Our auditors are highly-experienced and qualified by internationally recognised auditing bodies. Obsequium provides clients with high-end auditing services that deliver real value, and are performed in accordance with widely accepted auditing standards.
When it comes to auditing, integrity is key. We are committed to providing excellence in our audit practices and facilitating real insight to help clients assess and improve.
Regardless of your industry, business size or structure, conducting regular audits helps your organisation to improve its regulatory compliance and effectiveness of its processes, assess what is and isn’t working, and take advantage of potential opportunities.
From planning your audit through to reporting and follow up, our auditors will assess the health and effectiveness of your systems and identify ways you can improve them.
You’ll gain a clear picture of your current situation, that can be used to pave the way forward towards improving compliance and performance within your business.
Our compliance audits are used to evaluate the extent of your organisation’s compliance with regulatory or recognized standards, for example ISO9001 – Quality Management or ISO45001 – Occupational Health and Safety. You are issued with an audit report that details the failures in your implementation, recorded as non-conformances. Once you take the necessary actions to close the gaps, Obsequium will provide you with a certificate of compliance to evidence your compliant status based on our independent audit. However, please note that this is not the same as achieving accredited certification from an accredited certification body.
Our Internal ISO Management System Audits are used by clients to ensure they comply with their adopted management system standards (for example ISO14001, or ISO 45001). A key requirement of many ISO’s is the need to conduct regular and systematic internal audits of your management system, to ensure that it complies and remains effective in meeting your organisation’s needs. Many of our clients choose to outsource this requirement to our audit team as a quicker, more efficient practice, that provides independent insight into their current status and ensures they can maintain their ISO Certification.
Our ISO Gap Audits identify any short comings between your existing management system and the requirements of one or more ISO Management System Standards. Our auditors will outline the gaps the need work to become compliant, and can also provide suggested actions that can be taken to close those gaps. Our Gap Audit is a popular starting point for organisations that already have an existing management system and want to work towards achieving ISO Certification. It is a relatively quick and inexpensive process that provides you with practical insight into how far you have to go to gain ISO Certification.
Our ISO Pre-Certification Audits are carried out before your upcoming audit by an independent certification body. They are used to minimize the potential for non-conformances being identified during your certification and surveillance audits. Rather than taking a “wait and see” approach, these audits provide a proactive way of having our expert auditors identify any pre-audit issues, and guide you to correcting them before they have the potential to put your certification at risk.
Organisations face significant risk of exposure to liability because of failing to comply with applicable laws and regulations. And for those companies that have achieved ISO Certification of their management systems, evaluation of legal compliance can be a requirement of maintaining certification. Our Legal Compliance Audits help you to evaluate your level of compliance with legislation and other compliance obligations. In conjunction with Obsequium’s lawyers, our auditors undertake an evaluation of your systems and process to determine how you comply with relevant legislation. By engaging our expert team, we save you from second-guessing whether your business is actually compliant and protected.
Also known as second party audits, these audits are performed by an organisation upon its own contractors and suppliers that make up their supply chain. Contractor and Supplier Audits are especially useful in evaluating your supplier’s performance and compliance with contractual obligations, laws (such as WHS), and ISO Standards. They are particularly important for high-risk industries and can help identify issues and potential risks early so that you can take action. Audit findings can also provide you with assurance and confidence in your suppliers that can enhance your performance and customer satisfaction.
Governments, consumers and other stakeholders are putting increased pressure on business to ensure work is compliant with the principles of ethically and socially responsible business. In Australia, Modern Slavery legislation is just one example. Our ethical and social accountability audit services help you to demonstrate ethical, fair, transparent and caring workplaces. Our work is based on the international standard SA8000, SMETA (Sedex) and the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) Base Codes. We evaluate key areas such as hygiene, health and safety, waste management, child and young labor, working hours and wages and labor practices including forced labor.
Some of the audit standards we work with include:
ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems
Office for the Federal Safety Commissioner Accreditation (OFSC)
ISO 19600 Compliance Management Systems
Our auditors are experienced across a range of auditing disciplines. Backed by our legal team, we bring a multi-disciplinary approach to your business operations. Allowing you to gain a fresh perspective and deeper insight into achieving compliance.
Ensure the integrity of your audit practices and remove the risk of bias. Our auditors use a high-level of skill and objectivity that removes the risk of jeopardising your audit’s integrity, and withstand potential scrutiny.
Eliminate the need to remove your key staff from their daily activities. Our expertise means that we can conduct your audits quickly, efficiently and with minimal disruption to your core operations. Saving you time, cost and human resources.
Ensure that your high-level information remains bound by strict confidentiality through use of our consultants, avoiding the need for internal staff to view them where it would not normally be permitted.
We provide you with detailed audit reports that paint a clear picture of your current situation. We maintain clear lines of communication throughout the audit process, including regular updates, management briefings and presenting final audit outcomes to top management.
By engaging Obsequium, you gain access to our team of specialist compliance lawyers, advisors and consultants. We work together to help you achieve and maintain compliance. From developing action plans, implementing practical management system strategies or representing you during your ISO certification audits, we will continue to guide and support you towards achieving your goals.
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