Welcome to Pinnacle Consulting

Pinnacle Consulting is a firm of chartered accountants established in 2009. The firm is led by an experienced team with Big 4 experience. We have experience in dealing with a broad range of clients in the public sector, in the private sector and in the charitable/not-for-profit sector. Our core focus is to deliver exceptional services and value to our clients. We are located in Citywest, Dublin 24.

IT Audit

IT AuditInformation is seen as a key enabler for businesses and is often regarded as an important asset. Technology is a key enabler for the management of this asset both within the organisation and also when interacting with customers, suppliers and business stakeholders. However, whilst technology can facilitate sharing of information, inherent risks as well as regulatory requirements relating to the confidentiality, integrity and availability exist.

The pace of change in the technology world means that we are now seeing more complex, integrated and even intelligent systems. Whilst these systems can enhance the efficiency of an organisation’s operations and provide a competitive advantage, weak underlying business or technology processes or indeed the human element can pose significant risks and challenges.

Our IT Audit approach is grounded in understanding your IT environment and its underlying business processes and their alignment to the organisation’s objectives. This allows us to identify the key risks and recommend practical solutions to ensure that they are effectively managed.

Our team includes a wealth of expertise in the IT governance, risk and control arena and includes professionals with exposure to leading organisations and their IT environments. Our IT Audit services include:

  • IT governance and risk management
  • General IT controls
  • Application controls
  • Identity and access management
  • Data protection
  • Business continuity management

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The Service You Deserve

  • Engagements led by our partners who have deep IT governance, risk and control experience in both the public and private sectors.
  • Take the time to understand your business, systems and underlying processes to assist with identifying the key technology-related risks, their likelihood and potential impact on the business.
  • Professionals who have experience with leading organisations and understand both the systems and business processes. This provides a holistic view of the interaction between IT and non-IT risks.
  • Work with you to develop practical solutions to address the risks identified which take account of the scale and complexity of your business and underlying systems and also the financial and operational cost associated with implementing improvements.
  • Provide advice throughout the systems life cycle from planning to decommissioning to ensure that appropriate controls are in place to safeguard the organisation’s information.
  • Utilise leading edge tools and technology to analyse your systems and benchmark your security controls against your industry and/or leading practice.
  • Provide you with up to date developments on IT governance, leading practice, regulatory compliance, emerging technologies and underlying issues.

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  • Pinnacle Consulting provided our organisation with an excellent, value for money Internal Audit Service on a number of specific Internal Audit assignments. The work completed by the firm was very focussed on the business needs of the organisation and the assignments were Partner-led, which means you get the expertise and experience of the firms most senior staff at a very competitive price.  The service delivery was also excellent with timescales adhered to, regular updates on progress provided and minimum disruption to the business units while the audit work was undertaken.  The quality of the service provided, the work undertaken and the reports provided clearly demonstrates the experience and professionalism of the firm in their approach to everything they do. 

    Our company is a high-tech SME exporting to blue-chip pharmaceutical, biotechnology companies and academic institutions world-wide. We chose Pinnacle Consulting as our auditors due to their attention to detail, their thorough approach and their professional attitude throughout the audit process. Pinnacle Consulting carefully plan the first audit meeting with pre-audit check-lists already received in advance. The on-site stock take was efficient and there were immediate responses to any queries regarding financial statements. Overall, Pinnacle Consulting provide an excellent professional service which we intend to use again. 

    We are a not for profit organisation, with some complex transactions and contracts. Pinnacle Consulting put systems and procedures in place that now give us great confidence in our financial reporting, and which have also improved the quality of reporting from our commissioned services. Pinnacle Consulting has proven to be consistently professional, efficient and offer real value for money.