David Hastings Associates is a partnership practice offering assurance, advisory and accountancy training services in both private and public sector. Our assurance and advisory services include preparation of financial statements; internal audit; external audit; forensic audit; fiduciary risk assessment; design, implementation and review of accounting systems (including accounting software) just to mention a few. Our practice consists of dedicated, experienced professionals and industry specialists providing financial, tax, and other diligence services. Our approach begins by listening and understanding your business needs to provide a tailored approach. With our partners having the experience of working and serving as past partners of the Big 4 accounting services firms in the world as well as key financial management leadership positions in the public sector, we can help you strategize for the best returns on your investment wherever you need us. Our public sector financial management experience also stands out as a key competitive advantage to this assignment. Our staff are also trained and experienced in most management disciplines and include: corporate finance experts, professional accountants, project managers, tax specialists, information technology specialists, organisation structuring and human resources specialists, lawyers, and training specialists. We match functional specialists with the relevant industry knowledge and experience so that we can focus on the most important issues for you in each investment decision. We partner with our clients, providing them with innovative solutions to the variety of strategic and other challenges that managers routinely face. We integrate our expertise in financial management, assurance, strategic change, process improvement and technology to provide solutions. By working in partnership with our clients, we obtain a thorough understanding of local issues and then draw on best practice solutions from our business community network of skills and capabilities to deal with those issues. David Hastings Associates has a longstanding track record in providing clients with value adding professional services both within and outside Malawi. We provide professional advice to clients on financial, commercial and tax due diligence, valuation, deal structuring and implementation to help them assess their strategic options.
