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Audit · Tax · Advisory · Kathmandu · Since 2004

Numbers tell a story.
We help you read between
the lines.

From our office in Hattisar, Kathmandu, we audit and advise the businesses building Nepal's economy — A-class banks, hydropower IPPs, manufacturers, donor agencies and family conglomerates. International rigour, with the candour of a partner who actually picks up the phone.

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Audit partners in a boardroom client meeting
ISO 9001 · ICAN registered
A trusted partner to listed banks, FMCG groups, donor agencies and family conglomerates across South Asia
01 · What we do

A full service stack,
delivered by partners.

Every engagement is led by a partner — not a director, not a manager. We keep teams deliberately small, so the chartered accountants writing the report are the same people sitting across from your CFO. From statutory assurance to complex transaction advisory, seven practices, one firm.

01 · Flagship practice

Statutory & Financial Audit

Risk-based audits performed under NSA & ISA — clear opinions, on time, every quarter. Specialist teams for banking, hydropower, INGOs and listed entities, supervised by ICAN-licensed partners.

NFRS ISA 315 (Revised) Banking audit Group audits Group reporting
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Engagements completed+18% YoY
02

Tax & Regulatory

Corporate tax, transfer pricing, VAT structuring and IRD representation — turning compliance into a competitive lever.

Corporate taxTransfer pricingVATIRD reps
03

Risk & Internal Audit

Co-sourced internal audit, ICFR, ERM frameworks and forensic reviews — built around your three lines of defence.

ICFRERMSOX-styleForensic
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Transaction Advisory

Buy-side and sell-side diligence, valuations and post-merger integration for mid-market M&A across South Asia.

FDDValuationSPAPMI
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Outsourced Finance

Controller, payroll and bookkeeping operations run from our shared service centre — NFRS-ready close every month.

BookkeepingPayrollControllershipFP&A
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ESG & Sustainability

Limited and reasonable assurance under ISSA 5000, climate-risk reporting and GRI / IFRS S1–S2 readiness.

ISSA 5000IFRS S1/S2TCFDGRI
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Technology & Data

ERP-agnostic implementation, data analytics for audit, cyber-control reviews and IT general control attestations.

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02 · How we work

A disciplined
method, honestly applied.

We've spent two decades watching what makes audits go right — and, more usefully, what makes them go wrong in Nepal's still-young capital markets. Our method is deliberately unglamorous: methodical, traceable, almost boring. Which is exactly what an audit report should be. Four phases govern every engagement.

01·
Scope & risk-map

A two-week diagnostic. We profile your business, controls and stakeholder expectations into a single risk heat-map that drives the entire plan.

02·
Field & test

Walkthroughs, substantive testing and analytics run in parallel. Daily status logs keep your team informed — no end-of-quarter surprises.

03·
Conclude & report

Findings tabled in plain language. Each recommendation carries a financial impact, owner and target date — not a vague suggestion.

04·
Continue & calibrate

Quarterly check-ins between engagements. Your partner stays your partner — accessible, accountable and embedded.

03 · Industries we know

Specialists, not
generalists.

From NRB-licensed banks to IPPAN-member hydropower developers, each vertical is led by a partner with a decade-plus inside the industry. We turn down work outside our circles of competence — the easiest way to do good work is to know what you're looking at.

Banking and capital markets trading floor
01 · Vertical

Banking & Financial Services

Hydropower dam and reservoir
02 · Vertical

Hydropower & Energy

Manufacturing production line
03 · Vertical

FMCG & Manufacturing

Development programme community outreach
04 · Vertical

INGOs & Development

Luxury hotel lobby and hospitality
05 · Vertical

Real Estate & Hospitality

Technology team at laptops in office
06 · Vertical

Technology & Digital

04 · By the numbers

Two decades of
compounding trust.

Fiscal year 2081/82 BS (2024/25 AD) — figures reviewed under our own internal-controls framework before publication. Nothing rounded, nothing inflated.

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Aggregate client revenue audited or reviewed last fiscal year (≈ USD 1.38 Bn).
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Statutory reports filed on or before the regulator deadline.
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Chartered accountants, analysts and specialists across four offices in Nepal.
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Senior partners with prior Big Four or large-mid-tier experience.
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05 · Insights

Plain-spoken
perspectives on a changing market.

Direct from our Hattisar office. Quarterly briefings, regulatory alerts and long-form analysis from our partners — no gated downloads, no marketing fluff. The same memos we share with our retainer clients.

Financial charts and market data for banking analysis
BankingMar 12 · 12 min read

NFRS 9 in practice — what Nepali banks still get wrong about ECL provisioning

Three years into adoption, expected-credit-loss models are still where regulators find the most material adjustments. We walk through the four most common defects and how to fix them before your next on-site inspection.

Read briefing
Tax documents and calculator for Finance Bill review
TaxFeb 28

Finance Bill 2082/83 — the eight provisions every CFO should re-read

Threshold changes, withholding rates and the surprise in Schedule 1. Quick reference.

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Business handshake closing a transaction
AdvisoryFeb 14

Sell-side diligence: building a numbers room buyers can actually trust

How the data you hand over in week one decides the multiple you walk away with in week ten.

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Wind turbines representing sustainability and ESG reporting
ESGJan 30

IFRS S1 readiness — a 90-day plan for mid-cap issuers

The cheapest path from voluntary disclosure to limited assurance, sequenced quarter by quarter.

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Analyst reviewing audit documents at a desk
RiskJan 18

Internal audit's quiet pivot from compliance to advisory

What modern internal-audit charters look like — and why the old SOX-era playbook is finally being retired.

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06 · Our partners

The names
on the opinion letter.

Twelve senior partners. Each one a Nepali chartered accountant licensed by ICAN, several with years at Big Four firms in Mumbai, Singapore or the Gulf. Every engagement is signed by one of them, by name — so accountability lives at the top of the engagement, not behind it.

Bivek Rajbhandari, Managing Partner
Bivek Rajbhandari
Managing Partner · Audit
FCA, ICAN · Banking and listed entities. 18 years across Mumbai and Kathmandu.
Sushmita Karki, Partner Tax and Regulatory
Sushmita Karki
Partner · Tax & Regulatory
CA, LLB · Transfer pricing and IRD representation. Adjunct lecturer at KUSOM.
Anil Pradhan, Partner Transaction Advisory
Anil Pradhan
Partner · Transaction Advisory
CFA, CA · Led 40+ mid-market deals across South Asia. Ex-EY transaction services.
Pratistha Maharjan, Partner ESG and Sustainability
Pratistha Maharjan
Partner · ESG & Sustainability
CA, ACSI · ISSA 5000 lead reviewer. Co-author of the ICAN sustainability working group.
07 · In our clients' words

We'd worked with three of the international networks before finding iFinance. What sets them apart is simple — they actually show up. Bivek sat in our pre-board for two hours the morning our IPO file went to SEBON, and fixed the one note that would have cost us the listing window. A Nepali firm working at international standards, with the kind of attention you only get from people who live here.

Pranaya Shrestha, Group CFO
Pranaya Shrestha
Group CFO · Annapurna Holdings (consumer · listed) · Member, CFO Forum Nepal
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08 · Where we work

Headquartered
in Kathmandu, connected globally.

Four offices across Nepal, correspondent partners across the GCC, India and Singapore. We move fast on cross-border engagements because we keep the file in one place — yours.

NP · 01 Kathmandu HQ Hattisar · 88 staff
NP · 02 Pokhara Lakeside · 26 staff
NP · 03 Biratnagar Main Road · 18 staff
NP · 04 Birgunj Adarshanagar · 10 staff
IN · 05 Mumbai CORR. BKC · partner firm
SG · 06 Singapore CORR. CBD · partner firm
AE · 07 Dubai CORR. DIFC · partner firm
Lat 27.7172° N · Lon 85.3240° E
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09 · Contact us

Tell us about
your next financial year.

One of our partners will personally read your note within one working day and reply directly — no junior intake form, no marketing pipeline. For RFPs and bid documents, please use the proposals channel below.

General enquiryhello@ifinance.com.np
Proposals · RFPsproposals@ifinance.com.np
Reception · Kathmandu+977 1 4517 800
Office · HattisarSahid Sukra Marg, Kathmandu 44600
Office hoursSun – Fri · 9:30 – 18:00 NPT

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