  • Review of the loan portfolio, of non-performing loans and of their impairment.
  • Assessment of internal control, internal audit engagements and continuous monitoring.
  • Compliance audits, including anti-money-laundering arrangements.
  • Restatements to IFRS for group reporting.
  • Training of accounting, finance and control teams.
  • For banking institutions within scope, review of controls and prudential reporting related to Basel III under the applicable WAMU framework.

Relevant frameworks

Let’s talk about your priorities.

An audit, an inventory, a recruitment or a digitalisation project: we start by understanding what you need.

+226 25 40 81 99

Quartier Bilbalogho, Secteur 01, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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