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Independent Verification Your Stakeholders Can Rely On
Banks, investors, and regulators require independent verification of your financial statements. Archer Lewis delivers audits, reviews, and compilations that give your stakeholders confidence and give you a clear path forward.
Jarrard, Nowell & Russell, LLC is a separate entity from Archer Lewis, LLC. Jarrard, Nowell & Russell, LLC provide attest and assurance services. Jarrard, Nowell & Russell, LLC create independent, objective assessments to give stakeholders confidence in financial reporting. Services include non profit audits, private company audits, employee benefit plan audits, reviews, compilations, agreed upon procedures, and prepared financials. These services are performed under professional standards established by the AICPA and require a high level of independence.
Our Approach
Independent verification your stakeholders can rely on.
An audit is more than a compliance requirement. Done well, it signals to lenders, investors, partners, and regulators that your financials are accurate and your business is built on solid ground. Archer Lewis brings independence, technical depth, and industry knowledge to every assurance engagement, working efficiently and communicating clearly throughout, so the final opinion reflects work you've been kept informed of along the way.
What's Included
Assurance services that give your stakeholders confidence
From full audits to compilations and employee benefit plan work, our assurance team delivers independent financial verification across every level of scrutiny your business requires.
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Audit
The highest level of independent financial assurance, required by lenders, investors, and regulators who need to trust your numbers completely.
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Review
A credible middle ground between a compilation and a full audit: analytical procedures and inquiries that provide meaningful assurance without the full audit scope.
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Compilations
Professionally prepared financial statements without independent verification, appropriate when internal use or basic third-party requirements are the goal.
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Employee Benefit Plan Audits
DOL-compliant audits for 401(k) and other benefit plans, required once your plan hits 100 eligible participants.
Assurance Services
Find the right level of assurance
A strong audit does more than issue an opinion.
The best assurance engagements surface issues before they become problems, identify control weaknesses before they become liabilities, and give management something useful beyond a clean report. That's how Archer Lewis approaches every engagement.
Talk to an Assurance Specialist
Common Questions
What businesses ask before an assurance engagement.
An audit is the highest level: independent verification of your financials through testing, confirmation, and analysis. A review provides limited assurance through analytical procedures and inquiries, without the full scope of an audit. A compilation is professional preparation of your financials without independent verification. The right level depends on what your lenders, investors, or regulators require.
Usually when an outside party requires it: a bank as a loan condition, an investor as part of due diligence, a government agency for compliance, or a grant requirement. Some businesses also choose audits proactively to strengthen internal controls or prepare for a sale.
If your plan has 100 or more eligible participants at the start of the plan year, federal law requires an independent audit. Missing this requirement puts your plan's qualified status at risk. We handle DOL-compliant employee benefit plan audits and flag the requirement before it becomes a problem.
It depends on the size and complexity of your business and how organized your records are. Most audits for small to mid-sized businesses take several weeks from fieldwork to final report. We communicate timelines clearly at the start and flag anything that could affect the schedule.
The biggest thing is having your records organized and your team available to answer questions. We'll give you a detailed request list upfront so nothing comes as a surprise. Businesses that are prepared move through the process faster and with fewer findings.
