GCU provides a multidisciplinary service combining audit, accounting, taxation, social/employment matters and business consulting. Its advisory capabilities extend to corporate finance, consolidation, accounting standards, organisational improvement and internal controls.
The firm also has sector experience across construction, industry, technology, insurance and mutuals, social-economy organisations, real estate, healthcare, franchises and local authorities.
Groupe Conseil Union (GCU) has a multidisciplinary audit, accounting, tax and business advisory practice, with additional technical expertise in corporate finance, consolidation, internal controls and listed companies. Its sector expertise is particularly relevant to technology, insurance, real estate, healthcare, construction and industrial businesses.
- Audit & Assurance
Statutory and contractual audits, including audits of public-interest entities (EIP), financial reporting and assurance engagements. GCU works under French and international audit standards, including IAASB and US GAAS. - Accounting & Outsourced Finance
Bookkeeping, preparation of annual accounts, periodic reporting, accounting reviews and outsourced finance functions. The firm can operate using either its own systems or those of the client. - Taxation
French and international corporate and personal taxation, VAT, tax consolidation, tax optimisation, tax filings, restructuring-related tax and international matters including tax treaties and transfer pricing. - Corporate Finance
Financial due diligence, financial engineering, business valuation and advice on acquisitions, disposals, restructurings and business transfers. - Consolidation & IFRS/US GAAP
More than two decades of consolidation experience, with expertise in French accounting standards, IFRS and US GAAP and technical accounting consultations. - Internal Control & Internal Audit
Risk mapping, internal-control frameworks, procedures, internal audits, management control, reporting systems and outsourced internal-audit functions. - Social & Payroll Advisory
Specialist support covering social/employment administration, payroll-related obligations and the increasingly complex regulatory requirements surrounding the social function of businesses. - RSE / Sustainability & ESG
Sustainability-related reporting and assurance, supported by partners with certified sustainability-auditor qualifications. - Listed Companies & Capital Markets
Advises listed companies and groups on financial reporting, IFRS, market operations, AMF matters, audits and communications with investors and analysts. GCU has experience with Euronext and Euronext Growth and is registered with the PCAOB. - Audit IT & Organisation
Advises on accounting and management systems, IT-related controls, organisational structures and the selection and implementation of financial-management systems.
