Find a listed reviewer or auditor, with their credentials up front
The Reviewer Exchange Registry lists review and audit practitioners on Achekam. A firm sends a request, the practitioner quotes, and the engagement runs in the Independent Review Desk.
During year-end, firms often need an unconflicted reviewer or more capacity. The Reviewer Exchange Registry is a directory of listed practitioners, each showing its regulator and practice number before you choose.
What it covers
- Credentials on Every Listing — A firm cannot publish its listing until it records its regulator (IRBA, SAICA, SAIPA, ACCA and others) and practice number. Both are shown to every firm choosing a reviewer, to check against the regulator's register. Only a firm with an IRBA-registered partner can offer audits.
- A request, a quote and an acceptance — The preparing firm sends a request with the statements; the practitioner quotes, or takes it on with no fee; the preparing firm accepts or asks for a revision. The practitioner can decline, and the preparing firm can withdraw.
- Work in the practitioner's own room — The practitioner reviews in the Independent Review Desk, with their own ISRE 2400 working file; the entity sees only what is addressed to management.
- Quote, Invoice and Payment on One File — The reviewer quotes; once the preparing firm accepts, the reviewer’s invoice is raised from its own books and paid online through its payment gateway or by EFT with proof of payment, recorded on the engagement.
What it does not do
- Achekam shows the credentials a firm records; it does not verify them against the regulator's register.
The standard behind it
SAICA, IRBA and professional body independence rules, Companies Regulation 29 and the codes of professional conduct. Govern practitioner independence and competence on review and audit engagements.
Questions
- How do I join the registry as an Independent Reviewer?
- Choose a plan or add-on that includes the reviewer listing, complete your profile with your regulator and practice number, and publish it. Firms then find you in the directory and can send you a request.
