financial audit
noun[C]
FINANCE,ACCOUNTINGukusthetaskofcheckingacompanyor organization’sfinancialstatements(=recordsandaccounts)to makecertainthey arecorrectandcomplete, or areportthatshowstheresultsof thischeck:
With afinancialaudit, acompanycanassureitslendersandinvestorsthatitsfinancialpositionissolid.
Financialauditsprovideindependentreviewsof the government'sfinancialstatements.