Numbers your auditors will sign.
Illustrative figures from anonymised engagements.
Thirteen specialized services, each built to withstand audit and regulatory scrutiny.
Big 4 rigour. Boutique attention. Regional fluency.
We founded ECT to give Gulf organisations access to senior technical expertise without the overhead of a global firm. Every engagement is led by a US CPA who has run accounting transformation programmes for the region's largest groups.
- Engagement leadership by qualified, Big 4-trained professionals on every project
- Documented methodologies and models that pass auditor and regulator review
- Delivery in Arabic and English, on-site across the GCC and the Levant or virtually
- Fixed fees agreed up front against a defined scope
CPA-led, Big 4-trained
Every engagement is led by a US CPA with Big 4 accounting-transformation experience, so the answer you receive is defensible in front of auditors, regulators and boards.
Models you can audit
Our ECL, actuarial and valuation models are built to be reviewed: documented methodology, traceable inputs, sensitivity tables and audit-ready working papers.
GCC regulatory fluency
We work daily with SOCPA, SAMA, ZATCA, CBB and IPSAS requirements and translate them into practical accounting positions.
Bilingual delivery
Proposals, memos, reports and training are delivered in Arabic and English by native speakers who understand Gulf business culture.
Right-sized economics
Boutique cost structure with an Amman delivery centre: senior attention at a fraction of Big 4 fees, without diluting quality.
Fixed-fee clarity
Scoped deliverables, agreed timelines and fixed fees. No surprises at invoice time.
A disciplined path from diagnosis to audit sign-off.
Diagnose
Scoping call, data request and a rapid gap assessment against the applicable standard or regulation.
Design
Methodology paper, model architecture and accounting positions agreed with management before any numbers are produced.
Deliver
Models, valuations, memos and disclosures produced with full working papers and management review sessions.
Defend
We sit with your auditors and regulators, respond to queries and hand over a documented process your team can repeat.
Tell us what is on your desk. We will tell you where to start.
Eight situations we are asked about most, each matched to the service that resolves it.
Staging, PD and LGD assumptions and macroeconomic overlays are where most audit findings land. We rebuild or validate the model and document it for the audit file.
An IAS 19 valuation with assumptions the auditor accepts, remeasurements explained and the disclosure note drafted.
Identify what was bought, value the intangibles, book the goodwill and set up the accounting for the combined group.
Settle the classification policy, inventory the performance measures and rebuild the 2026 ledger before the first 2027 interim.
Compute the base from the audited balance sheet, book the provision and file the return with the evidence file ready for assessment.
Move the finance towers to a CPA-reviewed team in Amman under a written boundary, or fix the procedures and controls so the in-house team can close by day seven.
A three-statement model with scenarios and sensitivities, or a feasibility study and business case built to investment-committee standard.
Policies, procedures and a delegation of authority that satisfy the governance regulations, plus gap assessments against SOCPA, SAMA, CBB or ZATCA.
Two offices. One team. The whole GCC and the Levant.
Registered in Bahrain and delivering from Amman, with partners travelling to clients across Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Palestine.
Kingdom of Bahrain
Registered head office, contracting entity for every engagement and centre for technical accounting and actuarial work. Client engagements across Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf are led from here by partners who travel to the client.
HeadquartersHashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Bilingual CPA-supervised delivery team providing finance function outsourcing, financial modelling and reporting support to clients across the GCC and the Levant.
Delivery centreExperience across the industries that shape Gulf economies.
Our leadership has delivered more than 120 engagements for corporates, conglomerates and public-sector entities. We understand the accounting issues specific to each sector and the regulators that oversee them.
Three client segments, one standard of rigour.
Corporates
Listed and private companies that need technical accounting positions, ECL and actuarial valuations, and reporting that satisfies auditors and lenders.
- IFRS 9 & IAS 19
- Position papers
- Financial statements
Conglomerates & family groups
Multi-entity groups institutionalising governance, standardising accounting policies and consolidating reporting across subsidiaries and countries.
- Group policies
- Governance frameworks
- Consolidation
Government & public sector
Ministries, authorities and state-owned companies adopting IPSAS, strengthening governance and building finance capability for national transformation programmes.
- IPSAS adoption
- Business cases
- Capability building
Measured outcomes, not promises.
Right-sizing a SAR 1.2 billion receivables provision under IFRS 9
Diversified conglomerate, Saudi Arabia
Cutting the finance cost base by 42 percent while closing on day seven
Mid-market distribution company, Riyadh
Technical perspectives from our practice.
A provision matrix that survives the audit: IFRS 9 for corporate receivables
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