A better, smarter, faster audit centered on your business—built on trust, quality, insight and a more connected client experience

Financial statement audit

Financial statement audit

Better. Faster. Smarter.

Our financial statement audit is built to deliver the trust, rigour, transparency and quality stakeholders expect. Powered by data, technology and AI—and grounded in human judgement—it helps us focus earlier on what matters most and provide deeper audit insight. 

Designed around your business and tailored to your digital maturity, it creates a more connected audit experience. That means less administrative burden for your team, better visibility throughout the audit, and earlier insight into helping identify potential audit risks. 

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Introducing Maestro 

AI-native assurance platform, built for a better audit experience. 

Maestro is our breakthrough, AI-native platform that brings together human judgement, advanced technology and AI in one system. It helps us manage audit complexity end to end, surface insights earlier and highlight potential audit risks.

With Maestro, you benefit from: 


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“This industry leading platform will see AI agents working collaboratively to assess risk, design the audit plan and workflow, test balances and controls, all while keeping our expert auditors in the loop to provide context, critical analysis and decision-making. This enables a highly optimised, efficient audit process, with anomalies or high-risk areas identified in real time and addressed by our deep industry experts.”

Sue Horlin, Assurance Leader, PwC Australia

Audit innovation backed by investment and quality

$1B global investment in audit technology, AI and digital upskilling.

Multiyear Audit Innovation of the Year award winner from the International Accounting Bulletin.

Award-winning AI capabilities for auditors including AI-assisted disclosure checking and AI-enabled search functionality.

Why PwC

We combine audit quality with broader expertise across your business, bringing the right specialists, industry knowledge and a consistent approach to your financial statement audit.

Multidisciplinary specialists 

We bring together audit, industry and specialist expertise to help address the complex issues that matter most to your business. 

Industry knowledge

Our teams understand the sectors we audit, helping us bring relevant insight, challenge and context throughout the audit. 

Quality and consistency

Our audit is built on a consistent approach, supported by technology and rigorous standards that help reinforce quality across the engagement. 

Audit Transparency Report 2025

This annual report highlights improvements in audit quality, detailing our management system, key metrics such as our latest ASIC and PCAOB results, and perspectives on our audit culture.

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Sue Horlin

Sue Horlin

Assurance Leader, Partner, PwC Australia

Jane Reilly

Jane Reilly

Partner, Assurance Financial Services, PwC Australia

Amanda Campbell

Amanda Campbell

CIPS & Private Audit Leader, PwC Australia

Ben Woodbridge

Ben Woodbridge

EUR & Private Audit Leader, PwC Australia

Amrita Jebamoney

Amrita Jebamoney

Risk and Regulatory Leader, PwC Australia

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