Audit support
PBC list management
PBC list management from Finbryn turns your EU auditor's provided-by-client request list into owned tasks with due dates. Our accounting team gathers the documents, tracks what is delivered or pending, and answers factual follow-up requests during fieldwork so your finance team is not chasing the list alone.
Auditor request list
Illustrative client · August 2026
EUR
- Trial balance and general ledger exportDone
- Bank confirmations and statementsDone
- Receivables and payables listingsDone
- Fixed asset register with additionsIn progress
- Accruals and prepayments supportNext
Illustrative. An example of the document, not a client's figures.
A list that outgrows the finance team's week
A request list can run to fifty or more items, each pointing to a different bank portal, vendor or filing cabinet. Finance teams already running a monthly close rarely have the hours to chase every one down before the engagement letter's deadline.
We take the list your audit firm sends, break it into owned tasks against that deadline, and track bank confirmations, lease agreements, loan schedules and board minutes to whoever can actually produce them.
During fieldwork
Auditors send follow-up requests once fieldwork starts, often on a short turnaround. Factual and documentation requests get routed directly; anything touching management judgement, such as an estimate or a going-concern point, goes back to you before any response leaves the building.
After the engagement closes
The completed package is archived so next year's list starts from a head start. Items that were hard to locate this time get flagged, so the same request is faster to answer the second time around.
Working alongside your local accountant
In many EU jurisdictions the statutory auditor and the accountant certifying your local accounts are different parties. We coordinate documentation for both without duplicating the work, so your expert-comptable, Steuerberater or equivalent and your audit firm are drawing from the same organised file rather than two separate scrambles.
Bank confirmations and cross-border detail
EU engagements often add a layer most single-country lists skip: bank confirmations sent through a network of correspondent banks, lease agreements written in the local language, and loan covenants tested against a group-level ratio rather than one entity's numbers alone. We track each of these to the person or system that can produce them, rather than letting a cross-border request sit unresolved until fieldwork is already underway.
Questions
Frequently asked questions: PBC list management
Does the audit firm send the PBC list directly to you?
Usually your finance team receives it first and shares it with us, though we can coordinate directly with the audit firm once you authorise that contact.
What if an item on the list genuinely does not apply to our entity?
We flag it back to the auditor rather than guessing, since only they can confirm whether a request applies to your specific engagement.
Can you track a PBC list across several EU entities at once?
Yes. We set up separate tracking by entity so items from a French subsidiary and a German parent are not mixed together.
Do you handle requests in languages other than English?
Documentation often arrives in the local language; we work with your team to interpret it accurately rather than guessing at a translation.
Do you push back on a PBC request that seems duplicative?
Yes, if a request duplicates something already provided or does not match your entity's activity, we flag it back to the auditor for clarification rather than pulling data that was not actually needed for the review.
Who decides what goes on the PBC list?
The audit firm sets the list. We work through it, gather what is needed and flag anything that genuinely does not apply to your business.
Can you respond directly to auditor follow-up questions?
We handle documentation and factual detail; questions that call for management judgment go back to you before a response goes out.
How is pBC list management priced?
Pricing for pBC list management depends on your transaction volume, the software you use, and how much cleanup is needed before ongoing work starts. Current ranges are published on the pricing page, and your exact fee is confirmed in writing before anything begins.
What software works with pBC list management?
PBC list management runs inside QuickBooks Online or Xero, whichever you already use. If you are not yet set up in either, we can configure a file in your name so you keep ownership of it once the engagement is under way.
Related services
- Audit supportAudit-ready booksMonthly and year-end books maintained with the support and schedules an external auditor expects to see on day one, so fieldwork starts without a scramble to reconstruct records.
- Audit supportWorking paper preparationSupporting schedules and reconciliations built the way an auditor expects to see them, cross-referenced to the trial balance, so review comments come back with fewer open questions.
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Next step
Talk to the team that would run your books
A short call covers your setup, your software and what a first month would look like. You get a written scope and price after it.