About us
// JSC Audit-Consulting Group Business Systems Development (RBS) is a leader in the professional services market in Russia. We offer a variety of expert services to meet our clients’ needs in a challenging business environment. With offices across the country – including the Northwest (Saint-Petersburg), Siberia (Novosibirsk and Omsk), Uralsky (Tyumen), Privolzhsky (Nizhny Novgorod and Izhevsk) and the Southern Federal Districts (Volgograd and Rostov-on-Don) – we can service our clients in an efficient manner. We also provide consulting services internationally to foreign companies seeking to do business in Russia.
Our professional activities are certified under ISO 9001:2000 International Quality Standards. The consistent high quality of our auditing services has also been recognized by Russia’s largest self-governing professional associations - the Auditing Chamber of Russia and the Institute of Professional Auditors of Russia.
Our professional audit liability and appraisal liability are insured by JSC ROSNO Insurance Company, with coverage amounting to 150 mln. RUR and 100 mln RUR respectively.
Structure:
RBS is comprised of 8 departments:
- Management Consulting
- Government Consulting
- Legal Consulting
- Tax Consulting
- Audit
- Management Technologies and Accounting Systems
- IT Consulting and System Integration
- Credit and Financial Institutions Relations
- Transport & Infrastructure
- Valuation
Our Team
Our team is made up of professionals who bring exceptional qualifications and experience to the organization. We strive to provide our clients with effective business solutions, to create competitive advantages and, ultimately, guarantee business success. Our team currently consists of over 500 qualified staff, holding 130 auditor certificates (granted by the Russian Ministry of Finance and the Russian Central Bank), 26 IFRS international certificates, 61 scientific degrees, 23 ÌÂÀ diplomas, 18 tax consultancy certificates and numerous certificates from the American Society of Appraisers, and some of the largest national and international software developers.
Our Partners
RBS is an associate of Crowe Howarth International, one of the world’s largest audit-consulting networks. Crowe Horwath International - ranked 9th among global audit-consulting firms - operates more than 140 independent companies, from 465 offices around the world. With instant access to commercial intelligence worldwide, we can help our clients succeed in both local and global markets.
RBS has partnered with HATCH Associates Ltd. (Canada) to establish the international company HATCH-RBS. This joint venture provides a range of professional services, including engineering, to industrial companies in Russia and the CIS. The company works in close cooperation with: Agiplan (Germany) in machine building, Vision International Solutions (Canada) in transport and infrastructures, Zimmerman Adams International Group (UK) in international investments, and Fleischman-Hillard (USA) in public relations.
The European Banking and Finance Academy and RBS are the co-founders of the International Management and Retraining Center. The center provides training and educational services to companies, through programs designed by renown professors and business educators. These programs are based on learnings from our own consultancy projects, and from expertise accumulated from leading Russian and EU universities. The center is accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants – ACCA (UK).
Our Clients
We have gained extensive experience consulting for many leading industrial enterprises, financial groups, governmental agencies, foreign companies and international financial institutions. With every client, we develop a customized approach that best meets the needs of each unique client. Click here to view a list of our major clients.
Our Awards
The expertise of our specialists has been widely recognized in the business community, and acknowledged through the following awards:
- Company of the Year in Consulting & Auditnomination (2003, contest held by Kompania business weekly, jointly with the Russian Ministry of Finance);
- Financier of the Year 2003 for RBS’s Chief Executive Officer, Igor Pikan (2003, contest held by Council of Experts of the Finance Managers Guild, Committee for Credit Institutions of the State Duma and Finansy Rossii business weekly)
- Best Risk Management Project for Enterprises and Financial Institutions (2004, winner of Expert RA contest);
- Russian Audit and Consulting – 10 years 1996-2006 (2006, Expert RA project to distinguish the most dynamically developing company in the area of auditing and consulting);
- Highest national award For Outstanding Achievements in Development of Audit and Consulting in Russia (2007, international contestPilar);
- Best Audit-Consulting Company Imbedding Innovative Technologies (2008, contest 1000 Best Russian Enterprises and Organizations);
- Igor Pikan, RBS’s Chief Executive Officer is a member of the Councils of Experts on Natural Monopolies at the Russian Federation Council; of the Council of Experts on Property at the State Duma; a member of the Management Accounting Committee at the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, and of the Task Force on WTO Membership and Customs Policy under the RussianUnion of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. According to the Top Russian Managers 2002 – 2004 rating by the Association of Russian Managers, Mr. Pikan was rated among the top 10 leading managers in the national market of audit and consulting services.
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