About Next Assurance & Advisory | UAE Audit & Tax Firm

Next Assurance and Advisory.

Next Assurance and Advisory is a new-generation professional services firm based in Dubai, dedicated to helping organizations navigate complexity and achieve their goals. We combine local insight with global best practices to offer Audit & Assurance, Advisory, CFO, and Tax services of the highest quality. As leading firms emphasize, we believe in building trust and delivering real results for our clients. Like the major accounting networks, our focus is on long-term impact: delivering outcomes that matter and supporting sustainable growth.

Our team is a tech-forward, people-empowered community of experts, blending deep industry experience with innovative tools. We pride ourselves on integrity, reliability, and responsiveness. Whether serving a fast-growing startup or an established enterprise, we bring human ingenuity and disciplined methodology to every engagement. By standing alongside businesses shaping the future of the Middle East, we aim to help clients transform uncertainty into competitive advantage.

Our Approach

Our approach is built on four core principles

Expert Team

Our professionals bring deep industry knowledge and global-standard expertise to every engagement.

Comprehensive Solutions

From audit to tax, advisory to CFO services — we provide all core financial services under one trusted firm.

Client-Focused Approach

We deliver tailored, practical solutions with clear communication and a commitment to long-term partnerships.

Integrity & Transparency

We follow strict ethical standards, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and complete trust in everything we do.

Innovation-Driven

We combine human expertise with modern tools and analytics to give your business sharper insights and better outcomes.

The people who lead the work

Senior practitioners, not account managers. You deal directly with the people who do the work.

Pankaj Pareek

Chartered Accountant · Finance Transformation & Governance

10+ years
Big Four trained
Ex-Deloitte
Ex-Dubai Holding

A Chartered Accountant and finance leader with over 10 years across Big Four audit, financial reporting, controllership and finance transformation. He built his career at Deloitte, working with large and complex organisations on IFRS, financial governance and risk.

At Dubai Holding he led the finance function for a group of more than 110 legal entities, within a portfolio generating revenues above AED 25 billion. He now gives businesses that same senior finance leadership without the cost of a full-time team.

Areas of expertise

Finance Transformation
Management Reporting
Internal Controls & Governance
ERP & Automation
CFO Advisory
Audit & Assurance

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Shikha Pareek

Founder · MBA in Finance · Financial Advisor

Founder
MBA in Finance
Financing & advisory lead
AML & KYC

An MBA in Finance who leads the firm’s financing and advisory practice, helping businesses assess funding requirements, strengthen financial readiness, and meet banking, documentation and compliance requirements.

Her work spans credit reviews, fundraising support, lender negotiations and restructuring, alongside customer due diligence, KYC documentation and AML risk assessments.