About Us


About Leslie PRoud

Leslie has worked in the financial statement audit sector since 2006, primarily in Queensland and New South Wales. Working on contract audits for the Queensland Audit Office and the Audit Office of NSW, he has gained significant experience auditing local governments and other statutory entities.

Mr Proud became a registered company auditor in 2007 and became owner and audit engagement director of Independent Audits Pty Ltd. He has focused the provision of audit services to assist small community entities in a supportive and cost effective way.

About Independent Audits Pty Ltd

Independent Audits Pty Ltd team has decades of industry knowledge across a wide range of industries including, agriculture, manufacturing, strata title, finance, corporate community service entities and Local Government. We are a Queensland based specialist audit service providing online audit services to all parts of Australia.

Our approach to each audit engagement is to work with the board and management to gain a thorough appreciation of the operating environment and the issues that matter.

Our focus is on those issues and use the latest audit, electronic and computer assisted audit techniques to ensure audit work is relevant, of high quality and produces meaningful reporting that provides value to the board, management and stakeholders alike.

We look to simplify the audit process for you.

Services we Provide

We specialise in Strata and Non-profit audits however we provide the following services:

  • Financial Statements preparation
  • ASIC Corporation Audits
  • Body Corporates (Strata)
  • Charities & ACNC
  • Clubs and Associations
  • Companies Limited by Guarantee
  • Church / Parish audits
  • Coal Mining LSL Audits
  • Grant Acquittals
  • Incorporated Associations
  • Large Proprietary Companies
  • Political Party Returns
  • Owner Corporations
  • Real Estate Trust Accounts (NSW)
  • Retail Shop Leases
  • School P&C’s 
  • Small Pty Ltd company audits
  • Data analysis/reporting

We provide audit/accounting knowledge support.

Audit Technology

As a specialist in electronic audits and audits over the internet/email, we ustilise world renown audit software CaseWare. 

CaseWare has a dedicated team that continuously updates audit software to include the most up to date standards, as well as the latest in best practice guidelines.

Caseware consultants and staff work closely with the Auditing and Assurance Board, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and other contributors to keep abreast of the latest changes and ensure they are incorporated annually into CaseWare templates. 

Ultimately our goal is to provide cost effective quality audit services to our clients. CaseWare allows us to achieve this through CaseWare’s workflow automation.

We tailor reporting to your requirements.